Zero Touch Dell Command Update for SCCM and MDT
I have used the Dell Command | Update in the build for quite some time for managing the drivers on systems because it makes it a hand-off ...
Custom Task Sequence Variables and the SMSTSRebootRequested
Mick Pletcher
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While writing a new PowerShell script for SCCM, I needed to be able to keep track of how many times a system had rebooted when using the SM...
SCCM/MDT Windows Updates Installer
Mick Pletcher
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One of the issues I have had when moving the build process from MDT to SCCM has been windows updates. Windows updates are not available in...
Extract SCCM WIM from ISO and Configure for WDS via PowerShell
Mick Pletcher
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One issue, more like a time-waster, I have had as we are migrating to SCCM from MDT is getting the boot image on the WDS server. SCCM is n...
Batch file wait for process using PowerShell integration
Mick Pletcher
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Recently, I wanted a simple batch file to run the ccmsetup.exe file. I could have used PowerShell, but for debugging the parameters, I wan...
Verifying SCCM package has updated the content on the distribution point
Mick Pletcher
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One of the things I have wrestled with over the years of using SCCM is verifying if the package on the distribution point contains the new ...
MDT: How to initiate a reboot during a task without corrupting the task sequence
Mick Pletcher
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Recently, I have been working on updating several scripts I have written for the build process. One big thing I have wanted is for the scr...
MDT Conditional Reboot
Mick Pletcher
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I wrote an article about three years ago on conditional task sequence reboots . It used the built-in reboot task sequence that was ini...
Fixing Do you want to run this file? during SCCM Deployment
Mick Pletcher
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Over the past two months, I deployed the Windows 10 1809 to all Windows 10 machines. We got through 80% of the machines with successful dep...
Configuring Power Scheme with a PowerShell One-Liner
Mick Pletcher
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Recently, we decided to change the power scheme on machines during the build. This can be quickly done using the powercfg.exe, but I want...
Configuring Wake-On-LAN for Dell Systems
Mick Pletcher
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If you have been wanting to wake your Dell systems up from sleep, hibernate, or shutdown states, this is how you do it. Starting out with t...
Ensuring Compliance When Deploying a Self-Updating Application
Mick Pletcher
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In my list of recent security projects, I needed to ensure certain applications are present on systems by using SCCM application deploymen...
Running an SCCM Package via PowerShell and Command Line
Mick Pletcher
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While working on a new compliance policy, I ran into a lot of hurdles that needed to be resolved. One of those hurdles was executing an SCC...
Initiating an SCCM Compliance Check via PowerShell
Mick Pletcher
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Recently, I have been working on Configuration Baselines for security purposes. While doing so, two of my baselines required remediation t...
Bitlocker Active Directory Recovery Password Backup Compliance
Mick Pletcher
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Recently, we had an issue of some machines not backing up the Bitlocker recovery password to active directory, even with the GPO in pla...
Active Directory PowerShell Module Configuration Baseline
Mick Pletcher
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With the recent 1809, RSAT is now integrated into Windows, which is a major plus for the admin side. In my environment, I have the active d...
Local Administrator Baseline Compliance
Mick Pletcher
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One of the issues we have had is some users ending up being in the administrators group. There are circumstances to which we have to someti...