Creating Collections for CU Updates using PowerShell

When upgrading the System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) client to a new version, most customers would prefer to create new collections for this task. As a cosultant I create alot of these “ad-hoc” collections every time I visit a customer, so I’ve created a small libary of PowerShell scripts that will help me create these …

SCCM 2012: How does Automatic Client Upgrade work?

Some of the questions that often comes up on the Microsoft TechNet forum, are from people that don’t understand why the Automatic Client Upgrade feature don’t behave as they expect. In this blog post I’ll try to explain how this feature was designed, and in what scenarios you can use this feature. Cumulative Updates One …

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 …

Office 2013 deployment guide reaches 10.000 downloads

This morning my guide on "Deploying Microsoft Office 2013 using SCCM 2012", that I have posted on Microsoft TechNet, has now reached +10.000 downloads.Download link: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-0f954e7f The next version will be posted early next week, and contains support for both Service Pack 1 and some other minor updates/fixes.

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 …

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 …

SCCM 2012: Standard Requirement Rules vs. Global Expressions

Why this post? I often get questions on requirement rules and global expressions, so I thought I’d make a blog post to explain some of the things you might need to consider, before you choose what strategy and method you want use, and also what kind of reporting you need. Introduction When deploying applications in System Center …

FIX: Deploy Windows to UEFI devices using MDT + SCCM

One of the new feature that has been added in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 (and updated to support 32-bit in CU1), is support for deploying Windows to computers that are configured to use UEFI. I’m currently working on a Windows 8 deployment project, where one of the requirements was to support Windows 8 deployment to UEFI …

Installing SCCM 2012 SP1 CU1 – Quick Start Guide

Installing SCCM 2012 SP1 CU1 is a simple process, but before you start, you should always check the health of the system, very the backup etc. Just like any other service pack or update. Update the Site Server In this example, I’ll just show you how to update an environment with a single standalone primary …