SCCM - System Center Configuration Manager

ConfigMgr SRS Web Reporting : Issue with report: "Computers that have run a specific metered software program"

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:00:44 GMT

Issue : When running the report "Computers that have run a specific metered software program" thru the SRS reporting web page & If you want to select the month in the report , you will see...(read more)

Computers with a specific BIOS version or manufacturer in a specific collection

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:37:04 GMT

You ever wanted to know by a report what your BIOS version from a particular set of machines in a particular collection where ? Than use the SQL statement below : SELECT COLL.Name, BIOS.SMBIOSBIOSVersion0...(read more)

MVP Award Renewal: System Center Configuration Manager

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:41:53 GMT

I’m very proud to inform you that my MVP award got renewed for the year 07/2010 – 07/2011 on System Center Configuration Manager . This is certainly a great honor for me. Thank you Microsoft, blog readers...(read more)

New changes to System Center Configuration Manager support

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:44:45 GMT

The Configmgr team is announcing support changes for the following releases. You'll probably want to check Yvette O’Meally her post to make sure you have the latest information. Please look for...(read more)

Community Day 2010 : Getting Ready

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:24:00 GMT

Thursday 24/06 I am co-presenting a session with my SCUG buddy Kurt Van Hoecke about “Service Manager Integration with System Center” at the Community day 2010. After a hectic week , we are...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2007 R2 & R3 : How to back up SCCM 2007 SQL Reporting Services

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:22:00 GMT

A recent implementation at my ConfigMgr 2007 R3 TAP customer of R3 and SQL reporting services put me thinking ahead for our disaster recovery procedure . SRS Reporting role needs to be installed...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 State Message : MP has discarded a report when processing Ddr.

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:22:46 GMT

Today , I was at a customer and I was struggling with a specific status message ID 5413 in the status messages. I just installed a brand new Configmgr site with sitecode ABC … What is happening ? What...(read more)

SCCM R3 : Power Management In Practice (how-to) Part 1

Kenny Buntinx — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:33:31 GMT

Hi there , I have recently deployed Configuration Manager 2007 R3 beta (refresh) in production at my TAP customer.In my previous blog post I highlight the R3 the beta installation on your SCCM 2007 SP2...(read more)

Microsoft EndPoint protection team and System center development team are merging!

Kimoppalfens — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:13:59 GMT

As part of STB's strategy to align future Windows endpoint security and systems management engineering, the Forefront endpoint protection development team will join the System Center development team...(read more)

SCCM V.next Beta 1 : Released !!!

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:40:30 GMT

Today I am very excited to announce the release of Beta 1 for System Center Configuration Manager v.Next. System Center Configuration Manager v.Next is uniquely positioned to provide for powerful and flexible...(read more)

SCCM 2007 R3 Beta (refresh) Installation (Howto)

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:45:13 GMT

I have recently deployed Configuration Manager 2007 R3 beta (refresh) in production at my TAP customer. Below I will outline the steps for deploying Configuration Manager 2007 R3 beta. Disclaimer: You...(read more)

Video TechDays 2010: WMI for the SCCM Admin

scug-admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 10:20:00 GMT

View Video Format: wmv Duration: 80:12 Since its first debut System Center Configuration manager and its predecessors have been relying heavily on the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) architecture...(read more)

The Citrix Connector for System Center Configuration Manager

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 13 May 2010 10:28:30 GMT

As they demonstrated a few weeks ago at #MMS2010, the System Center team is working in partnership with Citrix to integrate the management of XenApp with Configuration Manager. The connector enhances Configuration...(read more)

Step by Step guide for provisioning Intel VPro clients in SCCM 2007 SP2 Part 3

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:15:57 GMT

In my previous post I have talked about the 3rd Party Remote Configuration Certificate that is needed on each OOB Service Point to Provision Intel vPro technology based systems in SCCM at http:/...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2007 Toolkit version 2 is now available

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:09:24 GMT

I’m proud to announce that our SCCM Product team has released System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Toolkit V2 live on the Microsoft Download Center today. This release is a follow up to our original...(read more)

SCCM : Software Updates are hanging.

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:34:58 GMT

Issue : A XP client keeps failing on 2 updates that are marked as missing , but no errors could be found in the SCCM client logs , neither in the Windows Update Agent.log. You only get this line in the...(read more)

MMS 2010 - an event to remember

Kimoppalfens — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:15:14 GMT

Hi All, I think most people have followed the early bits of my attempt to make it to MMS 2010 for my session on WMI for the System Center Configuration Administrator. But here is the full story. As most...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2007 R3 : Officially Beta has been released for download on connect !

