Re: [mssms] RE: App catalog background transfers?

This is great and is the approach which I prefer. Sadly a fair number of customers who I encounter don't believe it. > On 7 Mar 2015, at 03:23, ccollins9 wrote: > > Just one another question, we decided years ago that any app that we package > and have a site license for, we advertise to All

Re: [mssms] RE: App catalog background transfers?

Just one another question, we decided years ago that any app that we package and have a site license for, we advertise to All Users as Available and turn off the notifications. Then If they need an app, we have them click a shortcut on the desktop which opens the application catalog website run by

Re: [mssms] RE: App catalog background transfers?

One easy way to do this is to deploy the app to "All Users" collection as "available" (NOT required), choose only show notifications for computer restarts, then set the app to require administrator approval. The helpdesk can go into the console and approve the request, or get someone higher to do

RE: [mssms] RE: App catalog background transfers?

I agree, but compared to having a tech visit in person it’s a vast improvement. This is really only for one off installs that need to be done infrequently and on demand, larger deployments are staged and planned out much better than this. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@l

[mssms] RE: App catalog background transfers?

I've heard that having incremental updates on many collections will quickly nuke your site performance (we have hundreds of packages). From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Nemec, Dale Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 4:35 PM To: mssms@lists.myitfo

[mssms] RE: App catalog background transfers?

We don't expose the SCCM Admin Console to our Help Desk and rely solely upon AD Group Memberships for pushing software to the users. With SCCM 2012, User Collection membership updating is as quick as every 5 minutes if you use the "Use incremental updates for this collection" on a query-based U

Re: [mssms] RE: App catalog background transfers?

Maybe it's just me, but having an IT staff member remote to a PC to manually initiate a software installation kind of defeats the purpose of a system such as this. On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 6:28 PM Atkinson, Matt T < matt.atkin...@providence.org> wrote: > Sure it’s possible, but we would either hav

[mssms] RE: App catalog background transfers?

Sure it's possible, but we would either have to expose the SCCM console to desktop support/help desk or rely on them adding AD user accounts to AD groups, then keying the collections based off of the group memberships. Kind of a pain due to wait times for AD discovery and collection evaluation.

[mssms] RE: Surface 3, Docking Station, and Daisy-Chaining. Oh my!

We used to have this problem with some computers where once the monitor went to sleep, it would never wake up when connected using a DisplayPort or HDMI cable. The workaround we set up was to disable power saving mode on the monitor. Not ideal, but that is the only thing that worked reliably fo

Re: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

Uninstalling SCCM from your site server won't touch the ConfigManager client,just the SCCM install itself. You'll need to do a new client push to this machine, if you haven't yet. On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife < joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov> wrote: > I don’t have any

[mssms] RE: App catalog background transfers?

What about letting the users themselves run it from the app catalog? You can control what they see. And require approvals as well. Mark Kent (MCP) Sr. Desktop Systems Engineer Computing & Technology Services - SUNY Buffalo State From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myi

Re: [mssms] Surface 3, Docking Station, and Daisy-Chaining. Oh my!

😊 I don't use the Display Port. Seems to be a common problem. Believe it or not, USB works best. My setup is listed here: http://winsupersite.com/hardware/hardware-i-use-rod-trent-january-18-2015 From: 'Chris Carbone' Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎March‎ ‎6‎, ‎2015 ‎4‎:‎51‎ ‎PM To: SMS Has any

[mssms] RE: Surface 3, Docking Station, and Daisy-Chaining. Oh my!

That was actually the fix I did. I also turned off Display Port 1.2 tech. Pat Wilson CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printi

[mssms] App catalog background transfers?

Coming up against a problem while we are getting our service desk folks up to speed with deploying software using SCCM 2012. Our original plan was to have the tech connect remotely to the machine, login, launch the app catalog with their credentials and start an install from the catalog. Then lo

[mssms] Surface 3, Docking Station, and Daisy-Chaining. Oh my!

Has anyone found a good work around for this problem that neither Dell or M$ want to address? So here's the situation, if you have a SP3 in a docking station hooked to two Dell U2414H's with display-port connections that are daisy-chained you will have problems, and often! There was a flickeri

RE: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

I don’t have any GPO that’s doing anything like that. However, I looked at one of the DCs in the test domain, and it has a key set close to what you list. It’s under Mobile Client\AssignedSiteCode. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jason

RE: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

Do you, or did you ever, have the ADM GPO’s set to push the old site code to the agents? That information Tattoo’s. Even if the GPO’s are removed, the registry information stays put and overrides all other methods of specifying sitecodes. This bit us when we tried migrating from 2007 to 2012. N

Re: [mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method

Doh! Thanks, that's what I get for testing it manually and then copying and pasting as is... On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Daniel Ratliff wrote: > Remove the –computername parameter. > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: > listsad...@lists.myitforum

RE: [mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method

You don’t need to define the “-computername” parameter of the WMI [Get-WMIObject] cmdlet since the WMI class that you’re calling is local on the computer. If you really want to define that parameter, then create a variable that stores the name of the local computer, and pass that variable off a

