If you are following /reading the social networking sites (Twitter,Facebook and LinkedIn) about #windows10 ,you might have already know by now that, Microsoft just released latest/last build number 10240 which claims to be the RTM version before it made available on July 29,2015 (7/29) to everyone. To get to recent build number (10240) ,go to Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Check for updates on your PC (Note: Make sure you login to your PC using Microsoft account before you do the windows update ).If you want to perform clean install,you may have to…
Author: Eswar Koneti
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Recently I was doing some content cleanup (mainly for images) in Configmgr 2012 R2 .I have found lot a images for each OS (windows 7,Windows 8 and Windows 8.1) with different versions ,especially for windows 10 .Before I delete ,I was looking for some default report to check if any of these old versions are used in any of the production or non production task sequences (there are many) ,but I could not find any such report to check. If I have one or two tasks sequences, I can go to the task sequence and look at reference tab to…
This post is pending since long and finally has come out. CMtrace.exe (Configmgr guys favorite tool) is log file viewer which is friendly ,lot more easier to files with .log extension .To know more about about cmtrace log and its benefits, read Garth post here . This tool can be downloaded from Configuration manager 2012 R2 tool kit http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36213. Download and install the toolkit .After the install ,You will find CMTrace in C:\program files (x86)\Configmgr 2012 toolkit R2\clientTools. Garth posted blog on How to install CMTrace using application model here .In this post,Garth explained ,how to copy the CMtrace…
Yesterday (June 29,2015) Microsoft released new build version (10158) for windows 10 insider preview (for PC’s) which bring lot of new features ,improvements and bug fixes.One of the main feature is Microsoft Edge browser. what is included/updated in this build ? Microsoft Edge General UX improvements and refinement Updates to Cortana Cortana integration with Office 365 updated Photos app for Windows 10 Snipping Tool Insider Hub Preview releases of Windows 10 SDK Surface 3 Surface Pro 3 This update is available via fast ring but if you wanted to do clean install ,you may have to wait for couple…
Last week,I was working on request to get the application information which includes Application Name ,Deployment Type ,Content location,Command lines (install and uninstall),what type of deployment is it,detection type,user requirement and other information. Since there are no default reports to get this kind of information ,you must consider writing new SQL/SSRS report else go manual procedure to write down the information for the applications. In Configmgr 2007 and Configmgr 2012 ,the information about packages like installation command line,uninstallation,requirements (windows 7,windows 8) and other properties can be retried directly from SQL database without any trouble but if you consider the…
Started rolling out MS office 2013 to Users few weeks ago.For this ,created collection to get computers with MS office 2010 ,created application for MS office 2013 upgrade and deploy to collection .This collection consists of computers from different departments,business units etc. Colleague of mine asked me if there is way to get report for deployment status of specific application for specific OU. The reason for this requirement is that ,he wanted to get the deployment status per business unit (location)for the deployed application. OUs in AD are named with location names . A single collection (MS office 2013 upgrade…
Exploring the recently released Configuration manager Tech preview (60 days evolution ) by Microsoft in my lab.It has got some nice features like Management rotation,Auto Client upgrade to collection,OSD and other things. I was looking at reports what has been added extra compared to Configuration manager 2012 R2 CU4 (this my present CM level). Configmgr tech preview has got total of 494 reports by default which is more compared to Configmgr 2012 (444 ,With R2 CU level 491 reports) . Below reports are appearing as new in Tech preview version: 1.List of noncompliant Apps and Devices for a specified user…
During the Ignite 2015,Microsoft announced about service packs for SCCM Configmgr 2012 (will be released during next week) also about Configmgr technical preview(A 60 days evaluation is already out for public) . Today ,Microsoft released another Cumulative Update 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager and is ready for Download. This update replaces Previously released cumulative update 4 ,So if you have not applied previous cumulative update ( CU 4),you can directly apply this newly released cumulative update 5. Note: As Microsoft announced about the availability of Service Pack for Configuration manager 2012 R2 during next week ,it is…