SCCM – Windows Update settings and errors

26 mei 2017 ConfigMgr SCCM
The last two weeks I was very busy deploying a specific update to several hundred servers. Besides the deployment I also spent some time answering questions about the process because some collegues didn’t understand why it took longer than expected. Because I didn’t find the answers all in one place I…

Upgrading to SCCM 1702

13 mei 2017 ConfigMgr SCCM
Yesterday was the day! The change request was approved so I could upgrade the site to the latest version 1702. In this post I will give you a quick walkthrough of that update. The first step I performed was checking if all backups were ok. They were… Updates and hotfixes…

Powershell – looking up HP warranty information – part 2

13 mei 2017 Powershell Script
Earlier I published a post about retrieving warranty information for HP hardware. However, the end date that is returned by the script might not always be correct! Let me explain… What the script does is executing a SOAP request to a website. The outcome of that request is XML data…

Powershell – looking up HP warranty information

8 mei 2017 Powershell Script
Today I wanted to get an overview of the warranty information of our ESX hosts. All the hosts are added to a HP Insight Remote Support server so the warranty information is available. However, using this information from powershell is a bit more challenging. Fortunately I found a powershell module…

Restoring Task Sequences the easy way

7 mei 2017 ConfigMgr SCCM Script Solutions
A while ago I was asked if it was possible to restore a Task Sequence. My first reaction was “of course”. But digging into the problem I quickly realized I would need to restore the entire ConfigMgr database. And because it was a primary site under a CAS I was…

Creating Azure JSON templates with Visual Studio Code

6 mei 2017 Azure
Because I am practising for the 70-533 exam I thought I could try to create some Azure JSON templates. For this I wanted to use Visual Studio Code. On the Azure documentation site there are some great examples to get you started. After installing Visual Studio Code I installed the…

Deploy SQL Server Certificate to your ConfigMgr Consoles

3 mei 2017 ConfigMgr SCCM Solutions
While working with CEViewer (from the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit) I noticed an error after connecting to the Site Server: A connection was succesfully established with the server, but then an error occured during the login process. (provider: SSL Provider, error: 0 – The certificate chain was issued…