Category Archives: ConfigMgr 2012

How can I enable Debug View in Configuration Manager 2012 console ?

If you were at MMS 2012 you may have seen CD-B330 Configuration Manager 2012: Overview, in there was a demo of the Configuration Manager console in debugview to see SMS Provider classes by adding a new workspace called Tools to … Continue reading

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oops you deleted the Unknown Computers collection in Configuration Manager 2012 ?

came across this today on the Technet forums so wanted to blog it. Imagine the scenario, someone accidentally deletes the All Unknown Computers collection in CM12. As a result you try to recreate it using manual means but the newly … Continue reading

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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 3. Configuring Discovery and Boundaries

In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading

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How can I easily prompt for a computer name in Configuration Manager 2012

When you install new computers it would be nice to be able to easily name the computer as part of the deployment, otherwise the new computer could end up with a name like MININT-XRGHJTF unless you import it into Configuration … Continue reading

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Congratulations on earning your Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration certification!

got this in the mail today, great ! 🙂 if you are interested in taking the exam (70-243) then please see this post. cheers niall   Congratulations on earning your Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration certification! We hope … Continue reading

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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 2. Install the primary server – P01

In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading

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ConfigMgr 2012 Toolkit and other goodies

if you are looking for the Configuration Manager 2012 Toolkit you can download it from here, note that the Package Conversion Manager and Physical to virtual tools are also listed there as described below:- Package Conversion Manager (PCM) The Microsoft … Continue reading

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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 1. Installation – CAS

Introduction System Center 2012 Configuration Manager was released to General Availability (GA) April 17th, 2012 at MMS 2012. If you’ve been following my previous series of Step by Step guides on System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (from Beta 1 through … Continue reading

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using Configuration Manager 2012 – The CM12 Guides in PDF and WORD format

hi guys, i know many people have requested to be able to download the guides here in PDF or Word DOC format so with help from a reader (Brian Thorp) we have just that ! now you can download the … Continue reading

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ConfigMgr 2012 Exam

This is an extremely short post to remind you that the ConfigMgr 2012 exam is now publicly available, it’s due to be ready April 16th according to the website, if you’ve been following my Step-by-Step ConfigMgr 2012 guides you’ll certainly … Continue reading

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Configuration Manager 2012 Reports show No Items Found

I had this problem today and thought I’d blog it as someone else will have the same problem someday. I wanted to view some  built in reports but when I clicked on Monitoring, Reporting, Reports it showed No Items found. … Continue reading

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 18. Deploying a UDI Client Task Sequence with MDT 2012 RC1 integrated in Configuration Manager 2012

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 17. Using MDT 2012 RC1 within Configuration Manager 2012

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading

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about to install Configuration Manager 2012 – check your SQL collation first !

If you are planning on installing Configuration Manager 2012 then before you do you need to be sure that your SQL collation is set to SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. You can store any language data in any collation.  All the collation does is … Continue reading

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 16. Integrating MDT 2012 RC1 with Configuration Manager 2012

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading

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