As a ConfigMgr admin you’ve probably dealt with all the prerequisites that needs to be in place and configured properly before you can go ahead and install for example a Primary site. A couple of months back I...
Category - Automation
Nickolaj Andersen
Prompt for Computer Name during OSD with PowerShell
Instead of automating the way a new computer is being named during OSD with ConfigMgr 2012 SP1, you might want to be prompted instead and have to enter the name manually. There are numerous ways of doing this and most...
Remove all Deployments for an Application in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 with PowerShell
This blog post will describe how you can remove all deployments for an application in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1. Perhaps the most easiest way would be to use the built in cmdlet Remove-CMDeployment, but I thought it would be...
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...
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...
Automate Computer Name during OSD in ConfigMgr 2012 with PowerShell
There are various of methods out there today on how you can automate the process of naming computers during OSD. I’ve previously blogged about how to do it with VB script, you can find that blog here. In this blog...