Recently ,I have got a request from the business unit manager on the reboot of computers due to patch management (applicable to Applications as well) .The Custom client device setting ‘ Display temporary notification to the user ' (shown…

  Microsoft released Technical preview 4 (TP4) for Configmgr Vnext ( System Center Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection ) .The previous technical preview was Technical preview 3 with updated version 1510 (YYMM). Microsoft haven’t updated the TechNet documentation with capabilities…

Few days ago,I had an issue while reading log files using Configmgr CMTrace tool.I tried opening the .log file to read the content but it failed to display the content and instead,it keep prompting me error message ‘The file…

There are many blog post online ,that discuss about Configuration manager client cache ,how it works, also many questions about content cleanup from ccmcache folder,cache size is increasing beyond the Cachesize limit etc. when you install Configuration manager client,by…

While Creating SSRS reports for configuration manager ,I use lot of expressions through the report definition. These expressions (formula filed) are used frequently in reports to control content and report appearance. Expressions are written in Microsoft Visual Basic, and can…

  There are instances (you might want to get list of required patches by server ,so can download and install in DMZ who do not have internet or for patch compliance checking for specific computer and many) , where you…

Microsoft is bringing exciting features into Configuration manager product and making things more and more easy in all aspects to manage the infrastructure.Last month (September 2015) ,Microsoft has introduced new features into Configuration manager (expecting it would be called…

Few days ago ,I was working on request to get the software update compliance (compliant /Non-Compliant) for list of clients (Desktops or servers) from collection for specific month.I have posted lot of Configmgr 2012 SSRS reports on my blog http://eskonr.com/tag/sccm-patch-reports/about…

  MBAM is Microsoft Bitlocker Administration and Monitoring Tool Enables administrators to automate the process of encrypting volumes on client computers across the enterprise.BitLocker offers protection against data theft or data exposure for computers that are lost or stolen. BitLocker…

Rolled out new Symantec endpoint Protection (SEP) Version to clients across all the sites. After few days ,report (All application deployment –Basic)  says ,around 100+ computers still running on old version which did not upgraded to deployed version.Out of these…