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Different Report Styles

Different Report Styles

by Garth Jones | Nov 13, 2018 | ConfigMgr, SQL Server Reporting Services, Tips

Why is it important to know the difference between report styles? You need to know what style is best in order to display SCCM data properly. Reports come in many different shapes and sizes, but the five styles I’ll talk about in more detail later on in this post...
Four Little Reporting Tips with a Big Impact

Four Little Reporting Tips with a Big Impact

by Garth Jones | Oct 4, 2018 | ConfigMgr, How-To, SQL Server Reporting Services, Tips

I get asked all the time, “What can I do to make my reports and dashboards better? What is the best reporting tip you can give me?” Here’s my number one recommendation: Do the “little” things! If you pay attention and implement the following four little reporting...
When Was This Report Created? It Needs an Execution Date.

When Was This Report Created? It Needs an Execution Date.

by Garth Jones | Aug 29, 2018 | ConfigMgr, How-To, SQL Server Reporting Services, Tips

Not long ago a SCCM Administrator, that I was mentoring, was asked by his Manager to create a weekly status report on their upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10. The admin did a great job putting together a dashboard and associated drill-through reports, but he forgot...
How to Spruce-up Your SCCM Reports by Adding Page Numbers

How to Spruce-up Your SCCM Reports by Adding Page Numbers

by Garth Jones | Aug 22, 2018 | ConfigMgr, How-To, SQL Server Reporting Services, Tips

In this day and age, why would you need to add page numbers to a report? Well, the first reason should be obvious. Even in a “paperless society” sometimes a report needs to be printed, so if it does, adding page numbers is a great way to keep the pages of the report...
Problems Posting Pictures and Images or URLs to the TechNet Forums?

Problems Posting Pictures and Images or URLs to the TechNet Forums?

by Garth Jones | Jul 5, 2018 | ConfigMgr, Intune, Tips

I’m one of the moderators of the TechNet System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) forums and I often ask people to post a picture of the problem they’re encountering. Sometimes I’ll even ask them to post a link to the log files, so I can troubleshoot the issue. It...
Updated-How to Create a SQL Server Computer Account Login

Updated-How to Create a SQL Server Computer Account Login

by Garth Jones | Jun 6, 2018 | ConfigMgr, How-To, Tips

This blog post was originally published in early 2017, but since then newer versions of SQL Server were released, so I thought that it was time for an update. Here I’ll show you, step-by-step, how to create a SQL Server computer account login, how to grant SQL Server...
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