It is no secret that I am a fan of Windows Admin Center (WAC). I wrote an extension to handle CM client tasks within WAC a year or so back that you can find more information about here. I have finally got around to a small addition that kept getting de-prioritized on my to do […]
Did you know that you can run a CM script on a client via the admin service? Neither did I until a few days ago. Earlier this week I was checking out the available items from the CM 2006 administration service REST API. I went to the metadata page at https://<provider FQDN>/AdminService/v1.0/$Metadata and started looking […]
Hello Readers! My name is Curt Ricard and I am a Customer Engineer (i.e. PFE/DSE – we were recently rebranded) working with Config Manager. One of my New Fiscal Year Resolutions is to blog on this site with my colleague & friend, Ken, who started this site. I hope I occasionally save you a bit […]
Note: If you want to implement this, you can get a script to set it all up here. One of the most common topics I get asked about is managing software updates. Some customers are new to CM altogether and are looking to get started, others are grizzled veterans that are looking to simplify processes […]
Update 6/9/2020: I got caught speeding. It appears I managed to copy identical queries for multiple collections, used an incorrect parameter for one of the cmdlets, and forgot to include the deploy condition. I have repaired those mistakes so it should be good to go. Apologies to anyone that was having issues I’d also like […]
This guide is broken into five parts: Preparation Part 1 – Get your Certificate Preparation Part 2 – Configure IIS and SQL Deployment Administration Reporting Reporting In one of my moments of quiet reflection (read: cruising down the backroads in the Mustang) I found myself asking why we rarely hear about using HTTPS for SSRS. […]
This guide is broken into five parts: Preparation Part 1 – Get your Certificate Preparation Part 2 – Configure IIS and SQL Deployment Administration Reporting Setting up BitLocker Portals: Once again, I am going to do abbreviated directions of the installs as you can read the full documentation for yourself. Before we install the actual […]
This guide is broken into five parts: Preparation Part 1 – Get your Certificate Preparation Part 2 – Configure IIS and SQL Deployment Administration Reporting Deployment: Create a policy NOTE: I will step through the basic steps from the official documentation, but I am going to skip most of setting descriptions as you can easily […]
This guide is broken into five parts: Preparation Part 1 – Get your Certificate Preparation Part 2 – Configure IIS and SQL Deployment Administration Reporting Preparation Continued: To set up IIS to use the web server certificate 1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.2. Expand Sites, right-click Default Web Site, and then choose Edit Bindings. 3. Choose the https entry, and […]
This guide is broken into five parts: Preparation Part 1 – Get your Certificate Preparation Part 2 – Configure IIS and SQL Deployment Administration Reporting Preparation: The prep phase of implementing BitLocker management is all about keeping the Recovery Keys secure. Secure in transit from the endpoint to Configuration Manager and secure at rest in […]