Sunday, April 30, 2017

SCCM CB Update - Failed to Calculate Hash

Recently ran into a customer trying to upgrade to SCCM 1610 but it kept getting stuck at "Replicating Content".  We are going to quickly go over the troubleshooting taken to resolve this.

Sunday, February 12, 2017

SCCM Inventory - Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox Plugins


In the previous article we covered SCCM inventory for the Google Chrome Cisco WebEx Plugin.  Knowing your security office, they have now asked you to gather the Cisco WebEx Plugins for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox to get ahead.  Lets look into that.

Sunday, February 5, 2017

SCCM Inventory - Google Chrome Cisco WebEx Plugin


So I hope you are aware by now of the Cisco WebEx Zero-Day exploit that got identified in the previous weeks.  By now you might already have your Security Office knocking at your door to identify machines that have this extension installed and at what version.  Lets utilize SCCM to get them the answer.

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

SCCM SQL Query - ComputerName to SerialNumber Comparison


Naming computers utilizing the serial number, a common practice.  A recent client needed to get a quick visual of which computers did not have the serial number in the computer name.  SQL to the rescue.

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

SCCM Inventory Reporting Outlook Add-ins Pt.2


In Pt.1 we looked at some SQL queries and creating a report based on Outlook add-in counts.  Today we are going to create a report based on specific add-ins per machine.  We will also look at linking the two reports for quicker information gathering.

Monday, December 19, 2016

SCCM Inventory Reporting for Outlook Add-ins Pt.1


So last article we modified the Configuration.MOF to start collecting inventory on Outlook Add-ins.  Now we are going to create some reports out of this data.  With this information we'll be able to determine the most popular Outlook add-ins and where it is installed so we can take swift action if it will be a hindrance to our migrations.

Saturday, December 10, 2016

SCCM Configuration.MOF for Outlook Add-ins Inventory


Extending Hardware Inventory in SCCM can seem like a daunting task but it can be extremely easy.  We are going to look at running a custom inventory against Microsoft Outlook Add-ins.  This is probably a common scenario that you very well might find yourself in right now to determine what add-ins might cause an issue with you upgrading Outlook 2010 to 2016 (or so on).

Monday, December 5, 2016

SCCM Corrupted Statistics


Corrupted SQL Statistics.  Yup.  A client was recently noticing the "Update Statistics" maintenance task was failing with the error message "Cannot continue the execution because the session is in the kill state."  Not a very friendly message at all.

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

SCCM Configuration Baseline


So I had a client that had a scenario where they needed to know which machines did not have subkeys under a specific registry hive.  Machines that had subkeys were considered “healthy” and if no subkeys were found then that machine was “unhealthy”.  And so SCCM Configuration Baselines come to the rescue.

Monday, October 3, 2016

Must-Watch From Microsoft Ignite 2016


MSIgnite 2016, an event full of endless training opportunities and hundreds and hundreds of videos.  This year Microsoft has thankfully decided to ditch their player and depend on Youtube's player for viewing sessions (thank you MS).  There are 700+ total videos which I'm sure not all are on your radar to watch so below I have an organized listing of my favorite videos if you'd like an easy way to just click and watch.  Enjoy.