Addressing SCCM Software Update Deployment Challenges with PowerShell – Remote install

Blog post updated on 23 Oct, 2023 Problem: Few weeks ago ,colleague of mine was trying to perform patch management on bulk number of clients (servers) as monthly patching ,as part of it he made sure the maintenance window was in place, deployment was set rightly for software updates deployment. Maintenance window started ,patches started…
Efficiently Identify Co-Managed Devices: Techniques and Tools

Co-management is a feature that allows organizations to manage their devices using both Microsoft Intune and System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). This enables organizations to take advantage of the latest security features and cloud capabilities, such as conditional access and device compliance policies, while also being able to manage certain client actions without the need…
Investigating SCCM Client Policy Request and Communication Status with a Collection Specific Report

Introduction: As a SCCM Configmgr administrator, one of your key responsibilities is to ensure the health of SCCM clients for tasks like application deployment, software updates, and inventory management. Oftentimes, you may encounter situations where you need to identify computers that haven't contacted the server in a specific number of days or determine the clients…
Update scan failed due to Group policy settings were overwritten by a higher authority

Few years ago, I have blogged about the client update scan failure due to GPO’s. https://eskonr.com/2014/10/sccm-configmgr-2012-software-update-scan-error-group-policy-settings-were-overwritten-by-a-higher-authority-error-code-0x87d00692/ Introduction: When the software update point is configured for a site, client computers receive a machine policy that provides the active software update point server name (WSUS) and configures the Specify intranet Microsoft update service location local policy on…
Download ConfigMgr builds from the eval center

Update: Eval site is now restored with improved user experience and is accessible via  Microsoft Evaluation Center  .The new improved eval center does not require any sign-in to download the media files. This is quick post on the recent inquiry on various forums such as Twitter, reddit and Microsoft forums about the download of configuration manager…
What is new in Configuration Manager 2107 Reporting

Microsoft has released the update 2107 for Configuration Manager (Current Branch) which is now available as in-console update. You don’t need to run opt-in script. You can apply this update on sites that run version 2002 or later. If you are running older versions of the configuration manager, you will need to update the site…