There was a useful email exchange recently about a list of reasons for moving from SCCM 2007 to 2012. so here are some of the Reasons to move Move from SCCM Configmgr 2007 to SCCM Configmr 2012 User device affinity is introduced, a method of associating a user with one or more devices. Software distribution in Configuration Manager 2012 is primarily user-based; applications are targeted to the user rather than the device Assignment of Client Agent settings, Inventory collection, and Remote Control settings by collection offers increased flexibility in configuration The Configuration Manager client agent now includes a Client Health…
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What is SCORCH: It is System Center Orchestrator.The new Released version of SCORCH is 2012 SP1 RTM which is yet to available to Public. Orchestrator Originally Third party Product Named Opalis which was Acquired by Microsoft in 2009. Orchestrator simplifies the process of automating systems administration tasks and it provides simplified way of building complex automation.With this solution,you can make things easy and fast rather writing the scripts hundreds of lines to do particular job. Orchestrator offers you to use the Built-in GUI to automate the activities. System center orchestrator provides the capability to Automate Processes and IT operations…
App-V Sequencer creates applications that can be run in a virtual environment. It monitors the installation and setup process for an application, and it records the information necessary for the application to run in a virtual environment.These applications does not interact with OS as they runs in virtual environment. You can deploy the sequenced applications using SCCM 2012 to User based computers in more suitable way using Global conditions. Somaning has shared his experience in sequencing SCCM Configmgr 2012 Admin Console using App-V 4.6 SP1 tool for Windows 7 64-Bit Service Pack 1. For best practices how to sequence…
With the Release of SCCM Configmgr 2012 SP1 RTM,When you deploy Secondary Site from its Parent site ,it will install SQL Server Express 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) but as you can see from below snap (SQL server Requirements),the minimum required cumulative update is CU6 which you will have to install it manually. Read more on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2688247/en-us?sd=rss&spid=1060:SQL
When you are doing Migration from SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012,you may want to remove some of the drivers which are no longer needed . This report list all the drivers which are part of any driver package so you can take action on them before you migrate to SCCM Configmgr 2012. Full Details :http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrreporting/thread/c82cc16a-06b7-49ae-ac11-2f6399047b6a select locCI.DisplayName as DriverName,locci.CI_ID, drivers.DriverClass as DriverClass, drivers.DriverProvider as ProviderName, drivers.DriverVersion as DriverVersion, CIs.IsEnabled as DriverEnabled0 from v_CI_DriversCIs drivers inner join v_ConfigurationItems as CIs on CIs.CI_ID=drivers.CI_ID inner join v_LocalizedCIProperties_SiteLoc as locCI on drivers.CI_ID=locCI.CI_ID where locCI.CI_ID not in (select ci_id from v_DriverContentToPackage)
Status of Specific Advertisement can get from Default available report but what if you want to find the status of specific advertisement with its LastAcceptanceStatusTime greater or less than X days. Full Details :http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrreporting/thread/30e4dbda-982b-43dc-8665-8dd142925d4f DECLARE @olddate datetime ,@NullVal datetime SET @olddate = DATEADD(day,-5, GETUTCDATE()) select adv.AdvertisementName 'Application', sys.Name0 'System', LastAcceptanceStateName 'Acceptance', sts.LastAcceptanceStatusTime 'AcceptTime_GMT', sts.LastStatusMessageIDName 'ExecutionStatus', sts.LastStateName 'ExecutionState',sts.LastStatusTime 'ExecutionTime_GMT', adt.MessageName,sts.LastExecutionResult from v_ClientAdvertisementStatus sts join v_AdvertisementStatusInformation adt on adt.MessageID=sts.LastStatusMessageID join v_Advertisement adv on adv.AdvertisementID=sts.AdvertisementID join v_R_System sys on sys.ResourceID=sts.ResourceID where ((sts.LastAcceptanceStatusTime < @olddate) or (sts.LastStatusTime < @olddate)) and adv.AdvertisementName like '%Adobe_reader_Eng%' and sts.LastExecutionResult like '1603' order by sys.Name0 Change the number…
With the Release of SCCM Configmgr 2012 SP1 supports windows 8 and Windows server 2012 Operating System.It also Supports Non-Windows Operating Systems like Apple Mac,Unix and Linux. The client for Mac computers allows you to discover, collect inventory, manage settings, and deploy applications and patches using your Configmgr environment. Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 also supports the management of UNIX and Linux servers. The clients for UNIX and Linux extends the scope of your Configuration Manager environment to collect inventory, deploy software, and run reports about UNIX and Linux servers in your enterprise. The client operates as a…
In this Week TechNet Radio show, Keith Mayer and Wally Mead Senior Program Manager from the System Center Client Management team and all-around ConfigMgr Guru continue their “What’s New” in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 series and in today’s episode they discuss how we can manage App-V 5 Virtual Applications. Tune in as they demo its new capabilities as well as walk us through a deployment of a virtual application in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1. In this episode, we'll be covering ... New Support for App-V 5 virtual applications App-V 5 Connection Groups / Virtual Environments Deploying App-V…