Author: Eswar Koneti

time to time while working with SCCM application virtualization, i come across several issues in troubleshooting why the virtual apps doesn't load correctly /why they don't go way when you say not applicable/not needed for someone using very powerful command WMIC. Here are some of the WMIC commands : What is WMIC : WMIC is Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC), which uses the power of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to enable systems management from the command line. WMIC extends WMI for operation from several command-line interfaces and through batch scripts. Before WMIC, you used WMI-based applications (such as SMS), the…

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Listing down Technical videos on SCCM 2012 (system center 2012 Configuration Manager) and other technical stuff for quick reference . Thanks to Johan(Deploymentartist). ConfigMgr 2012 Software Distribution Part 1 - With Wally Mead Run in Full Screen and HD (720). Courtesy of Deployment Artist and Knowledge Factory - Breakout sessions presented by Wally Mead during the Deployment Road show in Sweden. The video recordings are from the event in Stockholm, December 1, 2011.   ConfigMgr 2012 Software Distribution Part 2 - With Wally Mead : Part 2.Run in Full Screen and HD (720). Courtesy of Deployment Artist and Knowledge Factory…

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The standard way to remove Advertised app-v applications from client machines is to set expiration of the advertisement /deletion with setting “remove this package from client when no longer advertised” and it should work though it takes a while but this procedure doesn’t work. Recently had an issue with App-v Applications(machines having both msi and app due to which some settings may not work ) where in these apps are not removed from client machines though advertisement is “expired” and checked “ Remove this package from client when no longer advertised” from package properties . Also deleted the advertisement to…

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was looking at machine to see what advertisements /packages are targeted to sccm client though you can get this information directly from SCCM reports if you have access else wrote a simple script which gives you what packages with program name,Command line used ,ADV ID,Package ID information. ON ERROR RESUME NEXT Set fso=CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject") 'create text file with list of computers what you need Set objinputfile=fso.OpenTextFile("computers.txt",1,True) 'pipe the results into output.txt file Set objoutputfile=fso.OpenTextFile("Output.txt",2,True) 'Read the input file until end of line Do While objinputfile.AtEndOfLine <> True strcomputer=objinputfile.ReadLine objoutputfile.WriteLine(strcomputer) Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\ccm\Policy\Machine") Set Colitems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT…

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Overview : This Community Technology Preview (“CTP2”) enables System Center customers to jointly evaluate System Center 2012 and Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate. CTP2 includes updates and enhancements to the following System Center 2012 components: Virtual Machine Manager Improved Support for Network Virtualization Extend the VMM console with Add-ins Support for Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, thin provisioning of logical units and discovery of SAS storage Ability to convert VHD to VHDX, use VHDX as base Operating System image Configuration Manager Support for Windows 8 Support for Mac OS clients Support for Linux and Unix servers Data Protection Manager Improved…

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Overview The downloadable files listed on this page contain the product documentation for the CTP2 release of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1. The available downloads include: App Controller in System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - last updated June, 2012 Data Protection Manager in System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - last updated June, 2012 Operations Manager in System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - last updated June, 2012 Orchestrator in System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 - last updated June, 2012 Server Application Virtualization in System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – last updated June, 2012 Service Manager…

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Long Ago have posted sccm report about all advertisements that are currently assigned to specific computer http://eskonr.com/2010/12/sccm-report-to-list-all-the-advertisement-that-are-currently-assigned-to-computer/ this post gives you the advertisements targeted to specific Computer which are only MSI based. Create simple report with below SQL Query SELECT distinct adv.AdvertisementName,adv.AdvertisementID,pkg.PackageID,advinfo.PackageName,adv.ProgramName from v_Advertisement adv     inner join v_FullCollectionMembership FCM ON FCM.CollectionID=adv.CollectionID     Inner join v_CurrentAdvertisementAssignments CADV ON CADV.AdvertisementID=adv.AdvertisementID     inner join v_Package pkg ON pkg.PackageID=adv.PackageID   inner join v_AdvertisementInfo advinfo ON advinfo.AdvertisementID=adv.AdvertisementID     where FCM.Name=@computer and adv.ProgramName !='[Virtual application]' and adv.ProgramName !='*' Prompt for Computer name : Select name from V_R_System Note:The above report is not limited to script…

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The Product Group have recently announced the Beta of ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 at TechNet 2012 North America. You can view the announcement at http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/MGT309 Kent blogged about new enhancements over http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/configmgr-2012-sp1-announced-teched-2012/ Enhancements include: Platform Support: Windows 8 Windows 8 tablet (Intel SoC) support Mac OS X Linux and Unix Operating System Deployment: Windows To Go support Application Delivery: Win 8 apps Deep link applications Network Cost Support PowerShell Provider PowerShell Cmdlets: Tasks exposed in the Administration Console Suitable experience for administrator (not the SDK) Align with PowerShell general contentions Bitlocker changes: TMP and PIN Used Space Bitlocker Prestaged media now…

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