One of most important and critically used feature in configuration manager 2012 is  Software updates .It is always challenging and import task for any sccm administrator to achieve good patch compliance success rate within the given SLA(Service level agreement).Patch compliance…

This blog post is quick one to check ,patch (BulletinID) is member of what software update package.You may be wondering why do you need to check since clients can connect to the DP and download the patches as long as…

It has been almost month for now ,since the release of Configmgr 2012 R2 CU4.To know more about what CU4 includes,you can refer the KB3026739 article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3026739. Installation of Configmgr 2014 CU4 is similar to installation of previous Cumulative updates…

Problem Description: Users (AD Security Group called: eskonr\domain Users) from specific project in the organization do not have admin privileges on their computers (don’t ask why)  .I have an application (Matrix ) which is installed using Configuration manager 2012…

Recently , I worked on MS Office upgrade project to 2013 and before I take any action on this,I need to identify /get count of all MS Office Versions installed on the computers that are managed by Configuration manager…

In order to check the Patch compliance/Deployment status,there are some default reports ,one of the widely used report to know the compliance status for specific Update group on specific collection is –>Compliance 1-Overall Compliance. But the sub report /drill down/Linked…

Status messages generated by Configmgr Components report its activity and problems when occurs .These status messages are primarily used to indicate the health of Configmgr 2012 Components . While ago, John Nelson posted blog about ,Status Messages Documentation for Configmgr…

There are multiple posts online, discuss about how to uninstall Windows updates if something goes wrong with deployed patches, but I did not find anything related to Office security updates. In this post,I will discuss about, How to Uninstall Microsoft Office…

New Year (2015) around the corner and this will be the last post for this year (2014).A big Thanks to all my blog readers who followed me and supports me in writing useful blogs. I wish that You may not…

This is quick post on how to get list of Applications that are deployed to users requires approval . more Details ,refer https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/644ff540-4eb0-49b6-97f4-094cada74c6a/viewing-deployments-that-require-approval?forum=configmanagerapps Run the following SQL query to know apps that require Approval. select app.displayname [Application Name],app.manufacturer [Manufacturer],app.numberofdeviceswithapp [No…