RE: [mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method

Remove the –computername parameter. Daniel Ratliff From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Steve Whitcher Sent: Friday, March 6, 2015 3:19 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method I

RE: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

Also, this client is of course, on the new SCCM server. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Gerry Borger Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 12:07 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab On the client that is assign

RE: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

Yes, it does. Right from the start it thinks it should be connecting to the old Site code of TST. The new site code is WLD. Assigning to site 'TST' LocationServices 3/3/2015 1:26:40 PM 804 (0x0324) LSIsSiteCompatible : Verifying Site Compatibility for Locati

Re: [mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method

I changed my compliance setting from using a WQL query to using a script, and added another setting to check the encryption method. It looks like there's a permission issue of some sort though. The DCMWMIProvider.log is showing an access denied error: In-line script returned error output: Ge

RE: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

On the client that is assigned to the old site code, does the LocationServices.log have any relevant info? Regards, Gerry Borger Sr Solutions Architect, Adaptiva From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife Sent: Friday, March

RE: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

Well, the schema was extended before, and the install did populate the System Management OU with the new info, not the old. The old info was gone before I started the new install. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Dwayne Allen Sent: Frida

RE: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

Nope From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Sean Pomeroy Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 11:21 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab Or any GPOs configured? On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 2:19 PM Dwayne Allen mailto:dw

[mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

No, it was removed from the domain right after uninstalling SCCM from it. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of John Aubrey Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 11:19 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab Is the old one

Re: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

Or any GPOs configured? On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 2:19 PM Dwayne Allen wrote: > Did you have AD pulishing turned on for the old site? > > - > Dwayne Allen > dwayne.al...@gmail.com > (479) 310-0027 > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife < > joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov> wro

Re: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

Did you have AD pulishing turned on for the old site? - Dwayne Allen dwayne.al...@gmail.com (479) 310-0027 On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife < joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov> wrote: > Ok, so strange thing happened. I actually went through the uninstall, > instead of ju

[mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

Is the old one still in AD? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife Sent: Friday, March 6, 2015 2:14 PM To: 'mssms@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: [mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab Ok, so strange thing happened. I actually went t

[mssms] RE: SCCM in the lab

Ok, so strange thing happened. I actually went through the uninstall, instead of just ripping SCCM out. This also cleaned up the System Management container, as well. I did choose a different site code when installing the new SCCM, which is on a new server VM. The old VM was unjoined from th

RE: [mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method

Sorry that I didn’t define that better… Yes, it’s with a script. I’m using a PowerShell script in our environment to handle identifying what’s encrypted and what isn’t and the script is contained within a Configuration Item for evaluation. As long as the string returned by the script matches

Re: [mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method

Thanks Charles. I came across that method after posting, but if I understand correctly there is no way to invoke a method from a WQL query. I think I can set the compliance setting up to run a script though, instead of a WQL query, so that might be the way to get what I need. On Fri, Mar 6, 2015

Re: [mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method

We do have that GPO set, so any machine re-imaged in the last year or two has the 256 bit encryption, but there are still a few laptops in the field that got missed during the last refresh cycle. I'm trying to find them, by adding the info to my weekly bitlocker compliance report. On Fri, Mar 6,

RE: [mssms] Great Suite of Labs - Incl Intune

P.S. there's also a new learning event coming up in April. http://windowsitpro.com/microsoft-intune/upcoming-skills-event-microsoft-int une From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ed Aldrich Sent: Friday, March 6, 2015 1:14 PM To: mssms@lis

RE: [mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method

That particular WMI class contains the “GetEncryptionMethod” which will return a value representing the encryption method according to the list of values on https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376434(v=vs.85).aspx. Use the instance in calling the method and that will give

RE: [mssms] Compliance Evaluation Settings

I figured it was something like that. Thanks! From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of ccollins9 Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 12:54 PM To: mssms Subject: Re: [mssms] Compliance Evaluation Settings As with most client tasks in SCCM, it kicks off ra

Re: [mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method

I know this is not the info you are looking for per se, but we have a GPO set on all machines that forces 256-bit BitLocker. If you can't find how to report on it, at least having that set in a GPO could give you some peace of mind. On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Steve Whitcher wrote: > I have

[mssms] Great Suite of Labs - Incl Intune

We were talking a lot around Intune in the recent Ignite OT thread. To that end I came across this seriously good set of TechNet labs that may be of interest. Simon may and his Enterprise Mobility Team have this resource available for all: Enterprise Mobility Virtual Labs

[mssms] Compliance setting for Bitlocker Encryption Method

I have a compliance settings configured to check whether the C drive on our laptops is bitlocker encrypted, based on a WQL query of Win32_EncryptableVolume in the root\cimv2\security\MicrosoftVolumeEncryption namespace. I'd like to be able to add a check for the Encryption Method as well (should b

