Microsoft has introduced new feature in System Center Configuration manager Build Version 1602 called Client Online Status .This is really cool and exciting feature which is really needed these days to know if the computer is online or offline (of course ,SCCM agent must be working and healthy which is different story). A new status for clients is available for monitoring if a computer is online or not. A computer is considered online if it is connected to it's assigned management point. To indicate that the computer is online, the client sends ping-like messages to the management point. If…
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Microsoft SQL Server view is a virtual table whose contents are based on the result from a SQL query. A view saved SQL Query which you can treat this as virtual table. A view consists of a set of named columns and rows of data. However, the contents of a view are not stored in the SQL database. The rows and columns of data come from tables or other SQL views referenced in the query that defines the view and are produced dynamically when the query is run. The query that defines the view can be from one or…
As you already aware that ,the new version of SCCM Configmgr ( V1511 and later ) uses an in-console service method called Updates and Servicing that synchronizes with the Microsoft cloud service to get updates which allow you to install from within the Configuration Manager console. This process will get updates that are applicable to your infrastructure and version are downloaded and made available in the console. To get the updates available in your configmgr console ,you need to have Site system role called ‘Service Connection Point’ . The service connection Point is new site system role which is replacement…
Collections in Configmgr play a crucial role .If you want to do anything(can be software deployment,OSD ,Client agent settings,Software updates,compliance etc) in configmgr against clients,you a collection . Being Configmgr administrator, it is always important to look at collection performance ,if they are scheduled well and do some maintenance like identifying collections that take longer time to update (collection evaluation viewer tool from Configmgr 2012 toolkit) or identifying the collections that update too frequently than expected etc. This blog post will assist you to identify collections with count of direct membership rules and type of schedule and other important collection…
Microsoft released SCCM Configmgr Upgrade Assessment Tool that provides administrative users with information that they can use to determine if the computers that are managed by System Center Configuration Manager can run Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10. The Upgrade Assessment Tool provides the following functionality: Retrieves device driver compatibility information for installed peripheral devices and creates reports that you can use to determine which device drivers need to be upgraded to support the Windows operating system. Allows you to see which computers meet the recommended system requirements for Windows operating systems and to customize these requirements for…
A month ago ,18th Feb 2016 ,Microsoft released Configmgr 1602 (YYMM) for Technical Preview 4 with some exciting features and updates . After a month later ,Yesterday i.e 18th March 2016 ,Microsoft announced of another update 1603 ((Note : this is only for Technical preview but not for Current Branch V1602,Production version)) for Technical Preview 4 with some new features and fixed 2 voice items that were raised through Configmgr user Voice forum. Features included in this update are: List View for Applications in Software Center – In the Software Center Applications tab, users now have the option to switch…
I had requirement from team to find out the clients that have one application (example Java) with one version installed and exclude clients that have multiple versions with same application installed. Lets take simple example . I have clients CLN01,CLN02,CLN03 and CLN04 and they have different versions of Java application installed on them. PC Name Application Version CLN01 Java 7 Update 45 8.0.005 CLN01 Java(TM) 6 Update 37 6.0.370 CLN01 Java 7 Update 80 7.0.450 CLN02 Java 7 Update 45 8.0.005 CLN02 Java(TM) 6 Update 37 6.0.370 CLN03 Java 7 Update 80 7.0.450 CLN04 Java 7 Update 45 8.0.005 Now…
One of my Blog reader has posted a comment asking for ‘How to create Collection to pop-up clients from multiple Collections start with ABC% ‘ ? ABC is the Collection Name starts with. If you want to create a collection to see all clients from different Collections and the Collection Name starts with ABC .How do you get this done ? For this requirement, You Cannot use Include collection as this is not Dynamic .If you choose to go with Include collection (which is Static) ,you cannot get the clients from collections that will be created in the…