Last year i wrote blog post on summary of patch compliance status report --month wise and am sure ,it would helped many of Configmgr guys who are responsible for patching and to let security /management know whether they met the…

Quick Post: There was a question on TechNet forum asking,about who created the collection ,More read http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e5ea645e-84ec-49ce-82f5-e5d92b0f49a5/details-on-sccm-collection-creation?forum=configmanagergeneral I have seen few cases in Configmgr 2007 and less in Configmgr 2012 due to RBA ,that Configmgr guys will try to do…

This post is continuation to my previous post on how to clean outdated computers from configmgr Database. More info refer , http://eskonr.com/2014/03/sccm-configmgr-2012-delete-duplicate-obsolete-records-etc-using-collections/ Through this post,i will show you to create Powershell script cleanup duplicate obsolete and outdated computers Via Task…

Long Ago,wrote a powershell script to add packages,applications,driver packages,Boot Images etc to selected Distribution Points,more information http://eskonr.com/2014/02/configmgr-2012-updated-powershell-script-add-packages-applications-drivers-to-distribution-point/ As Configmgr admin,we will be doing some maintenance cleanup activities monthly or quarterly for applications,packages,drivers ,collection etc.I will write another post  on ,how…

Updated: 03/Oct/2014 : Download the Updated version of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Servicing Extension Tool from microsoft.connect Microsoft released another Configuration manager extension tool called Service Extension (Beta) that provides useful information for maintaining a Configuration Manager environment. This tool provides…

few weeks Ago, Microsoft released Cumulative Update 2 (kb2970177) for Configuration manager 2012 R2 which supersedes previously released cumulative Update (1). This update fixes several issues ,supports to new platform for Unix/Linux and brings changes to Configmgr powershell cmd-lets as…

Few weeks Ago, When Robert announced about his new product called LocationAware to control the selection of Management Points, I was elected as one of the beta tester to test the functionality of this product .After many modifications /revisions to…

Had a problem with sccm 2012 client installation today,it keeps generating error code 1638 from ccmsetup.log . File C:\Windows\ccmsetup\{181D79D7-1115-4D96-8E9B-5833DF92FBB4}\client.msi installation failed. Error text: ExitCode: 1638 Use ctrl+L to find the error code description for 1638, it says “Another version of…

During month of March 2014,Microsoft released first Cumulative Update CU1 for Configmgr 2012 R2 and now ,Microsoft released 2nd Cumulative Update CU2 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 with lot of fixes,powershell changes and some of them been modified.…

Its always painful to check via reports for specific application if an assigned application successfully installed for Computer or User ,especially for GSD/helpdesk guys as they are the first point of contact for basic troubleshooting and they cannot always browse…