SCCM 2012 R2: How-to change the default Report Banner

When you first install the Reporting Services Point in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (SCCM), it comes with 468 built in reports, and all these great reports uses the default System Center banner. The default banner is a really nice banner, but I often get the question from some of my customers “How to …

SCCM 2012 R2: Where is the SMSTS.log located?

Allmost every time I get a call from a customer, or want to answer a question in the TechNet Forums about OS Deployment, I always start by asking for logfiles. There are MANY log files when it comes to ConfigMgr 2012 R2, and most of them are normally located in the same folder every time …

SCCM 2012: Failed to Get Client Identity (80004005)

This morning, one of my customers called me and told me that they bought some new Lenovo laptops (Lenovo ThinkPad S540), but they was unable start OS Deployment using SCCM/PXE. Normally when I see this behaivor, it’s caused by a missing driver in the boot image, so I told them to verify that the driver …

ConfigMgr version/build numbers

From time to time, I get questions about what version of System Center Configuration Manager is equal what release of Configuration Manager. Here is a complete list of all available builds, versions and Cumulative Updates (CU) for System Center Configuration Manager (Updated March 2016). I’ll try to keep this page updated when new updates are avaliable for …

ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 CU5 is now available

Cumulative Update 5 for System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager has been released and are now avaliable for download. Note: If you’re running ConfigMgr 2012 R2 you don’t need this update. This update is for ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 only! The update can be downloaded here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2978017 ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 CU5 fixes the following issues: Task …

SCCM 2012 SP1/R2 – Clients for Additional OS updated

The “Clients for Additional Operating Systems” download allows you to manage Apple Mac, UNIX and Linux computers using ConfigMgr 2012 SP1/R2. The following clients are now supported: Mac Client:The following Mac versions are supported in this release: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Mac …

Post-CU3 update is available for SCCM 2012 SP1

An update is available to address 3 issues that were discovered after the release of Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1). The 3 issues are: Issue 1 The SQL Update part of the Cumulative Update 3 installation fails when the date format on the instance of …

Updating Microsoft Office (Service Packs) using Software Updates

Today I got a support call from a customer, where all software update was being deployed successfully, except the Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2. About a year ago, I had customer with a similar issue, so I though, it might be worth sharing in a blog post… At this customer all clients was stuck …

Installing SCCM 2012 SP1 CU2 – Quick Start Guide

Introduction A couple of months ago, I wrote the “Installing SCCM 2012 SP1 CU1 – Quick Start Guide”, and this post has been one of most visited blog post I’ve ever created, so my guess is that it would good idea to create one for Cumulative Update 2 (CU2). Installing this update is very similar …

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Overview

I’m a huge fan of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), so with the announcement of SCCM 2012 R2 adopting some of the core MDT features, I was wondering what the roadmap would be with the “LiteTouch” product. At TechEd, Aaron Czechowski and Michael gave some of these answers, and so far it’s looking good . Here …