Deltas Between Windows Server 2016 “Desktop Experience” and “Core”
Context In working with customers building migration plans for Windows Server ‘X’ to Windows Server 2016, one of the new things to be aware of is that you can no longer “move” between a “Core” install...
View ArticleHandy SCCM (Updates) Queries
Context Recently , while still basically focusing on platforms related technologies, I’ve been doing more and more work focusing on datacenter/cloud automation. This obviously involves a lot more...
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Whoa WUAU! What the heck is with the circular references (0x8024000F)?
Context Using SCCM for patch deployment, all of sudden no status updates were getting posted by the clients. Discovery Reviewing WUAHandler.log showed the following error: OnSearchComplete – Failed to...
View ArticleOne-liner PowerShell to set IP Address, DNS Servers, and Default Gateway
A fun part about configuring servers is that many servers still have static IP addresses. The challenge is losing connectivity to the server when the configuration change is made. Even with remote...
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Managing Windows Server Role Settings via System Center Configuration Manager
Context Even though I exclusively work on the infrastructure side, I operate under the theory that if I do something more than once, I need to automate it. As can be seen from the blog, I am spending...
View ArticleWSUS Installation Script
For a number of reasons I have to stand up WSUS servers relatively frequently, including that I keep breaking my Web Server. Since I couldn’t find anything handy that did a good job of automating the...
View ArticleSimple way to temporarily bypass PowerShell execution policy
One of the PowerShell challenges challenges I am constantly confronted with is dealing with running scripts on systems is blocked due to the security policy. This is particularly cumbersome while...
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MOMCertImport – Is it all it’s cracked up to be?
Context Core Reference: Authentication and Data Encryption for Windows Computers in Operations Manager 2007Link to the script: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/MOMCertImport-c3e7093b Note: While...
View ArticleTroubleshooting SCCM Software Update Deployment Package distribution due to...
I have SCCM running in my lab and ran into an issue on several occasions where the Deployment Package I created for the Software Updates started to error out on when updating the Distribution Points....
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My Latencies Are Too High!
Yes it has been a VERY long while since I posted. The list of what I want to post keeps getting longer and longer, as does the queue of pending requests waiting for access to me. As a result of the...
View ArticleMaking the World Greener One Monitor at a Time – Reset SCOM Monitors Enmasse
Updated 10/19/2014 – Put the script on TechNet Gallery. Link: ResetAllMonitorsOfASpecificType.ps1 Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of tuning a new SCOM implementation. Like all new implementations of...
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Handy SCCM (Updates) Queries
ContextRecently , while still basically focusing on platforms related technologies, I’ve been doing more and more work focusing on datacenter/cloud automation. This obviously involves a lot more focus...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Whoa WUAU! What the heck is with the circular references (0x8024000F)?
Context Using SCCM for patch deployment, all of sudden no status updates were getting posted by the clients. Discovery Reviewing WUAHandler.log showed the following error: OnSearchComplete - Failed to...
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One-liner PowerShell to set IP Address, DNS Servers, and Default Gateway
A fun part about configuring servers is that many servers still have static IP addresses. The challenge is losing connectivity to the server when the configuration change is made. Even with remote...
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Managing Windows Server Role Settings via System Center Configuration Manager
ContextEven though I exclusively work on the infrastructure side, I operate under the theory that if I do something more than once, I need to automate it. As can be seen from the blog, I am spending...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WSUS Installation Script
For a number of reasons I have to stand up WSUS servers relatively frequently, including that I keep breaking my Web Server. Since I couldn’t find anything handy that did a good job of automating the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Simple way to temporarily bypass PowerShell execution policy
One of the PowerShell challenges challenges I am constantly confronted with is dealing with running scripts on systems is blocked due to the security policy. This is particularly cumbersome while...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MOMCertImport – Is it all it’s cracked up to be?
ContextCore Reference: Authentication and Data Encryption for Windows Computers in Operations Manager 2007Link to the script: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/MOMCertImport-c3e7093bNote: While...
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Troubleshooting SCCM Software Update Deployment Package distribution due to...
I have SCCM running in my lab and ran into an issue on several occasions where the Deployment Package I created for the Software Updates started to error out on when updating the Distribution Points....
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Latencies Are Too High!
Yes it has been a VERY long while since I posted. The list of what I want to post keeps getting longer and longer, as does the queue of pending requests waiting for access to me. As a result of the...
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