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:46:56 GMT

Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Beta has been released today during Brad Anderson’s Keynote ! If you are a member of the Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Open Beta program you can download at this Connection...(read more)

SCCM : State of the union @ MMS-2010

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:15:07 GMT

Let me start by saying that it has been a great State of the union , and for those of you that didn't make it this year, that they are working in the Systems Center Configuration Manager Space. Make...(read more)

MMS-2010 : The Road trip continued … We have made it , but ….

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:57:11 GMT

As explained in other posts as well , almost all European airports where closed . Well that wasn’t good enough for us as explained in the previous posts : http://scug.be/blogs/mike/archive/2010/04/17/mms...(read more)

I Sooo fricking hate volcano’s

Kimoppalfens — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:25:33 GMT

Hi All, UPDATE: My flight unfortunately IS canceled now, I am on a waiting list to fly out Tuesday morning. We are investigating alternative ways of delivering the presentation such as livemeeting. If...(read more)

MMS-2010 : The Road trip continued

Kenny Buntinx — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:16:00 GMT

Hi , As our fellow Scug crew member Mike Resseler already has written on the following link “ http://scug.be/blogs/mike/archive/2010/04/17/mms-2010-the-roadtrip.aspx ” about our planned road...(read more)

Best of MMS 2010 event in BELGIUM

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:45:23 GMT

Best of MMS 2010 will provide the opportunity to learn more about IT Management solutions from Microsoft and how you can adopt them in your datacenter. In a year packed with new management product releases...(read more)

SCCM Report : Count of all instances of software registered with Add or Remove Programs that you want to list

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:32:41 GMT

Did you ever want to list your software counts for your licenses. Did management ever requested a report like that. Well below you will find the query code to do that . I am pretty sure there are still...(read more)

MMS-2010 : Getting closer! Call to action for Belgian IT-Pro’s attending MMS !

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:12:37 GMT

Microsoft Management Summit 2010 is just around the corner! But the question will be : how many Belgian IT Pro’s are attending this event ? If you are an Belgian IT Pro , please let me know . It would...(read more)

#mms2010 BREAKING NEWS: General attendee registration for MMS 2010 is now sold out!

Kenny Buntinx — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:56:18 GMT

Hi Guys , MMS is SOLD out – too bad if you still want to register and be there ! Read the full story here : MMS 2010 BREAKING NEWS- General attendee registration for MMS 2010 is now sold out...(read more)

SCCM OSD Deployment : The IIS Admin service is not starting anymore on a deployed sysprepped Windows Embedded 2009 with IIS 6.0 installed

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:44:05 GMT

Lately I have been busy with testing & deploying for a big project some Windows Embedded 2009 devices , called the Advantech ARK –1388 .One requirement from the customer was to have IIS 6.0 installed...(read more)

WMI for the SCCM Admin (Techdays Belgium 2010) – MMS 2010 Birds of a feather session

Kimoppalfens — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:08:06 GMT

Hi All, I just proposed a birds of a feather session on WMI for the SCCM Admin. This is the session I’ll be delivering at the end of this month at the Belgian Techdays. Quite a few people have asked me...(read more)

Application Virtualization Dashboard – Now in Beta Release!

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:32:43 GMT

The Application Virtualization (App-V) Dashboard helps customers monitor virtualized software applications with a graphical display that makes it easy to stay on top of application usage, health, and compliance...(read more)

Preparing for the MVP summit 2010

Kenny Buntinx — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:42:07 GMT

Hi All, Just getting myself ready for the MVP summit in Seattle next week, as our other 2 SCUG MVP’s ( Kim Oppalfens & Alexandre Verkinderen ) . For me it is going to be an exciting event for me ,...(read more)

HP ProLiant Hardware Inventory Tool for Configuration Manager 2007 (howto)

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:15:54 GMT

Yesterday , I ran into a customer who wanted me to extend there Hardware inventory with there Compaq and HP Server equipment such as ILO Serial number , physical Memory slots , etc. Instead of making...(read more)

App-V : Sequencing the SCCM 2007 Console ( howto )

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT

More and more customers are demanding a swift and easy install of the SCCM console , especially when it comes to upgrade your consoles when a new service pack comes along. As my customers also have App...(read more)

SCCM Hotfix available: KB977203 - User state migration fails on a SCCM 2007 SP1 or SP2 client after you install security update 974571

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:30:18 GMT

The actually workaround before this hotfix came out, was is to uninstall the 974571 hotfix on computers before running USMT task sequence. This workaround works fine but was not sufficient for many customers...(read more)

SCCM : Deploying Windows 7 on a VMware ESX environment ( howto )

Kenny Buntinx — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:13:41 GMT

Hi , Did you ever wanted to build a reference image of your physical workstations onto your VMware ESX environment ( yes , some customers have a firm grip on vmware …) so that people could play around...(read more)

