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System Center Configuration Manager

when running /testdbupgrade for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 you get an error: SQL Native client 11 is not installed

Posted on February 7, 2013 by ncbrady

If you are upgrading from System Center 2012 Configuration Manager RTM to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 and are using /testdbupgrade to test the upgrade on a copy of your database, you may see the following error in ConfigMgrPrereq.log … Continue reading →

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how can I backup System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ?

Posted on February 3, 2013 by ncbrady

Introduction Backing up your Configuration Manager hierarchy is important for a variety of reasons including: preparation for avoiding loss of data preparation for upgrade failure and ability for site rollback preparation for hardware failure If you don’t enable the site … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2012 SP1 support in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1

Posted on January 29, 2013 by ncbrady

UPDATE: 2013/2/12 Please see this support annoucement from the Configuration Manager Team Blog – http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2013/02/11/support-announcements-for-february-2013.aspx Configuration Manager 2007 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 now support Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1. So basically the below article is … Continue reading →

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The CM12 BitLocker FrontEnd HTA

Posted on January 18, 2013 by ncbrady

Introduction Update: This has been replaced with newer versions ! The latest available was released in 2016 and is available here. I guess this could be called version 3.0 of the original windows-noob FrontEnd HTA, and this time it has … Continue reading →

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System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 is released

Posted on January 15, 2013 by ncbrady

Back in September, we announced our strategy around unified device management, and how the next releases of Windows Intune and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager will deliver on that vision.  As part of today’s update to our Cloud OS vision, … Continue reading →

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When trying to create a new variable on a computer, it’s greyed out (Configuration Manager 2007)

Posted on January 9, 2013 by ncbrady

just a very short post, if you are trying to create a new computer variable on a computer that is in a multi-site hierarchy and the computer object is greyed out like the screenshot below, then you are most likely … Continue reading →

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Where can I download additional clients for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 ?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by ncbrady

Now that there is support for additional operating systems in Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 you can download clients for those operating systems (Linux, Unix, Mac), but where can you download them from ? The answer is easy, on the first … Continue reading →

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System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 – Don’t install it in production if downloaded from MSDN or Technet, wait until General Availability.

Posted on January 2, 2013 by ncbrady

There’s been a lot of talk lately about System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 being released to MSDN and Technet and I (like a lot of people) have downloaded and installed it in my lab. The key part … Continue reading →

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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 10. Monitoring our Monthly Updates Automatic Deployment Rule

Posted on December 8, 2012 by ncbrady

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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Deploying Windows 8 with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1

Posted on November 22, 2012 by ncbrady

hi all, the video of my session at the Enfo Workplace day in Malmo Sweden is now online, please have a look, share and tell me what you think of it 🙂 and here’s my PowerPoint from the event (PowerPoint … Continue reading →

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How can I sequence applications using App-V version 5 for Configuration Manager 2012 SP1

Posted on November 12, 2012 by ncbrady

Now that App-V version 5 is available and Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1 beta is out there’s more reason then ever to learn how to sequence applications with App-V and then deploy them with Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack … Continue reading →

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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 9. Deploying Monthly Updates

Posted on November 5, 2012 by ncbrady

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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Enabling BitLocker via a script on non English Windows 7 installations fails

Posted on October 17, 2012 by ncbrady

You may have used The BitLocker Frontend HTA from windows-noob.com which makes Deploying Windows 7 with BitLocker easy even using these three scenarios * Backup old * Refresh Computer * New Computer In addition to this the HTA offered additional … Continue reading →

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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 8. Deploying Applications

Posted on October 16, 2012 by ncbrady

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 →

Posted in ConfigMgr 2012, Windows 7 | 1 Comment

How can I disable the “While we are getting things ready” animation for All users in Windows 8

Posted on September 24, 2012 by ncbrady

If you are testing Windows 8 deployments with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 then you’ll surely notice the first Windows 8 login screen with a nice picture of the Space Needle in Seattle (I’ve been to Seattle twice but have yet … Continue reading →

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