Category: ConfigMgr (SCCM)

Using Scripts to trigger software updates remotely from the SCCM console

Posted on May 28, 2021 by | 1 Comment | 11,238 Views
A quick blogpost to trigger the installation of software updates (missing/failed/available in software Center) remotely from the console using built-in scripts feature. If you have deployed software updates to your clients and during the windows update compliance check, you found that, the clients are still reporting as non-compliance (required). There could be several reasons why…
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Audit messages for software update deployments in Configuration Manager

Posted on March 5, 2021 by | 0 Comments | 3,337 Views
In Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, To monitor infrastructure and operations, we use the Monitoring workspace in the Configuration Manager console. One of the common ask in many forums is that how to find who created or modified or deployed certain tasks to users or devices that caused an issue. when someone deploys something, they would…
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SCCM Collection for devices online with green checkmark

Posted on January 21, 2021 by | 1 Comment | 6,558 Views
This is quick blog post on how to create device collection for computers that are online and showing the green checkmark. When a configuration manager client is installed,it will have the following status code indicating the device. For more information about device client status, please refer here How do we create a collection for clients…
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System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) Installation Error code 0x8004FF91

Posted on January 20, 2021 by | 1 Comment | 3,402 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 | 9,284 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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Managing windows updates using Configuration Manager and Group policy

Posted on December 17, 2020 by | 2 Comments | 20,503 Views
When a Configuration Manager client is installed and configured to use the software updates agent, it will automatically configured with a local Group Policy setting that specifies the Configuration Manager software update point. The Group Policy setting used is the intranet Microsoft update service location, specified as a Windows Update computer administrative template. The following…
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