In rare cases, you may see that the inventory isn’t working after an upgrade of the Configuration Manager. In my case, it took two weeks until the issue was noticed and it needed some investigation to find out there was no hardware inventory entry was newer than the date of the upgrade to 2303. On… Read More »
Go to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/manage-surface-driver-and-firmware-updates and find the appropriate download link for your model. Create the folder that you want to place the drivers in, for example D:\Sources\Drivers\Win10\Microsoft\SurfaceLaptop5 Run the msiexec command to place the drivers in that folder: msiexec /a SurfaceLaptop5_Win10_19044_22.102.17126.0.msi targetdir=C:\Sources\OSD\Win10\Driver\Microsoft\SurfaceLaptop5 Now go to the ConfigMg console, navigate to Software Library -> OSD and open… Read More »
With the critical vulnerabilities in Word (CVE-2023-21716) and Outlook (CVE-2023-23397) the update status of Office 365 has come into focus. The easiest way to check the version status is to go to \Software Library\Overview\Office 365 Client Management in the console. The dashboard behaves a bit beastly but if you succeed to get it loading it… Read More »
With the ADK for Windows 22H2, Microsoft has dropped support for x86 images. When you try to add or update an x86 image in ConfigMgr you’ll get an error. The workaround is simple: Locate the PE image in the ADK installation folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment), copy the amd64… Read More »
There are some really good print driver installation guides for Intune like the one from Ben Whitmore (msendpointmgr) and Rudy Ooms (call4cloud). Their approach is to extract the driver from the installation package of the vendor, install it by using pnputil and then to run the Add-Printer PowerShell cmdlet with printer name (e.g. “Floor 1… Read More »
If you plan to migrate to Windows 11, you will probably want to determine which machines fulfill the requirements for an upgrade. If you are using MECM, you can find this information for single machines in the Resource Explorer. The Resource Explorer item is based on the view v_GS_UPGRADE_EXPERIENCE_INDICATORS which is fed by the hardware… Read More »
Tests were done with CM 2103 and PS App Deployment Toolkit 3.8.4 I’m not a frequent packager and I recently had to provide an Application to install the Configuration Manager console. It should be mainly required for users who don’t have admin rights on the machine that they use for administrating the CM environment (think… Read More »
The article is based on tests with TP 2104 and CB 2103 The Community Hub enriches Configuration Manager by a large number of solutions that can easily be integrated into the CM console. To take advantage of the offer, you must install the WebView2 console extension which you’ll get if you click on the little… Read More »
Problem The transaction log of ConfigMgr database grows to the limit within a short period of time until the database becomes unresponsive. When rebooting the server, the database remains in recovery mode for some time. You may find entries like the one below in the log of the SQL server: Change Tracking autocleanup is blocked… Read More »
When reinstalling the ConfigMgr agent, the installation succeeds but the initialization does not. The machine is getting the same SMS GUID it had before although the SMSCFG.ini in c:\Windows was deleted and doesn’t show up in the ConfigMgr console. In MP_Registration.log you find these entries: [RegTask] – Client is not registered. Sending registration request for… Read More »