Running SQL queries directly from SQL server management studio is not safe method until you know what you are doing but it is always Good to use reporting services in Configmgr 2012. when you are running SQL code using SQL…

Simple and useful report for troubleshooting package issues: Package compliance Status report to know what is the success rate of the Applications/Packages/Driver/SUP on the Distribution Points: select UPPER(SUBSTRING(PSD.ServerNALPath,13,CHARINDEX('.', PSd.ServerNALPath) -13)) AS [DP Name],count(*) [Targeted] , count(CASE when PSD.State='0' then '*'…

Powershell Scripting made things lot more easier in Configuration Manager 2012.You can automate console operations by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets.For list of Configmgr SP1 cmdlets,refer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj821831(v=sc.10).aspx Manually Refresh of the Distribution Points for a specific package in Configmgr 2012 is…

Quick Post: You have created an Application in Configmgr 2012 and distributed to Distribution Points.Later for reason,you have decided to add/change/Update the files to the package source location. In Configmgr 2007,we do this by right click package, Update the package,which…

Reporting in Configuration Manager 2012 and later, is Replaced with SSRS with more features and little complicated if you have not used to it. In this blog post, we will see how to check the status of the packages with…

Did you ever get into disk Space Issues while copying,Decompressing PCK files in Configuration Manager 2007 ? Packages are failed due to not enough disk space ? couple of options to get out of it are 1) Add Extra Drives…

In my earlier post,we saw how to manage work group computers using SCCM Configmgr 2007. http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2029-managing-workgroup-computers-in-sccm-sms-environment/ In this blog post,we are going to see how to manage workgroup/ DMZ computers using SCCM Configmgr 2012. This procedure involves working with lmhost and…

In SCCM 2007 ,to initiate machine policy /hardware inventory and other actions on client,we use vb script/wmic/Powershell/Right click Tools and other tools like Client center,collection commander etc.Some organizations do not like to install any of these tools.In that cases,we have…

In My Previous post,I blogged about SCCM Report list packages that do not use UNC path (i.e package Uses local Drive) and this is not good if you are migrating the packages from SCCM 2007 to Configuration Manager 2012. After…

Testing the basic Functions of Newly Build Configuration Manager 2012 primary and Secondary Sites by its SCCM clients to see if they work or not. Have installed Configuration manager client on windows 7,windows 8 and server OS .Created Configmgr 2007…