A week after the release of SCCM Configmgr current branch 1610 ,Microsoft released another update but that is for Configmgr technical preview with build version 1611 as part as part of ongoing commitment to quality and innovation. These technical preview updates will help to test in lab environment and report feedback to Microsoft before they made into current Branch (production version).To see these preview updates in your Configmgr console,you must have the base version of SCCM Configmgr Technical preview 1610 (not applicable to current branch).These Technical Preview updates are intended for use in a lab environment. For more information about…
Author: Eswar Koneti
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Recently I had a requirement to create a PowerShell script to read text file/CSV for list of clients (servers mainly) and check if they appear in SCCM if so delete them ,track the information into log file for reference. There could be various reasons why do you want to delete computer record from SCCM and for that, you can either delete the record directly from the console or use scripting to do it for you. One of of the reason for me to create this script is ,to help the team to delete the server records from SCCM after they…
Microsoft released Update 1610 for SCCM Configmgr current branch (CB) that is available as an in-console update for previously installed sites that run version 1511, 1602, or 1606 which includes some great new features and product enhancements. This update (1610) includes lots of new features and enhancements in Windows 10 and Office 365 management, application management, end user experience, client management and also includes new functionality for customers using Configuration Manager in hybrid mode with Microsoft Intune. changes and new capabilities introduced in version 1610 of Configuration Manager current branch are: In-console monitoring of update installation status Exclude clients from…
The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a free tool for automating Windows and Windows Server operating system deployment, leveraging the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10. Microsoft released new build version 8443 for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with some quality updates. This build update requires Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10, version 1607, which you can download from Microsoft Hardware Dev Center(adksetup.exe file version 10.1.14393.0). You can download MDT build version 8443 from Microsoft Download Center. Summary of the significant changes in this build of MDT: Supported configuration updates Support for the Windows ADK for…
Setting up new SCCM Configmgr Current Branch 1606 in production environment .As part of it ,have created source folder (repository for content store) and placed couple of packages/applications for testing . while trying to distribute the packages, all failed with same error code. The source directory \\servername\sources$\Applications\Microsoft\SCUPCert doesn't exist or the SMS service cannot access it, Win32 last error = 5 Win32 last error = 5 translates to access denied .I made sure ,SCCM site Server account, user account /group had full access to the source folder location but missed to add System account. To see if the system account…
Have seen couple of times on SCCM Configmgr forums asking for ‘How to get applications /deployment types that has allow clients to use fallback source location for content ’ is checked or not. Allow fallback source location for content: This feature is designed to allow client to gain access (fallback) to content that is not available on a Distribution Point (DP) that is located in their Boundary Group. If this feature is not implemented correctly, it can lead to unexpected results and high network utilization over remote WAN links. For more information about fallback source location and distribution point,…
Colleague of mine has received request to check why did the SCCM client (server OS) rebooted during office hours and more details about the reboot (who initiated etc.). I started looking at this request to find out whether the client was rebooted due to windows patching or any applications pushed by SCCM. During my troubleshooting ,I went through several client logs ,event viewer,SQL Query,PowerShell script etc . In this blog post, I will try to list down the steps that went through to identify who rebooted the SCCM Client (server OS). 1. First and foremost that anyone would look…
Microsoft released SCCM Configmgr Technical Preview branch update 1610 (YYMM) for October 2016 with some new client features. This Technical Preview 1610 is available as both an in-console update for the Configuration Manager Technical Preview, and as a new baseline version that is available from the TechNet Evaluation Center website. If you are planning to build new lab ,you can now use this preview update as new installation and carry your testing. This month previous update contains the following new features: Improvements to the notification experience for high-impact task sequence and required application deployments – Task sequence deployments that have…