Significant changes to Software Updates in Configuration manager 2012 compare with previous Version.One of the cool Feature is Automatic Deployment Rule which is Inhouse Feature of WSUS now incorporated into SCCM.To know more about what's new in SCCM 2012 Software…

Finally 🙂 the most awaiting System center configuration manager(SCCM) 2012 SP1 RTM is now available for MSDN and TechNet Subscribers. For General Availability,we may have wait for some more days. If you have MSDN or TechNet  Subscription,you can download…

  Microsoft Virtual Academy is completely free training areas where Microsoft really provides extra value to IT professionals and it is Cloud based Technology. Microsoft recently added 4 new Windows 8 Courses available on what's new,how to plan and deploy…

SCCM Inbox Folders plays Vital Role in troubleshooting problems with different components. You should keep an Eye on the inbox folders for a backlog of files that wait to be processed. There are various methods to monitor the inbox folders…

We have been using different Methods / Scripts to install SMS/SCCM Client from Previous version of Configuration Manager. In SCCM 2012,We do have the same methods what is available in SCCM 2007 , But with the release of Configuration Manager…

Update: SSRS Report for Configuration manager 2012 (all Versions) is available on http://eskonr.com/2014/02/configmgr-ssrs-report-patch-compliance-statistics-last-30-days/ In my previous blogs,I posted couple of reports for Patch compliance status based on the KB/MS ID numbers . SCCM Patch Compliance Progress report:  http://eskonr.com/2009/10/patch-status-compliancesoftware-updates-report-in-sms-sccm/ Software Update Compliance Status on…

When you deploy software updates using SCCM/configmgr to clients ,patch status will be sent back to SCCM site.It is always good to know the Last state ID's and its state names for custom reporting. Below are the available Last state ID's…

  Collection to check if any of Primary or Secondary site not installed with SUP Role or any other Role? select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemRoles like "SMS Site System" and SMS_R_System.ResourceId not in (select ResourceID  from  SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemRoles…

  Getting Active Directory computer information into SCCM Database can be done by configuring Active Directory discovery Methods in SCCM Configmgr but there are cases, wherein some of the computers may not be discovered or Computers do not exist in…

Another interesting package replication problem.John Marcum posted solution on his blog with DB edit but that did not solve my problem though package issue is similar. I have to do couple of more things to fix the issue what John…