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Systems Center Configuration Manager is a product by Microsoft that is used to manage the Configuration of multiple Windows-based systems.

SCCM is a Microsoft product that allows the management and deployment of system configuration for Windows-based systems. The most recent version, SCCM 2012 forms part of Microsoft's System Center 2012 software, which aims to help enterprises manage their ITIL practices more effectively.

Functionally, SCCM supports the deployment and configuration of software, update/patch management, AV management and reporting across an estate of Windows-based servers and workstations. It also tightly integrates with other Microsoft server technologies, such as Active Directory.

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Keeping Track of Enterprise Desktops

Part of my job is to make sure that for computers in a specific OU, whats Actually in use = whats listed in AD = whats listed in SCCM. This is for an environment with 250k PCs, but i specifically care about one department's 70k. Its pretty easy…
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Configure SCCM so that files with a plus symbol (+) in the filename can be downloaded from the distribution point

We are using Microsoft SCCM 2007 to deploy program packages in our network environment. One of the packages (MathType, in case anyone's curious) has a lot of file names with a plus symbol + in them. When a package is downloaded to a client machine,…
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Remote SCCM deployment of Operating Systems

I am currently using sccm 2007 for our software deployment and PXE. During this summer I have been tasked with upgrading 2000+ machines from Windows XP to Windows 7. My plan is to use sccm to advertise the Windows 7 task sequence to the machines.…
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Deploy root/trusted publisher certificate file to windows machines

I have a self-signed .cer certificate that I need to deploy to roughly a 1000 machines, running a variety of Windows versions from Windows XP and Server 2003 up to Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. SCCM is our normal deployment method, and have tried…
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Problems with Detection Method using Powershell in SCCM

I have an issue with detection code and I am leaning towards a bug. Detection Code Outputs Here is my script: exit 0 or [System.Environment]::Exit(0) This gives me an exit code of "0" with an empty stdout and stderr. SCCM should see that…
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How do I force SCCM to reinstall an application I've already deployed?

I recently used the Adobe Customization Wizard to create a custom transforms (.mst) file for the latest version of Acrobat Reader DC and deployed it to our network. Today I discovered that the customizations are blocking Sharepoint documents on our…
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How can I force a client to update its IP address in SCCM?

I am testing some networking issues with a machine that i need to move through the organization, this make the machine to change its ip. SCCM need to update this ip (highlighted in the picture) in order to contact the machine, the problem is that my…
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What is the purpose of Supersedence in SCCM 2012?

Consider the following scenario: I have previously deployed the application Foo v1.0 to all of my workstations. A new version of Foo 2.0 comes out and I need to upgrade everybody. In this scenario, I have to create a new application package for…
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How do I provide sysprep a list of servernames and IPs

I would like to have sysprep make a call out to a server somewhere (SCCM, MDT, etc) that provides an answer during bootup to get the computer name and IP address to use. Any pointers on which technology or method to use? Further info: I want to be…
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Coexistence of Intel AMT and AMD DASH in SCCM 2012 R2

I'm wondering if it's possible to use Intel AMT and AMD DASH plug-ins in SCCM 2012 R2 to out of band manage clients? I've successfully implemented the Intel AMT plug-in, now I'm wondering if I can also implement the AMD DASH plug-in on the same SCCM…
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Sharing deployment packages in SCCM

I'm working on a SCCM server and I have a number of Automatic Deployment Rules that target different computers on specific schedules. All of these ADRs use nearly identical selection parameters - number of requirements, update classification, etc…
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SCCM App Catalog won't install applications if started as user other than the one logged in

We have been playing around with SCCM's Application Catalog and have come across an interesting quirk. My manager has directed me to implement the catalog so that software that falls somewhere between the "one-off install" and "needed by the entire…
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SCCM software deployment - does user need to be logged in, or only on the network?

I have a couple of questions of using SCCM to deploy software for a user on a Windows laptop: Does user need to be logged in to the target laptop, or is it sufficient that it is on the corporate network? Or would it be sufficient that the target…
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SQL & BITS Errors on prereq for SCCM 2012

Hey anyone that can help, I've been stumped by this problem for a while now and I've no idea what to do. I've installed SQL 2008 to run with SCCM '12. I've set Log On As a domain account with administrator privileges. I've set SQL browser to run as…
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Installing SCCM Client 2012 failed: "CcmSetup failed with error code 0x80004002"

We're using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012. And I have issues installing the SCCM Client on a Windows XP Prof SP3 PC. The Log on the XP machine says: Failed to query BITS 2.5 interface with error 0x80004002 ccmsetup …
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