SCCM : Windows 7 deployments & unattended.xml

Kenny Buntinx — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:32:42 GMT

How can I customize my Windows 7 deployment , such as the regional settings, Firewall , internet explorer , keyboard settings? Even if you are using SCCM & task sequences you still want to customize...(read more)

Application Compatibility Toolkit Connector Update for Windows 7 deployments

Kenny Buntinx — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:06:16 GMT

To help you accelerate their testing and deployment of applications on Windows 7 , Microsoft has the Application Compatibility Toolkit Connector (ACT Connector) that assists administrators with collecting...(read more)

SCCM OSD : HP Quicklaunch application installation integrated in a task sequence

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:56:02 GMT

My issue today was again a fight to integrate the HP Quick Launch Drivers into my OSD task sequence. I am installing it as part of my Windows XP SP3 build ( I know it should be Windows 7 , but at...(read more)

Windows Embedded Standard 2009 support statement for SCCM 2007 updated

Kimoppalfens — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:50:38 GMT

Hi All, If any of you happen to be playing around with WES 2009 and System Center Configuration Manager 2007, you might want to have a look at the new blogpost at the ConfigMgr’s product team blog...(read more)

Packaging tools to Create MSI’s

Kimoppalfens — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:06:09 GMT

Hi All, Since my sccmautodoc program is getting close to completion I set out to try and see whether I could create an install for it. Most of the bug reports I received back was from people that...(read more)

SCCM SP2 Hotfix KB978021 :The Distribution Manager that is in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 does not honor the "Number of retries" and "Delay before retrying (minutes)" retry settings

Kenny Buntinx — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:51:36 GMT

The distribution manager (distmgr, the component that is there for distributing the packages to a distribution point) seems not working as we would expect with SP2. Consider the following scenario: The...(read more)

App-V : Updated OS VALUE XML Tag References and Supported Client Versions

Kenny Buntinx — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:34:06 GMT

I was trying to test applications that were sequenced for windows XP on Windows 7 . The problem was that I needed to update the OS VALUE XML in the config file . I came across an article from Steve Thomas...(read more)

SCCM Vnext : TAP Nominations are open !

Kenny Buntinx — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:24:54 GMT

Finally , the bullet is thru the church… TAP nominations to the SCCM Vnext are open and a lot of people expect great features and improvement made to the product . Certainly now SCCM Vnext is going to...(read more)

Techdays 2010 Here we (The Scug team) come

Kimoppalfens — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:48:35 GMT

Hi All, Just received confirmation that I will have a speaker slot again, for the 4th year in a row at the Belgian Techdays. So me, and the rest of the Belgian SCUG team will be present to talk to you...(read more)

SCCM : How to create a collection to list Windows Embedded Devices

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:57:24 GMT

Hi , For a customer , I had the requirement for creating a collection that was filled with Windows Embedded Devices using the WMI property as selection criterion. This can be done by creating a new collection...(read more)

How to find Windows Embedded devices in SCCM.

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:28:28 GMT

I am implementing at one of my customers a situation where 3000 Windows embedded devices will be installed. In this environments I want to be sure that any Windows Embedded devices connected to the network...(read more)

SCCM : Upgrading secondary sites to SP2 via Software Distribution on Windows 2008 could generate some issues

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:39:04 GMT

Scenario : Your Primary site server has been upgrade from SCCM 2007 SP1 R2 towards SCCM 2007 SP2.You want to upgrade all your secondary site server with are running on Windows Server 2008 to Service pack...(read more)

Step by Step guide for provisioning Intel VPro clients in SCCM 2007 SP2 Part 2

Kenny Buntinx — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:45:32 GMT

In my previous post I have talked about the summary of Prerequisites required for OOB Management in SCCM at http://scug.be/blogs/sccm/archive/2009/11/27/step-by-step-guide-for-provisioning-intel...(read more)

Step by Step guide for provisioning Intel VPro clients in SCCM 2007 SP2 Part 1

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:35:03 GMT

Today I finally finalized my Intel VPro configuration on a SCCM 2007 SP2 box.In this blog post I try to explain all the details on how to provision clients with Vpro and what infrastructure steps are needed...(read more)

SCCM : ESX VMWare Vsphere 4 Tools Silent Install/Upgrade in an Windows 2008 R2 OSD Task Sequence ANSWER !

Kenny Buntinx — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:29:47 GMT

We struggled with this for a long time, but we finally found a way to make it work. We could deploy the tools manually with no issue, but trying to automate it was a complete nightmare. Basically, the...(read more)

SCCM : Microsoft Updates suddenly stops at 50% of downloading.

Kenny Buntinx — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:19:38 GMT

Hi. Last week at a customer of us had problem to get some patches been delivered to the end users computer. This months updates worked fine too, no problem distributing them as usual with CM , BUT, ...(read more)