2012 Microsoft® MVP Award!
Today I got the MVP Award mail! It was a long day of waiting, checking the junk mail filter, checking that the mailbox wasn’t full and then finally the mail arrived. “Dear Jorgen Nilsson,...
View ArticleConfigMgr 2012 + MDT 2012 Update 1 – Send e-mail using Orchestrator
The Orchestrator integration in MDT 2012 Update 1 is my new toy for this week, it feels like Christmas when you where a little kid you want to play around with it all the time, have it next to the bed...
View ArticleSCUG.SE Client and Datacenter Days 21-22 January 2013
Be sure not to miss the System Center User Group days in Stockholm Sweden on the 21-22 of January. The event will be two days, one day with focus on Datacenter and Private Cloud and one day will focus...
View ArticleBlock installation of non supported Computer models in ConfigMgr
I needed a really simple script/solution to make sure that only tested/certified Computer models are being installed so I created this simple little script for it. It will prompt the user that the...
View ArticleUpdate adds support for Windows 8 & Server 2012 in SCCM 2007 & FEP 2010
Yes! Today two updates was released, one for Configuration Manager 2007 and one for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 both of them adds support for Windows 8 and Server 2012 as clients in...
View ArticleImportant notice for WSUS and Configuration Manager – KB2734608
I ran into this issue yesterday where my software updates where all of a sudden not downloaded anymore in the Configuration Manager Console. After applying the update KB2734608 which is required to...
View ArticleCreate your own offline documentation from Technet
Did you know that you can multi-select topics in the Technet library and export it to a PDF in a very nice format, with table of content and chapters?It is extremely nice for viewing on a tablet on a...
View ArticleModify the built-in report in Configuration Manager 2012 to show Lenovo serial
I wrote post a long time ago on how to modify the builtin reports in Configuration Manager 2007 to display serial numbers for Lenovo computers as well as they are not stored in the same WMI class,...
View ArticleRecording from System Center User Group meeting is now live
The recording from our System Center User Group Livemeeting, “System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Tips & tricks” is now live on Youtube! The recording is in Swedish....
View ArticlePrevent use of computers which failed during OSD
Sometimes an OS deployment fails for different reasons, one thing that can be a problem is that users in some cases don’t see the error message saying that the installation failed and starts using the...
View ArticleVbscript: Modify packages to be available on package share ConfigMgr2012
In some scenarios in Configuration Manager 2012 you want your packages, OS images, boot image and driver packages, well everything you use in a task sequence to be available on the package share so...
View ArticleHoliday reading tip Configuration Manager 2012: Administration Cookbook
Here is a Holiday reading tip! This book is a great book if you want to get started with Configuration Manager 2012! It is well written by experienced professionals (Brian Mason and Greg Ramsey both...
View ArticleScript to set Automatically install or uninstall.. on ConfigMgr2012 clients
There was a question on Technet forum a while ago, requesting a script to configure the “Automatically install or uninstall required software and restart the computer only outside of the specified...
View ArticleUseful reading on upgrading to Configuration Manager 2012 SP1
Service Pack 1 has been out there for a while with a lot of great new features! There are some things to think about when upgrading and existing Configuration Manager 2012 environment.I have tried to...
View ArticleBinaries are updated for ConfigMgr 2012 SP1
The binaries are updated for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, you should download them again before installing, then you will not have to install the hotfix which solves an issue with...
View ArticleWSUS in Server 2012 and Supported SQL Server versions
There are some interesting reading in the supported configurations for WSUS in Server 2012 which is useful to know when you design your Configuration Manager 2012 environment with a Software Update...
View ArticlePowershell script to install ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 prereqs on Server 2012
I have written different scripts before to install all the prereqs needed for Configuration Manager in different versions. There are great hydration kits out there which can be used to install a...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 SP1-Våren på Technet
This spring Technet Sweden invites to a online seminars every Thursday starting at the 28 of February. I have the great honor of delivering two sessions, one on all the news i System Center 2012...
View ArticleNew Task Sequence Variable PostAction in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1
There are so many new cool features in Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1. I have had the intention of doing a blog post series on news in Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 for many months...
View ArticleSoftware Update ADR templates in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1
In Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 there are so many nice new features included that will make our lives a little easier. To make it even easier to use Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 for patch...
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