How-To Archives

Changing the DPI Resolution with Snagit

by Garth Jones | Dec 17, 2015 | How-To, Tips

I am in the process of finishing up a book on ConfigMgr and SSRS report writing, and my publisher requires all screenshots to be 300 DPI. For those to what to see the book it has been release already System Center Configuration Manager Reporting Unleashed. This book...

Importance of Page Sizing in SSRS Report When Designing

by Garth Jones | Nov 19, 2015 | ConfigMgr, How-To, SQL Server Reporting Services, Tips

I review a lot of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports and one of the most common problems I encounter is Page Sizing in SSRS Report. What does this mean? Well in short it means when when a report is export or save, it will become all chopped up. To solve this...

Decommissioning a Domain Controller Using Windows Server 2012

by Garth Jones | Nov 11, 2015 | How-To

In my last post, I performed an FRS to DFSR migration in order to fix up some AD and GPO issues. Soon after that migration, one of the Domain Controllers (DCs) needed to be patched up. I installed all of the updates that were required, but as it turned out, there were...

Fun with AVMA

by Garth Jones | Aug 20, 2015 | How-To, Tips

Recently I ran into a situation where I had to spin up new VMs. The issue: How do you activate multiple VMs without running into licensing issues? The solution: Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA). Here I describe my fun with AVMA. Turns out that the host...

Where Are My IIS Logs?

by Garth Jones | Aug 12, 2015 | ConfigMgr, How-To, Tips

Recently I answered a forum post about troubleshooting hardware (HW) inventory from a client PC into the ConfigMgr database by pointing them to a blog post I wrote back in 2013. In that blog post under the heading, Phase 2 – MP Server, I say to locate your IIS logs on...

How to Deploy an Application with Different Deployment Types

by Garth Jones | Jun 25, 2015 | Android, ConfigMgr, How-To, Intune, Tips

As you may recall, I am starting to manage my collection of mobile devices by using Intune with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MEMCM / MECM / SCCM /ConfigMgr), and one of my tests involved deploying applications to these same devices. After creating an...