Author Archives: ncbrady

using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 12. Updating an Operating System image using Offline Servicing.

Posted on December 11, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 11. Adding the Reporting Services Point role

Posted on November 18, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 10. Using Prestart and Extrafiles to get more out of UDA

Posted on November 14, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 9. Adding an Application, editing a Deployment Type, Copying the Deploy Task Sequence

Posted on November 13, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 8. Deploying Windows 7 X64

Posted on November 12, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading →

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How can I import computers into SCCM 2012 using a file ?

Posted on November 11, 2011 by ncbrady

if you want to import multiple computers in SCCM 2012 using a file then it’s easy to do so, just make sure that your file is in CSV format and looks like so In the sample screenshot above I have … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 7. Build and Capture Windows 7 X64

Posted on November 6, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 6. Deploying Software Updates

Posted on November 5, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 5. Enable the Endpoint Protection Role and configure Endpoint Protection settings

Posted on November 5, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 4. Configuring Client Settings and adding roles

Posted on October 29, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 3. Configuring Discovery and Boundaries

Posted on October 29, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 2. Add SUP and WDS

Posted on October 28, 2011 by ncbrady

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site. Now we will configure the SCCM server further by adding some Windows … Continue reading →

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using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB – Part 1. Installation

Posted on October 27, 2011 by ncbrady

If you’ve been following my previous series of guides on System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 1 and Beta 2, then you’ll know where this is going, we are going to install System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Release Candidate from … Continue reading →

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2011 Microsoft MVP Award !!

Posted on October 1, 2011 by ncbrady

I’m extremely pleased and very proud to have received this mail today, and I’d like to share part of it with you:- Congratulations 2011 Microsoft MVP! Dear Niall Brady, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2011 Microsoft® … Continue reading →

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Create standalone Media in Windows 7 fails if USB media is greater than 32gb ?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by ncbrady

I’ve seen this time and time again and the only solution that worked for us was to create this media on a Configmgr console installed on a Windows XP computer. Today however I tried to create another key (64GB) in … Continue reading →

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