How to back up a WSUS SQL database with PowerShell
Over the years I’ve worked with a few different organizations that all do SQL backups in different ways however I recently ran into a situation where there wasn’t a really great way to perform [...]
SCConfigMgr Software Update Compliance Dashboard – Version 2.0 released
I’ve been on a bit of a reporting spree here lately and I have been giving a little bit of love to the two PowerBI templates I’ve got out on TechNet and GitHub. I can now happily say that I’ve [...]
Configure and deploy Third-Party Software Updates with ConfigMgr
Starting with ConfigMgr Current Branch 1806, you can now enable and deploy Third-party Software Updates from a partner catalog from within ConfigMgr using the existing software update management process. By [...]
Send your patching manifest to Microsoft Teams
Every month when patches come out I have the annoying task of gathering up all of the patches that we will be releasing and sending out an e-mail with the list of all of the patches. Well, while I haven’t [...]
How to stay current on Windows Updates
Since the beginning of the year Microsoft has been making numerous changes to updates both before and after patch Tuesday. With all of the changes to patches its hard to know when those changes are made [...]
ConfigMgr 1802 – Using Run Scripts To Get Next Maintenance Window
After completing our production upgrade of ConfigMgr to 1802 I’ve been eagerly awaiting a quiet moment or two to sit down and write a post about the new run scripts feature which has me absolutely [...]
CMOperations PowerShell Module 1.0.0.4
Recently I’ve found myself constantly creating or copying little one or two line PowerShell scripts out of my one note to perform what I perceive as basic client action tasks. Sometimes those tasks [...]
Understanding Spectre and Meltdown
On January 3rd Microsoft released a bunch of security updates around a hardware vulnerability found in the Intel chipset. Within hours of the patch coming out news outlets and more had exploded with information [...]
How to use SMSProv.log to build reports
When working in ConfigMgr I frequently find information in the console is placed in inconvenient or inefficient locations especially when working with large chunks of information. Today I want to talk [...]
Patch Compliance Reporting in Configuration Manager with PowerBI
If you’ve done any work with System Center Configuration Manager sooner or later, you’ll get asked about leveraging it for patching. It might even be one of the first questions you get from [...]
Clean Software Update Packages in ConfigMgr with PowerShell
Over time Software Update Packages (read Deployment Packages, but with a proper name) most of the time are filled with unwanted Software Updates if no regular maintenance is performed, leading to unwanted [...]
Create a Software Update Group defined by date in ConfigMgr with PowerShell
As a ConfigMgr administrator, one of the main functionality that many of us are working with is Software Updates. Over time, I’ve eventually decided to automate many of the tasks involved in managing [...]
Updated Clean Software Update Groups script for ConfigMgr
Ever since I released the console extension for ConfigMgr to clean up Software Update Groups from expired and/or superseded Software Updates, many have given me lots of feedback and I’m now pleased [...]
How to amend WSUS Scan Retry Error Codes list in ConfigMgr 2012 with PowerShell
In a situation where you’ve multiple Software Update Points in the same site spread across different domains where clients in a particular domain cannot access resources in another domain, you’d [...]
Clean Software Update Groups console extension for ConfigMgr 2012
A few months ago I created a script that would assist ConfigMgr admins with cleaning up their Software Update Groups from expired and superseded Software Updates. Although this script needed manual interaction [...]
Remove expired and superseded updates from a Software Update Group with PowerShell
If you’re working with patch management in ConfigMgr 2012, you’ve most likely scratched your head about why there’s no simple way to remove the updates that have been expired or superseded. [...]
Create a Deployment Package in ConfigMgr 2012 with PowerShell
During a migration project at one of my customers, we needed to create a few Deployment Packages and wanted to do that with PowerShell. So I imported the ConfigMgr PowerShell module, and to my surprise [...]
How to Add a Product to an ADR in ConfigMgr 2012 R2 with PowerShell
With ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 we received a bunch of new cool cmdlets for PowerShell, and as well for the R2 release, that we could use. This post will concentrate on how you can add a Product as search criteria [...]
Modify the deadline time of an ADR Deployment with PowerShell
Using an Automatic Deployment Rule in ConfigMgr 2012 helps automating your Software Update deployments a lot. In the case where you configure the ADR to run at a specific time after Patch Tuesday, lets [...]
Install and configure a remote Software Update Point in ConfigMgr 2012
If you’re looking to install a Software Update Point on a remote system fast and easy, this is the post for you. In my lab environment I’ve installed a Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine that we’ll [...]
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