SCCM 2012 SQL Query count updates from Software update groups if they are bigger than hard limit 1000 or not

In Configuration manager 2012,the update limit per update-deployment group has been increased (hard limit) to 1000 where was in Configmgr 2007,it was just 500 updates.More information about the hard limit and further questions ,worth reading the blog post by Kevin http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/02/20/managing-software-updates-in-configuration-manager-2012.aspx The hard limit is --the list of software updates what you see in software…
sccm 2012 SQL Query Get software updates that are downloaded but not in any software update group

Software update groups in Configmgr 2012 simplifies lot of administrative work ,which simply  contains list of updates (must be downloaded before you add any updates) merged to single deployment (can have multiple deployments for single software update group). Coming to the subject line, It is necessary (during cleanup activity) to find software updates that are…
SCCM Configmgr 2012 How to Extract information from XML file stored in SQL DB for application properties

  Last week,I was working on request to get the application information which includes Application Name ,Deployment Type ,Content location,Command lines (install and uninstall),what type of deployment is it,detection type,user requirement  and other information. Since there are no default reports to get this kind of information ,you must consider writing new SQL/SSRS report else go…
SCCM Configmgr 2012 SSRS Report Count MS Office Versions

  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 2012. There is no default Configmgr report that provide you this information ,so you must…

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 of Devices with this App],app.numberofuserswithrequest [No of Requests] from fn_ListApplicationCIs(1033) app, v_UserTargetedApps uta where uta.ci_id=app.ci_id…

Question from configmgr technet forum : Need SQL Query for disk space <500 MB (windows drive) for servers from most recent 10 records. Whenever there is any such request on reporting ,i always make use of SQL views documentation https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/SCCM-Configmgr-2012-R2-SQL-5fefdd3b. This excel sheet contains list of all SQL view+some functions that would help you to…

This is updated post for long ago blogged post http://eskonr.com/2010/04/sccm-reportcollection-for-computers-with-internet-explorer-with-different-versions/. are you in search of getting summary of IE Versions ,so that you can plan for the migration of Old IE Versions to current version ? Below is the SSRS/SQL report which will help you to get count of IE Versions and total. SQL Query…

Are you Migrating your Existing SCCM /Configuration Manager Infrastructure to Configuration manager 2012 ,if so, You will have to look at your Packages whether  they UNC path or Local Drive Path since Migration of Packages using Local Drive(Non UNC) can not done. Before you Migrate the Packages from CM07,you will have to ensure all of…