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Pocket Guide to Surface Driver Integration in Configuration Manager (SCCM)

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 »

Save mail attachments with PowerShell

The following step-by-step guide should enable you to automate the process of downloading attachments from an O365 mailbox to a folder. Be aware that this gives access to any mail account that you enter in the code below, therefore don’t just consider functional aspects but also the security of your environment. You should also be… Read More »

Bandwidth test for a Configuration Manager infrastructure by PowerShell

Measure the bandwidth between a Site Server and its Site Systems The script below will test the available bandwidth between the Primary server and all site systems that belong to the infrastructure. The result will be saved as html and csv. The measurement is done by taking the time it takes to copy a 100MB… Read More »

Get details about the updates in a Configuration Manager Update Group

The script gives you details about the updates in an update group including the size of each update. Mind that a download for a certain kb article may consist of different installation files for different releases (like x86, x64, amd etc.) or different languages. The report should help you to figure out how much content… Read More »