Category Archives: SCCM

System Center Configuration Manager

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Cmdlet Library has been released !

Posted on April 15, 2015 by ncbrady

Introduction Up until this point, PowerShell cmdlet updates for Configuration Manager were bundled together in the Cumulative Updates (or in SP1 proper). From this point onwards though they will be released separately with no need to install a CU. That … Continue reading →

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How can I reinstall BitLockered UEFI computers using network boot and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?

Posted on December 22, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction   In previous posts I showed you how you can reinstall computers while retaining users data that were encrypted using BitLocker (full disc encryption), and achieving this via Network boot (PXE) while still encrypted using BitLocker, in other words, … Continue reading →

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New Surface Pro 3 drivers are available today for November 2014

Posted on November 20, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction Having the latest drivers for your Surface Pro 3 is a good idea, particularly if you are experiencing issues that may be resolved with the driver updates. If you’ve followed my guides for deploying the Surface Pro 3 (linked … Continue reading →

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Where do I find the MAC address of my Surface Pro 3 Ethernet Adapter in order to use UEFI network boot ?

Posted on September 11, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction If you use Configuration Manager 2012 R2 to image your Microsoft Surface Pro’s and use the Microsoft Surface Ethernet Adapter to do so, make sure you import the correct MAC address of the Surface Ethernet Adapter into Configuration Manager … Continue reading →

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How can I display video correctly in WinPE during UEFI Network boot on a Lenovo Thinkpad 10 using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

Posted on August 20, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction More and more touch enabled Windows 8 hardware is becoming available, which is great news for us but it also poses some technical challenges. I recently had to image some Lenovo ThinkPad 10’s with Windows 8.1 using UEFI network … Continue reading →

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Why do I get a winload.efi (Status: 0xc0000359 error) when using UEFI network boot in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?

Posted on August 18, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction More and more UEFI based hardware is being used in organizations and these UEFI based systems are being imaged via UEFI network boot via Configuration Manager 2012 R2. Problem Up until the introduction of UEFI hardware, most organizations use … Continue reading →

Posted in ConfigMgr 2012, Surface Pro 3, System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch), UEFI, Windows 10 | 3 Comments

How can I increase the SMSTS.Log file size for PXE based OS Deployments using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?

Posted on August 7, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction I’ve seen a lot of questions about how you can increase the log file size for PXE based Operating System Deployments using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager so hopefully the 2 different methods below will clear things up. … Continue reading →

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How can I dynamically deploy multiple operating systems with System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?

Posted on August 3, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction Traditionally you deploy one operating system per task sequence but there are times when you might want to deploy more than operating system in the same task sequence. There are a variety of ways of doing this, for example … Continue reading →

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How can I sync the BIOS date in WinPE to avoid PXE boot failure with System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?

Posted on July 25, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction I’ve seen this quite a bit so I thought I might as well post it in case others see the same problem, what happens is that computers (virtual or real) that have an incorrect date in the BIOS will … Continue reading →

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How can I manage modern devices using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ? – Part 11

Posted on June 19, 2014 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this mini series we integrated Windows Intune with System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. In Part 2 we added Support for iOS devices (Iphone, iPad). In Part 3 we learned the difference between App Package for … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager Step By Step Guides

Posted on June 18, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction This is a mirror of a page (an index) of the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Step By Step Guides written by myself which are posted on windows-noob.com or here on this blog. The page is actually an index … Continue reading →

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How can I manage modern devices using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ? – Part 10

Posted on May 16, 2014 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this mini series we integrated Windows Intune with System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. In Part 2 we added Support for iOS devices (Iphone, iPad). In Part 3 we learned the difference between App Package for … Continue reading →

Posted in ConfigMgr 2012, Windows Phone 8 | 2 Comments

What to do if you get dirsync errors like “Azure Active Directory Connector: stopped-extension-dll-exception” ?

Posted on May 15, 2014 by ncbrady

Yesterday I noticed issues in CloudUserSync.log where it failed to upload a user to Intune Failed to add user TESTUSER2@WINDOWSINTUNENOOB.COM; reason UserNotFound After mailing back and forth it seems that Torsten also had the same issue, and it was related … Continue reading →

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How can I make multiple hidden task sequences available on-demand in Configuration Manager 2012 R2?

Posted on April 15, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction   In a previous post I explained how to deploy hidden task sequences in Configuration Manager by using the SMSTSPreferredAdvertID variable. You can use that method (or variations of it) to Deploy Task Sequences that are hidden and only … Continue reading →

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Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 Update (KB2919355), how does it impact System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager and MDT 2013 ?

Posted on April 4, 2014 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft have released Windows 8.1 update and a corresponding version of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) for Windows 8.1 Update. This new version of the ADK was released to support the new update to Windows 8.1 … Continue reading →

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