In our SCCM 2012 environment, we have a subfolder of device collections that are used for Software Updates. I wanted to get a list of all the members of the different collections in that folder. I saw a recent post by Kaido Järvemets on how to easily list folder objects using Powershell, so I decided to … Continue reading Getting all Members of all Collections in a Folder in ConfigMgr
Category: SCCM
Quick Tip: Creating USB Standalone Media on a VMWare VM
Using USB media for a Standalone OS deployment is a great idea - you have greater storage capacity than a DVD, and the read speed is quicker, resulting in easier and quicker deployments. But what if your SCCM server is a VM? You can't physically connect a USB storage device to the server, but you … Continue reading Quick Tip: Creating USB Standalone Media on a VMWare VM
Creating an OS Deployment Summary Email with Orchestrator
System Center Orchestrator is very useful as complementary tool to OS Deployment. I use it for several things during deployment including adding computers to SCCM collections, adding computers to AD groups, moving computer accounts into different AD OUs, adding a description to the computer account etc. Previously, I had to use scripts to accomplish those … Continue reading Creating an OS Deployment Summary Email with Orchestrator
Creating an Email Distribution Group from an SCCM Query
Sometimes I want to create an email distribution list from the results of an SCCM query, so I can email all the members to advise them about the software I am deploying to their machines, especially if the end user must initiate the deployment from 'Run Advertised Programs' (SCCM2007) or the Software Center (SCCM2012). For … Continue reading Creating an Email Distribution Group from an SCCM Query
An Alternative to Application Supersedence in SCCM
For some software applications, it's inevitable that you'll need to deploy a new version now and then. For example, you deploy an application, then a new version gets released and you want to upgrade all your clients. Application supersedence in SCCM2012 is a useful way to deploy a new version of an application - you … Continue reading An Alternative to Application Supersedence in SCCM
Installing Roxio Creator Starter Silently
Don't you hate those apps that stubbornly refuse to install when using SCCM? For me, one such app was Roxio Creator Starter. The install switches do not seem to be well documented. After googling, I found the following command line which works: setup.exe RX_EULA_ACCEPTED=1 /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL Reboot=ReallySuppress But when deploying it to an x64 OS … Continue reading Installing Roxio Creator Starter Silently
Prompting for Input During a Task Sequence
Sometimes when running an SCCM task sequence, you want to prompt for input, for example to populate a Task Sequence variable that you will use later. In this example, I am encrypting a laptop HDD (SED) using Wave ERAS, and I'm using a command-line tool that populates the pre-boot authentication screen with the AD account … Continue reading Prompting for Input During a Task Sequence
Creating SCCM2012 Packages with Powershell
This simple powershell script will create a package in SCCM2012 with a single standard program, and distribute it to your DP Group. It uses the ConfigMgr native commands, and you can add/remove/change the parameters to customise the script for your own environment. It does not create a deployment, but that's easy enough to do, just … Continue reading Creating SCCM2012 Packages with Powershell
Installing Drivers with Standalone Media Deployments
Using SCCM standalone media can be a good way to deploy an OS when you have, for example, remote offices with no local distribution point. However, if you use DVD media it can result in several DVDs if you include all the applications and drivers. So I prefer to install the drivers and applications separately … Continue reading Installing Drivers with Standalone Media Deployments
Re-running a Task Sequence
What happens if your SCCM task sequence fails? Well you troubleshoot it, fix the problem, and rerun it. Easy to do if the task sequence is an 'available' deployment. You just refresh the machine policy on the computer, go the Software Center, or Run Advertised Programs, and run it again. And if your task … Continue reading Re-running a Task Sequence