Author Archives: ncbrady

When creating a new Task Sequence in Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 the Partition disk step might be hardcoded to 30368MB in size if using a captured image

Posted on April 30, 2013 by ncbrady

Introduction Sometimes things don’t go as planned, when creating a new task sequence to deploy Windows 8 on a New Computer with no partitions I got a catastrophic failure after selecting the Task Sequence. The reason was simple but I … Continue reading →

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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 12. Connecting PowerShell and Building a reference image of Windows 8 with .Net 3.5

Posted on April 12, 2013 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading →

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when updating PowerShell CMDLets help file for Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 CU1 you receive an error

Posted on April 11, 2013 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft released Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 and it contains updates to the PowerShell CMDLets in addition to bugfixes. As part of the update you can update the help files for the PowerShell CMDLets … Continue reading →

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PXE boot failure after upgrading to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1

Posted on March 20, 2013 by ncbrady

Introduction I’ve seen reports about problems with PXE boot specifically related to the boot images not getting properly upgraded during the upgrade to Service Pack 1, and I came across this problem yesterday, the suggested fix’s published by others online … Continue reading →

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using a USB 3.0 dock with your Microsoft Surface Pro

Posted on March 7, 2013 by ncbrady

well today I was lucky enough to quickly test a Lenovo USB 3.0 docking solution (link) and was pleasantly surprised to see that it works perfectly with the Microsoft Surface Pro running newly installed Windows 8 Enterprise and Lenovos USB … Continue reading →

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How can I deploy Windows 8 X64 to the Microsoft Surface Pro using Configuration Manager 2012 SP1

Posted on March 4, 2013 by ncbrady

Introduction Now that the Microsoft Surface Pro is available organizations are buying it and re-imaging the default Windows 8 Professional installation with their own corporate install (usually means installing an Enterprise edition of Windows 8). In this post I’ll show … Continue reading →

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How can I deploy System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Definition Updates from a UNC file share

Posted on February 22, 2013 by ncbrady

Introduction One of the user definable sources for updates for Endpoint Protection definition updates is an UNC file share, but how you populate that share can mean success or failure when it comes to deploying definition updates from a UNC … Continue reading →

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How can I take a screenshot (PrntScrn) on my Microsoft Surface

Posted on February 21, 2013 by ncbrady

Yesterday I was lucky enough to get a Surface Pro and spent the evening setting it up, however at one stage during the evening I needed to take a screenshot of what I was seeing onscreen, I looked at the … Continue reading →

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How can I determine what Antimalware Policy is applied to my SCEP 2012 SP1 client ?

Posted on February 17, 2013 by ncbrady

Introduction One of the many changes in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 is related to the way the System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) client processes anti malware policy. A new functionality called Client Side Merge is included … Continue reading →

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“Exit code: 0x80070070, restarting: No” error message when installing Windows ADK

Posted on February 10, 2013 by ncbrady

I’m just documenting this because i’m sure someone else will have the same problem, while installing the Windows ADK for a Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 upgrade on another server I got an error at the end of the ADK setup … Continue reading →

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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 11. Upgrading the hierarchy to Service Pack 1

Posted on February 8, 2013 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading →

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when running /testdbupgrade for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 you get an error: SQL Native client 11 is not installed

Posted on February 7, 2013 by ncbrady

If you are upgrading from System Center 2012 Configuration Manager RTM to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 and are using /testdbupgrade to test the upgrade on a copy of your database, you may see the following error in ConfigMgrPrereq.log … Continue reading →

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how can I backup System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ?

Posted on February 3, 2013 by ncbrady

Introduction Backing up your Configuration Manager hierarchy is important for a variety of reasons including: preparation for avoiding loss of data preparation for upgrade failure and ability for site rollback preparation for hardware failure If you don’t enable the site … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2012 SP1 support in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1

Posted on January 29, 2013 by ncbrady

UPDATE: 2013/2/12 Please see this support annoucement from the Configuration Manager Team Blog – http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2013/02/11/support-announcements-for-february-2013.aspx Configuration Manager 2007 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 now support Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1. So basically the below article is … Continue reading →

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You may need to re-download Configuration Manager 2012 and Endpoint Protection 2012 SP1 Binaries!

Posted on January 26, 2013 by ncbrady

The binaries for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 and System Center Endpoint Protection 2012 have been updated to correct some minor issues. The binaries have been updated at the Download Center, and also on the Technet and MSDN download sites. … Continue reading →

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