Category: CM2012

System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) Installation Error code 0x8004FF91

Posted on January 20, 2021 by | 1 Comment | 3,413 Views
I had provisioned a windows server 2012 R2 (Yes, it is 2012 R2) and while installing the SCEP client (System Center Endpoint Protection client installation files are picked from current branch 2010), it failed with the following error code. Setup - Cannot complete the System Center Endpoint Protection installation. An error has prevented the System…
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Troubleshooting WSUSContent folder size when it grows bigger and bigger

Posted on January 13, 2021 by | 4 Comments | 9,312 Views
I was recently helping out a customer who had issues with wsuscontent folder size which was about 330GB. This folder size usually around 5-6GB if you are not using standalone WSUS or 3rd party updates for patching. This folder primarily stores the information about. 1. Software update end-user license agreement (EULA). 2. Microsoft patches for…
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SCCM remote control failed to do Handshake in Server. An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host Error 80072746

Posted on January 4, 2020 by | 0 Comments | 28,616 Views
You can use Configuration Manager remote control to remotely administer, provide assistance, or view any client computer in the hierarchy. You can use the remote control to troubleshoot hardware and software configuration problems on client computers and to provide support. Configuration Manager supports the remote control of all workgroup computers and domain-joined computers that run…
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SCCM Collection–how to identify devices that have old AD system discovery timestamp ?

Posted on September 18, 2019 by | 0 Comments | 7,474 Views
SCCM has multiple discovery methods help you discover devices on your network, devices and users from Active Directory, or users from Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Read more about the discovery methods in SCCM https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/servers/deploy/configure/about-discovery-methods AD system discovery help to discover computer resources that can be used to create collections and queries. You can also…
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Check Microsoft office activation status using SCCM Compliance Settings

Posted on September 12, 2019 by | 4 Comments | 8,309 Views
I did detailed blog post on 'how to get  office 365 proplus activation status' with help of extended MOF file and inventory changes. With this method ,you will get the activation details such as user email address, shared computer activation etc. For more information, please refer http://eskonr.com/2018/10/how-to-get-office-365-proplus-activation-status-and-excluded-apps-etc-using-sccm-configmgr/ . This method requires extension of MOF files…
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How to find custom hardware inventory classes imported (MOF) into ConfigMgr database

Posted on July 23, 2019 by | 2 Comments | 8,645 Views
Configuration Manager site database contains a large collection of information about the network, computers, users, user groups, and many other components of the computing environment. Being SCCM Admin, you need to understand the different categories of the SQL views, what information is stored in each view, and how the SQL views can be joined to…
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