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Office 365 Inventory

Posted on: July 7, 2016July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Inventory

With the addition of update channels to Office 365 and the self-controlled update mechanism in Office 365 Click to Run, keeping track of what versions and channels are in use […]

OSD Information Script for ConfigMgr

Posted on: February 15, 2016July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Inventory , Operating System Deployment

Here’s my version of an OSD information tattoo script for ConfigMgr. There are a few others out there, but I didn’t like exactly how they worked or they weren’t really […]

Local Shutdown Tracking in ConfigMgr

Posted on: September 6, 2015July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Inventory , WMI

Another example I quickly covered in my System Center Universe Europe 2015 session on Advanced Data Collection was tracking shutdowns of managed systems. This is done by selectively collecting event […]

SQL Server Inventory Using ConfigMgr

Posted on: January 12, 2015July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Inventory

Here’s a script to gather complete SQL Server inventory information using ConfigMgr. I’ve tested and used it to gather information on SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, and 2012. I haven’t tested it […]

WMI Manipulations and Manifestations

Posted on: February 2, 2014July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Inventory , WMI

As a follow-on to my System Center Universe 2014 session, I thought I’d put together the various ways to create WMI “objects” so that ConfigMgr can later pick them up […]

Configuration.mof vs. SMS_DEF.mof

Posted on: June 12, 2009October 4, 2024Configuration Manager , Inventory

This blog is going to dive into the role of the configuration.mof file and how it changed the way ConfigMgr handles hardware inventory. We’ll explore how inventory data is split […]