Re: [mssms] Compliance Evaluation Settings

As with most client tasks in SCCM, it kicks off randomly according to below https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680847.aspx The evaluation schedule initiates a compliance evaluation that starts randomly within the next two hours. This random initiation ensures that the management point i

[mssms] RE: Compliance Evaluation Settings

There's a two hour random offset from the evaluation time - this is not configurable. J From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Beardsley, James Sent: Friday, March 6, 2015 11:37 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] Compliance Evalu

[mssms] Compliance Evaluation Settings

How does the client interpret the compliance evaluation schedules? I set something to run on all machines at 10:21am this morning and only 100 machines have run it. My machine policy cycle is 15 minutes so all the machines would have downloaded the policy now. I would expect them to evaluate by

[mssms] RE: OS Deployment error

Sorry for de delay The version number of the package in the console is 4. If I run http:///SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/C1200038 it show me de files and the folders of that package. Any idea's? Any help would be greatly appreciated Maarten van Willigen Inf

Re: [mssms] RE: SCCM 2012 Local Accounts

Are you using OSD and a task sequence for image deployment? If so, what do you have set in the picture below of your task sequence? [image: Inline image 1] On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Marcum, John wrote: > Is it the built-in local administrator account or is it some other > account that

[mssms] RE: SCCM 2012 Local Accounts

Is it the built-in local administrator account or is it some other account that is a local admin? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Muhammad-Lawal Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 11:08 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms]

[mssms] SCCM 2012 Local Accounts

I have images that are getting a an extra "admin" account with a blank password. How can this be corrected. Every image that I deploy has our Local Admin account but I don't know how this extra blank admin account is getting added. Marilyn Muhammad-Lawal Systems Analysts Team Lead Informatio

RE: [mssms] RE: Proper way to remove/update drivers in Cm12 R2

We were mopving to SCCM and wondering if there were any gotchas here also. In MDT, I find if I delete drivers, import new ones that have the same name, then replicate, I get naming conflicts. That's not a problem in SCCM? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitfo

SV: [mssms] App-V and SCCM

Have you checked that *.vbs isn’t blocked in IIS? Check c:\Windows\System32\Inetsrv\Config\applicationHost.config -Hein Fra: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] På vegne av Paul Winstanley Sendt: 6. mars 2015 13:19 Til: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Emne: Re: [mss

Re: [mssms] App-V and SCCM

Ah ok. Of course. On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Suzzi Williams wrote: > No it wasn't antivirus. > I have since been sent an email directly telling me what the problem was. > When an app-v package is imported into ConfigMgr only the content needed > for the app-v package will get replicated to

Re: [mssms] App-V and SCCM

No it wasn't antivirus. I have since been sent an email directly telling me what the problem was. When an app-v package is imported into ConfigMgr only the content needed for the app-v package will get replicated to the distribution points, not all content in the source folder. Suz x On Fri, Mar

[mssms] RE: vmware build

Return Receipt Your [mssms] RE: vmware build document:

Re: [mssms] App-V and SCCM

Check AV isn't getting involved. On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Suzzi Williams wrote: > Hi Paul > > There are no error in the logs. It seems that none of the vb scripts in > the app-v source package are being replicated to the DPs > > Suz x > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Paul Winstanley

Re: [mssms] App-V and SCCM

Hi Paul There are no error in the logs. It seems that none of the vb scripts in the app-v source package are being replicated to the DPs Suz x On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Paul Winstanley wrote: > Update DP's and check the logs > > > > On 6 Mar 2015, at 09:19, Suzzi Williams wrote: > > Th

Re: [mssms] App-V and SCCM

Update DP's and check the logs > On 6 Mar 2015, at 09:19, Suzzi Williams wrote: > > Thanks Paul > > I have looked using the content file explorer and not all the content is there > >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Paul Winstanley >> wrote: >> Yes the DP will host the content. Check conte

Re: [mssms] App-V and SCCM

Thanks Paul I have looked using the content file explorer and not all the content is there On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Paul Winstanley wrote: > Yes the DP will host the content. Check content library explorer and > confirm the content is on the DP. > > > > On 6 Mar 2015, at 08:49, Suzzi Wil

Re: [mssms] App-V and SCCM

Yes the DP will host the content. Check content library explorer and confirm the content is on the DP. > On 6 Mar 2015, at 08:49, Suzzi Williams wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Bradnan, Jerry >> wrote: >> I’m pretty sure it does. >> >> >> >> >> >> From: listsad...@

RE: [mssms] Get product name is blank

That’s the issue with that approach, good, better, best. Even good is practically way too good for 98 % off all users and they would be happy for sure with whatever business model is available today. Core-i5, 8GB RAM, SSD. Standard more or less but no, they ask for 16G, core-i7 without having a

RE: [mssms] Get product name is blank

The “hey, you didn’t spend all the money we gave you, so you don’t need it. We’ll give you less next year”-approach. Sad but true. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of christopher.catl...@us.sogeti.com Sent: Freitag, 6. März 2015 05:42 To