Verify SQL version via Compliance Settings in ConfigMgr 2012

This time I will do a short post about verifying the SQL version(s) via Compliance Settings. I think everybody knows the inventory post for SQL version by Sherry Kissinger, but what if you simply want to know if all your devices are compliant with the company standard (of for example SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU5). Well, this blog post will provide a simple answer to that question, by providing a SQL query –type Configuration Item. Configuration Item The configuration is actually quite simple, as I can simply take advantage of the SELECT @@VERSION query statement. One small thing to take into account, is the fact that the configuration item requires a column to be specified and this queries doesn’t use/ create a named column. The …

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