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My first blogpost :)

I have been thinking a lot about creating a website and to start blogging. The time is now. This a video (in dutch…) how I configured one of my test […]

Missing Update Folder Within an Update Package

Posted on: February 3, 2020July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Software Update Management

I did some quick cleanup of the update packages in my lab the other day before running the Automatic Deployment Rules. Unfortunately, this appears to have deleted a source folder […]

Boundary and Boundary Group Import and Export

Posted on: December 17, 2019July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Powershell

Five simple PowerShell one-liners to export and import boundaries and boundary groups from and to a Configuration Manager site.

Building a Windows 7 Image (Revisited)

Posted on: November 24, 2019July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Operating System Deployment

This is a follow-up to a previous post: Building a Windows 7 Image. Why you may ask? Well, mainly for testing. If you are moving off of Windows 7 to […]

Four Types of Wake-on-Lan

Posted on: October 24, 2019July 31, 2024Configuration Manager

There are four types of Wake on Lan (WoL) currently in System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr/SCCM). Each operates differently and must be accounted for at the network level for them to work.

Command Synchronicity

Posted on: August 17, 2019July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Software Distribution

Although Synchronicity is one one of the best songs ever from one of the best bands ever, this post isn’t about Gordon Sumner, Stewart Copeland or Andy Summers. This post […]

What Automatic Deployment Rules Actually Do

Posted on: February 1, 2019July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Software Update Management

A common point of confusion for folks just starting with System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr or SCCM) is exactly what Automatic Deployment Rules (ADRs) do.

Software Updates and Automatic Deployment Rules in ConfigMgr

Posted on: January 29, 2019July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Software Update Management

Configuring Automatic Update Rules (ADRs) in System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr or SCCM) comes up often in the forums and at customers as there is no one, clear-cut way to configure them. […]

Software Update Point Facts

Posted on: September 21, 2018July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Software Update Management

As part of a (longish) Reddit forum thread, I posted the below facts about the Software Update Point (SUP) role in System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). This is not a […]

Per User Login Message

Posted on: July 26, 2018July 31, 2024Configuration Manager , Operating System Deployment , Windows

Challenge A common challenge with Windows 10 Upgrade task sequences is handling user logins if there are any restarts during the task sequence. After the restart happens, a user can […]