Updated: Import Computer Form v0.8 – Directly adding a User Device Affinity in ConfigMgr 2012

A few months ago I released the first public version of my Import Computer Form. I’ve had some nice feedback about it and also some good ideas for added functionality. This update will mainly be about three things: Cleaning-up old code, by merging a few lines and adjusting some queries. Adding error catching, by introducing an error provider for faulty input. Adding functionality, by introducing an option to add a User Device Affinity/ Primary User. Overview These additions mean that this version gives the user the possibility to perform the following actions, without the need of access to and/ or a locally installed ConfigMgr console: Fill in a Computer name. Fill in a MAC Address. Select an OS Deployment Collection. Select a Primary User. Import …

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Changing the Deployment Package for an existing Automatic Deployment Rule in ConfigMgr 2012

A few months ago I did a post about Changing the Deployment Package linked to an Automatic Deployment Rule in ConfigMgr 2012. That post was about using PowerShell for changing the Deployment Package of an existing Automatic Deployment Rule (ADR). As I see that the script is being downloaded often, and I get some good questions about it, I thought it would be a good time for a small follow-up. Even though the script will still work in ConfigMgr 2012 R2, it will not be needed anymore! Microsoft addressed the issue in R2 by adding a new tab, named Deployment Package, to the Properties of an ADR (see screenshot).

Allow Direct Installation of Windows 8 Apps via Compliance Settings in ConfigMgr 2012

This weeks’ post will be about Allowing Direct Installation of Windows 8 Apps via Compliance Settings and can be seen as either a stand-alone post as well as a follow-up on my last post about Deploying Certificate Profiles with ConfigMgr 2012 . As there are two real requirements to deploy Windows 8 Apps: The Certification Authority (CA), that is used to sign the App, is trusted by the Windows 8 device. Allow Direct Installation of Windows 8 Apps is configured on the Windows 8 device. Of course these settings are configurable via Group Policies (as described in this post ), but, to use Group Policies, the device needs to be a member of the domain. So when either the device isn’t domain joined, or the …

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Deploying Certificate Profiles with ConfigMgr 2012

This week I want to devote a post to something new in ConfigMgr 2012 R2, which is still in a preview state, called Certificate Profiles. These profiles integrate directly with Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), and the Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES) role, to provision managed devices with authentication certificates. This means that another Group Policy setting is coming to ConfigMgr AND, maybe even bigger, this creates a possibility to automatically deploy certificates to non-domain devices.  Prerequisites Even though this sounds, to me, really promising for the future of ConfigMgr, there is a small catch. That small catch is the third bullet of the prerequisites, following now: Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1 R2 Install and configure the Certificate Registration Point (which requires the NDES …

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Show Collection Details in ConfigMgr 2012 via PowerShell – Part 5 (Final): The General Information

>> Available via download here on the TechNet Galleries! << This week my post will be all about the end result of my series, about showing the Collection Details, of a device, via a PowerShell form. I changed a few small details and added another new tab, with more new information! This new tab shows all the General information about the collections, of which the device is a member. As there is (almost) no more information that can be added, about collection information that affects the device, this will be the last addition to the script/ form. In case someone still misses some important, or logical information, please let me know! Collection Details Form This script creates a nice form to show the Collection Details …

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Show Collection Details in ConfigMgr 2012 via PowerShell – Part 4: The Power Management Settings

This week another addition to my series about showing the Collection Details, of a device, via a PowerShell form. This week I added another new tab, with more new information! This new tab show all the information about the applied Power Management settings, that affect the device. It’s also good to know that within the Power Management settings, there is an option Never apply power management settings to computers in this collection and when this option is selected the form will show a row with five times Never. So whenever a device shows a row like that, the other Power Management settings aren’t applicable anymore. Collection Details Form This script creates a nice form to show Collection Details of the specified device. At this moment …

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Show Collection Details in ConfigMgr 2012 via PowerShell – Part 3: The Maintenance Windows

This week another addition to my series about showing the Collection Details, of a device, via a PowerShell form. This week I added another new tab, with more new information! This new tab show all the information about all the Maintenance Windows that affect the device. Collection Details Form This script creates a nice form to show Collection Details of the specified device. At this moment it shows all of the following information about the collections (of which the device is a member): Tab – Deployments The Name of the Collections, of which the device is a member.  The Name of the targeted Deployments. The State of the targeted Deployments. The Type of the targeted Deployments. Tab – Variables The Name of the Collections, of …

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Show Collection Details in ConfigMgr 2012 via PowerShell – Part 2: The Collection Variables

In my previous post I started a new series about showing the Collection Details of a device via a PowerShell form. This week I did some changes to the look-and-feel and added a new tab, with new information!. This new tab show all the information about all Collection Variables that affect the device. Show Collection Details Form This script creates a nice form to show Collection Details of the specified device. At this moment it shows all of the following information about the collections (of which the device is a member): Tab – Deployments The Name of the Collections, of which the device is a member.  The Name of the targeted Deployments. The State of the targeted Deployments. The Type of the targeted Deployments. (NEW!) …

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Show Collection Details in ConfigMgr 2012 via PowerShell – Part 1: The Deployments

In my previous post I started with creating a new PowerShell form to show the Collection Membership of a device. Last week I decided that I wanted to do more with it, so I putted it into a new “project” and form. From now on it’s called Collection Details, as that’s what it’s going to show, starting this week with the targeted Deployments. The coming weeks there will be additional parts, to this post and this “project”, with more and more information to be added to the Collection Details. So what can we all expect from the Collection Details? Well, we all know the Collection Properties per collection, the Collection Details will show a lot of those properties (and more) on a device level. In …

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Right-Click Option: Showing the Collection Membership of a Resource in ConfigMgr 2012 via PowerShell

Last week someone triggered me that it wasn’t possible to ‘just’ see all the collections that a device is a member of. The only thing I could show, and tell, him, at that moment, was the Deployments –tab in the Properties of the device. The problem with this is that it only show the collections, of which the device is a member, with a deployment targeted. So it misses all the collections, either without an deployment targeted, or with client/ antimalware settings targeted. This triggered me to create a small PowerShell script to show the Collection Membership of a specific device in a nice form. Show Collection Membership Form This script creates a nice form to show the Collection Membership of the specified device. It …

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