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Get-VMDKFileNamefromVMX
Working on some minor details to retrieve loads of data (we will see where this stuff ends-up..) Here comes a minor Powershell function to retrieve all VMDK filenames from a VMware VMX-file. Output is...
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App-V 5 Deployment Type fails to import in ConfigMgr
After creating a package of Adobe Captivate 8, validating that it runs as expected in a standalone scenario an obstacle come up during the import-process into the App-V 5 Deployment Type into System...
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App-V 5 Upgrade without a reboot
This will most likely need to be tested for each version of a potential App-V 5 upgrade, but lets clarify the issue. When upgrading the App-V 5 client there are some nasty behaviors that cause...
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Acrobat XI and App-V 5 – 2015
I previously wrote a few blog-articles for Acrobat XI and App-V 5, however I thought I would condense the information into a single-post. So, tag along with how you get Acrobat working with App-V 5....
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ConfigMgr client–install and maintenance
After going down a rabbit hole attempting to understand the process of why ConfigMgr clients fail. Fail to install, fail to keep themselves running, failure to repair themselves – there has been a...
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ConfigMgr, apps and OSX
ConfigMgr offers limited support to manage an OSX-device, however you can extend the capabilities using third-party tooling such as Parallels Mac Management for SCCM. Parallels Mac Management for SCCM...
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ConfigMgr: Match client address to IP-Range Boundaries
Despite the Microsoft recommendation, primarily due to additional workload that it causes, to not leverage IP-Ranges we have noticed a far greater significant accuracy of where clients retrieve content...
View ArticleVMware Horizon View Client–silent install
A few short notes on howto silently deploy the VMware Horizon View Client 4.0.1. The latest release can be downloaded from VMware File: ‘VMware-Horizon-Client-x86_64-4.0.1-3698521.exe’ Intent is to...
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Parallels Mac Management for SCCM–Software Update Point
As of Parallels Mac Management 4.5 there are great new features – such as the new role Software Update Point. The addition of this role is to enable managed updates for the OSX-devices within your...
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Office 365 and its import service
Office 365 is the cloud service with a major adoption. One part of this is getting the on-premises Exchange-servers to be removed, and instead leveraging the Outlook Online provided service. The...
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App-V 5 and publishing error code: 040000002C.
A minor defect that causes a publishing failure for any packages (only tested for publishing towards a user though. The error code looks like this; Publish-AppvClientPackage : Application...
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Software Center can not be loaded
Regardless of what version of the ConfigMgr agent (2012 –> 1602) you get – there still seems to be a possibility to have left-overs from ConfigMgr 2007. within the SCClient log-file the following...
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Parallels Software Update Point–selfsigned certificate
As a continuation of the previous post on howto setup the Parallels Software Update Point (introduced in Parallels Mac Management for SCCM 4.5) – here comes a minor hack howto enable WSUS for...
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Quick test of WDS
Just a quick-test of a TFTP server – just to validate if it is responsive… These commands be run from any client (screenshots are from Win7) Step 1 Install the TFTP Client Step 2 Run the command in a...
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ConfigMgr and a backlog in distributions
Scenario Do you have a primary site and a few secondary sites in ConfigMgr 2012+? Do you schedule the legacy Package format to update on a schedule? Do you have a backlog in the distribution manager?...
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Boundary Groups and Secondary Sites
After spending a few hours reading about how-to configure Boundaries and Boundary Groups in regards to Secondary Sites in ConfigMgr 2012 I was yet to find something that really made anything explicitly...
View ArticleCopy a ConfigMgr Application DeploymentType
A small function inspired by Fred Bainbridges post on howto append an OS requirement to a deployment type. The purpose of the function is to copy the Deploymenttype within an application, but if...
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ConfigMgr site restore and WSUS Catalog version
After you restore a ConfigMgr Primary Site Server there are some losses of information that gets annoying. Sample; WSUS Catalog version is stored in the registry and the ConfigMgr database. It seems...
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ConfigMgr–User collection and direct membership for Security Group
Roger Zander wrote a brilliant article on Collections in Configuration Manager and some knowledge that aids in designing collection structure to reduce the workload of the ConfigMgr hierarchy. One...
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Group Policy Preference and Scheduled Tasks
For some reason it’s always the details in the basics that are the longest hurdle to get over. This particular topic is something that always needs to be re-googled before the last details are sorted...
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