This post will cover the necessary steps in order to prepare a SQL Server 2012 SP1 installation for ConfigMgr 2012 SP1. Overview Create Active Directory accountsPrepare for the installationInstall SQL Server 2012...
Author - Nickolaj Andersen
Nickolaj Andersen
Get Collection Members with a PowerShell GUI
Have you ever thought about copying the system names from a collection to use them for any kind of purpose outside of ConfigMgr 2012? Well, that’s not very easy. You could of course with PowerShell and some smart...
Distribute Packages or Applications in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 with PowerShell
If you’ve migrated Applications or Packages from an old ConfigMgr hiearchy into a new one, or perhaps you’ve just create a bunch of stuff that you’d like to distribute, distribution can rather quickly...
Update the content path of all Applications in ConfigMgr 2012 with PowerShell
If you’ve been dealing with PowerShell and ConfigMgr 2012 lately, you’ve probably found out that the most interesting properties of an application is stored in XML format in the SDMPackageXML property. On of...
Create Dell Driver Packages in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 with PowerShell
When doing OSD in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 you always have to deal with drivers. When dealing with drivers, you should ask yourself if you’d like to trust the Plug and Play method that ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 uses, or if you...
Backup your Hyper-V Lab environment on Windows 8 with PowerShell
During the past few weeks Microsoft has released a lot of new cool Previews of their upcoming software. For that reason my lab environment has grown quite large, and it’s no longer effective to manually back it up...
Upgrade your Lab environment to ConfigMgr 2012 R2 Preview
I guess that you’ve already heard that Microsoft has released a preview of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Preview this week. Due to all the great new features, I think we should all upgrade our lab...
Upgrade ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 clients with the CU2 update
Microsoft has now released the Cumulative Update 2 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1. If you havn’t install the update yet, follow my installation guide which you can find here: Once you’ve...
Install ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 CU2 in your hierarchy
A few days back Microsoft released Cumulative Update 2 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1. You can find the KB article here. This blog post will cover the necessary steps on how to successfully install CU2...
Get Dell System Warranty with PowerShell
When you work with Dell systems and its time to replace old systems, it’s always nice to know which one is out of warranty and eligible for replacement. Earlier I’ve used a VB-script for this purpose, but I...