There are two common scenarios where an organization may need to change the Operating System instance for a System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr/SCCM) site server:
Windows 10 Servicing with ConfigMgr Confusion
What Current Branch and Current Branch for Business are not. A lot has been written and spoken by Microsoft and in the community of Windows 10 as a service and […]
Office 365 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 […]
Cross-site Images in ConfigMgr
If you create your OS images using ConfigMgr one potential issue is that the ConfigMgr client agent is embedded in your image. In and of itself, this isn’t a huge […]
Uninstall Software En Masse
Every now and then, you may have the need to uninstall software, not just a single version but all versions of a certain product from your systems; e.g., QuickTime or Adobe […]
The Unspoken ConfigMgr Upgrade Requirement
When upgrading to Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) Current branch (CB) or even implementing it from scratch, there is an unspoken requirement. It’s not really a requirement for ConfigMgr itself, but more […]
Boot Image Backgrounds
To me aesthetics (even if I can’t spell that without the help of a spell-checker) are very important; basically, if it “looks” shoddy, haphazard, or thrown together, it probably is. This […]
Remote Systems Management in Configuration Manager
Managing remote systems, i.e., those not directly connected to your internal network, is a challenge best not overlooked for multiple reasons including security. With Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) […]
Ugh: CCMSETUP Error Codes
One of the things I’ve lamented and heaped scorn onto in the past is the use of non-standard error codes for processes and installers in particular. Why? Well, if a […]
Controlling Program Deployment Execution Time
In System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007 and beyond, the time that a program for a required deployment is enforced (or run) by the client is generally thought to be […]