SCCM Guide

  Author: Nawaz Kazi Introduction: The Significance of Incremental Updates in SCCM In the evolving landscape of system management, ensuring timely and efficient updates is of paramount importance. Incremental updates in SCCM play a crucial role in this regard. These updates allow SCCM to periodically scan for changes, ensuring that the collections are always up-to-date …

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  Author: Nawaz kazi Every month, SCCM administrators face a recurring challenge: they need to modify certain existing Software Update Groups (SUGs), marking them as baseline SUGs or adjusting them for compliance, among other tasks. This routine, while essential, can be time-consuming, potentially eating into valuable time that could be better spent on other critical tasks. What …

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  Author: Nawaz kazi Managing large IT environments often involves the challenge of ensuring that your System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is neat, efficient, and free of clutter. One common task administrators face is the deletion of outdated SCCM collections. In this blog, we’ll guide you through a script that simplifies this process. What Does This Script …

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  Microsoft Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) is a popular tool used by IT administrators to manage large fleets of computers across organizations. With its frequent updates and new features, ConfigMgr has become an essential tool for businesses to keep their systems up-to-date and secure. However, Microsoft has recently announced changes to the ConfigMgr release cadence that …

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  Author: Nawaz In the contemporary enterprise environment, staying updated with the installed software versions is pivotal for ensuring system compatibility and security. Among these, identifying the .NET Framework versions across your network is crucial. In this endeavor, CMPivot emerges as a highly efficient tool. This post elucidates the process of employing CMPivot to effortlessly …

Leveraging SCCM CMPivot Queries for .NET Framework Version Detection on Servers and Workstations Read More »

  Author Mamata Panda Think of a time when you didn’t blog for a long time. Maybe you were busy in real life or maybe became disillusioned with blogging altogether. Then one day, while procrastinating on something else, you decided to sit down at your computer and write a blog post. Maybe the silence is …

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  Author: Nawaz Co-Author: Mamata Greetings, I have been using my lab for a long time and I have 1 CAS –  3 Primaries, 3 secondaries, 4 DP’s  Hierarchy. Isn’t that too big for Lab 🙂 , Well this is because, with every release, we would like to test features and troubleshoot if any. One …

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Author Mamata The previous Blog, Listed information about pre-upgrade tasks before upgrading to SCCM 2013. Let’s move on upgrading infrastructure to SCCM 2103 Upgrade   Navigate to  Administration\Overview\Updates and Servicing and initiate the upgrade (Install Update Pack)   This version includes new updates, fixes, and features, click Next   Select features to be included, Click …

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  Author Nawaz Kazi Hello EveryOne, I had a scenario, where even if machines had proper maintenance windows and client settings assign to them, yet machines were not rebooting. Further, on Troubleshooting, I found that there were many collections that had expired windows, so even if the machine had an active maintenance window, you are going …

SQL Query to find Maintenance windows on collections. Read More »