Stephan Wibier

Configuration Manager 2012 R2 Hotfixes

Jan

11

2014

Tweet SCCM 2012 R2 has some hotfixes you might need: 2905002 An update is available for the “Operating System Deployment” feature of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager This update resolves the following issues in Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. Issue 1 After you enable the PXE Service Point role (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj217832.aspx) on an instance of ...

Configmgr 2012 R2 Toolkit

Dec

7

2013

Tweet We all know that sometimes the good old SCCM toolkit can help up troubleshoot problems. Well Microsoft has released the updated version for SCCM 2012 R2. It can be found here: ConfigMgr 2012R2 Toolkit For the site this information is found: The Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit contains fifteen downloadable tools ...

App-V 4.6 SP3 and App-V 5.0 SP2 Released 2

Dec

4

2013

Tweet As of 2nd December 2013 Microsoft has released SP3 for App-V 4.6 and SP2 for App-V 5.0 All the info can be found here: http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2013/12/02/announcing-mdop-2013-r2.aspx In these releases the major difference are: support for Windows 8.1 Office 2013 virtualization support Also lots of enhancements were made in the App-V 5.0 SP2 release: Support for ...

What is new in System Center 2012 R2

Oct

1

2013

Tweet José Rodas has made a nice overview of all the new features of the What’s New in System Center 2012 R2! Here is the overview: Configuration Manager R2 Deploy and manage Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Configure and deploy WiFi profiles, VPN configurations and certificates Maintenance windows exclusively for updates UI improvements ...

Set default OU for new AD computers

Sep

5

2013

Tweet As we all know the standard Default Container for newly created computer objects is ‘Computers’ But I want my newly created computer objects in another Organizational Unit (OU), Always! This can be easily achieved by an old friend: REDIRCMP You have to use the Container-CN (which can be easily found with ADSIEdit!) Always handy ...

Microsoft KMS Client Setup Keys

Aug

28

2013

Tweet I needed to change a Windows Server 2012 installation from STANDARD to DATACENTER with KMS activation. The process is still the same as always, but you need the keys. The can be found HERE. The procedure: To install a client setup key, open an administrative command prompt on the client, type slmgr /ipk <setup key> and press ...

Monitoring ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 via OpsMgr 2012 SP1 1

Aug

28

2013

Tweet This post will describe the setup that is needed in order for your OpsMgr 2012 SP1 environment to monitor your ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 site. First download the MP via this URL http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34709 Execute the installer and you will end up with 4 files: EULA.rtf Microsoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Discovery.mp Microsoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Library.mp Microsoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Monitoring.mp Import the 3 Management Pack Files for ConfigMgr. ...

OpsMgr 2012 Management Packs for Windows Server 2012 and SCCM 2012 SP1

Aug

28

2013

Tweet All Management Packs can be found in Pinpoint: http://systemcenter.pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/applications/search/operations-manager-d11?q= Here is an overview of Server 2012 MPs: Monitoring Pack for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34709 Exchange Server 2013 Management Pack http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39039 Windows Server Hyper-V 2012 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36438 Windows Server DNS 2012 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=37141 J2EE, JBoss, Tomcat, Weblogic, WebSphere http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29270 Windows Server Cluster http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2268 Windows ...

SQL Server 2012 SP1 – MsiInstaller Application Log Entries

Aug

8

2013

Tweet If you are on SQL Server 2012 SP1 (11.0.3000) and you notice the Windows Application log filling up with MSI Installer events: Information / Event ID 10000 / RestartManager / Starting session 0 – YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:sss.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Information / Event ID 11724 / MsiInstaller / Product: SQL Server 2012 Management Studio — Install started. Information / ...

User Certificates

Aug

1

2013

Tweet Note to self: When you choose to redirect the Application Data folder the certificate store folders are NOT redirected. They will reside in the default folder. Personal Certificates are stored under following locations: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SystemCertificates%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Credentials%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\CLR Security Config%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\CryptNetUrlCache HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CryptographyHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System ProviderHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates