Overview I developed these PowerShell scripts to generate a daily email report of open tickets within the Software Desk Express software database. The scripts get the content via SQL queries against your SDE SQL database and are piped into my email reporting functions. At the very bottom of the email a section which tallies up […]
Overview I developed this tool, Get-DMGThreadedPingableComputers.ps1, to allow you to ping several computers in your environment at once though multiple threads, severely decreasing the amount of time required to return ping results on a large set of computers. What’s neat about it is you can easily get ping results on hundreds of computers in just […]
Overview I created this series of functions to allow you to conveniently take one or more PowerShell object and have it turn into an email report. For example, if you had a list of computers you have come out of a PowerShell script you wrote, these functions could help you turn them into an email […]
Overview I developed this tool to help you deploy Software Inventory Logger Servers. Software Inventory Logger collects Microsoft software inventory data on a per server basis and reports them to a central Software Inventory Aggregator. This utility can be deployed through SCCM and will setup a Software Inventory Logger Server. Because s Software Inventory Logger […]
Overview I developed this tool, Fix-DMGSCCMWUAPolicy.ps1,to help you mitigate WUA Policy issues that result in error 0x80004005 on the client-side WUAHandler.log file. This tool will attempt to resolve those issues. Troubleshooting Error 0x80004005 When you deploy software updates, you add the updates to a SUG and then deploy the SUG to your clients. When you […]
Overview I developed this tool, Fix-DMGSCCMStateMessage.ps1, to assit in troubleshooting SCCM “In Progress” and State Message Communication issues. If the UpdateStore.log shows that a particular windows update component is installed, but it is still in progress in the SCCM console, the State Message is likely not communicating properly to the SQL server. State messaging is […]
Overview I developed this tool, Fix-DGMSCCMUpdateStore.ps1, to assist in fixing Windows UpdateStore Corruption (Datastore.edb) on SCCM Client Computers. On the SCCM client machine, the Windows UpdateStore Datastore.edb in Windows\Software Distribution\.. contains scan results. Over time, this may become corrupted which can stop updating from occurring on the client machine. Additionally, an error might be seen […]
Overview This upgrade strategy will allow you to update your Server environment to the version of Windows Management 5.1 via SCCM. Use this recommended project management guide to help build your deployment workflow. I used this method to upgrade a 400+ server environment which completed smoothly. Purpose The purpose of this Deployment Strategy and Plan […]
Overview I created this article to provide an overview of some of the most popular SCCM current, and upcoming components. SCCM Sites and Scaling The key driver of the type and count of sites that you use in a hierarchy is usually the number and type of devices you must support. “500 users is not […]
Overview This article contains a recommended set of procedures and schedules you can follow in your environment to obtain great WSUS compliance within SCCM. I developed these best practices and helped a client implement them to improve their compliance. Schedule I recommend that you create a schedule in your environment to check/complete the following WSUS […]