Petya/NotPetya Kill Switch and SCCM

Petya/NotPetya Kill Switch and SCCM

There’s yet another WannaCry variant out there and this time it’s called Petya! I heard about a method in ZDNet from Amit Serper that will prevent this variant of WannaCry/Petya from infecting computers. In reality, this method involves creating a file called perfc...
Five Tips for Query Designer

Five Tips for Query Designer

In my previous blog post, Query Designer in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), I showed you how to access Query Designer (also known as Design Query in Editor and Graphical Query Designer) within SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). With Query Designer you can...
Query Designer in SSMS

Query Designer in SSMS

As a Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager (MEMCM / MECM/ SCCM / ConfigMgr) Administrator we share many hats. The other day I was showing a ConfigMgr Administrator how to write a query and also how to create drill-throughs from within his reports. I began...