A member on the TechNet forums asked a question why a certain PowerShell script was not working on virtual machines, but it worked on physical. The member didn’t provide the whole script, but basically the primary...
Tag - ConfigMgr 2012 R2
Nickolaj Andersen
Create an Application in ConfigMgr 2012 with PowerShell
I’ve been meaning to create a script that will create applications in ConfigMgr 2012 for a while now. Instead of using the ConfigMgr 2012 PowerShell cmdlets I wanted to try to do it the hard way. When looking...
ConfigMgr 2012 – OSD Front End
Now that we’ve got the option to easily enable a Prestart command in the boot image, why not extend the functionality of the OSD capabilities even more. There are many great front ends for OSD in ConfigMgr out...
Deploy Mozilla Firefox with ConfigMgr 2012
In this post I’ll walk through the steps on how you can successfully deploy Mozilla Firefox with ConfigMgr 2012. For this particular post we’ll be deploying the current ESR (Extended Support Release) version...
Modify the deadline time of an ADR Deployment with PowerShell
Using an Automatic Deployment Rule in ConfigMgr 2012 helps automating your Software Update deployments a lot. In the case where you configure the ADR to run at a specific time after Patch Tuesday, lets say on Wednesday...
ConfigMgr 2012 – The Replace scenario
The purpose of this post is to describe a way of implementing the Replace scenario in ConfigMgr 2012. I’ll cover some bits more in detail and some others on a more high-level scale. So let’s go through the...
Install a ConfigMgr 2012 R2 hierarchy with a Hydration Kit
You’re probably familiar with Johan Arwidmarks awesome hydration kit for ConfigMgr 2012. He recently released an updated version that supports ConfigMgr 2012 R2. If you’ve tested it out, you’re...
Install and configure a remote Software Update Point in ConfigMgr 2012
If you’re looking to install a Software Update Point on a remote system fast and easy, this is the post for you. In my lab environment I’ve installed a Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine that we’ll be using through...
Recover a Site Database in ConfigMgr 2012 R2
In the event that your stand alone Primary Site has failed, assuming that you have a good backup (backup created by the Site Backup maintenance task), the process of recovering the site is not that dramatic. Lets say...
Rotate your ConfigMgr 2012 backup folder
We all know that ConfigMgr 2012 (aswell for previous version of ConfigMgr) comes with a site maintenance task that lets you backup the site database of either a Primary Site or a CAS. Once you have enabled this tasks...