Tips & Tricks
Is Hyper-V Server Slow? Check Broadcom NIC KB
The first day after upgrading from Hyper-V 2012 Server to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard with the Hyper-V role installed. I was in the office early, like any good administrator, making sure that there weren’t any issues. Unfortunately, before I had a chance to look...
How to Setup Report Caching for a SSRS Report
Some of the reporting questions that I get asked have to do with the burden reporting puts on servers and how this can be reduced or controlled. In general, the burden for most reports and organizations is minimal as reporting is generally an underused feature....
Avoid Installing WID and SQL on the Same Server
Recently I built a new test lab. As an aside, in my opinion, this is one of the most complicated labs that you could have, but I’ll write more about that at a later date. While building this lab, I needed to setup WSUS on my new CAS server. This post tells you about...
I Want My Reports In Full Screen!
I work with a lot of clients to help them create ConfigMgr dashboard reports. As a Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MEMCM / MECM / SCCM / ConfigMgr ) Administrator, you will at some point want to create a Dashboard! ConfigMgr Reporting is really SQL Server...
Does Your OS Architecture (x86 or x64) Matter within a Query?
When ConfigMgr administrators are creating a collection query to find all computers with a particular application for both x86 and x64 computers, almost everyone falls into the same mistake. That mistake is querying for both x86 and x64 software titles using an Inner...
Why is SQL Server Indexing Important?
This is one of those questions where the answer should seem obvious to everyone. But it is surprising how many ConfigMgr environments don’t have SQL Server indexing enabled nor the ConfigMgr Rebuild Indexes task in use. Let’s start by defining SQL Server indexing. In...
How to Code Sign PowerShell
There is a very long story about PowerShell, ConfigMgr, Jeffrey Snover, and me. The short version is that story is that I’m getting to use PowerShell to its fullest now. In today world, a Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM / ConfigMgr / MCM) administrator must...
How to Code Sign PowerShell
There is a very long story about PowerShell, ConfigMgr, Jeffrey Snover, and me. The short version is that story is that I’m getting to use PowerShell to its fullest now. In today world, a Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM / ConfigMgr / MCM) administrator must...
My New Favorite WordPress Plugin!
As a Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager (MEMCM / MECM/ SCCM / CM) / Intune admin, what do I have to do with WordPress plugins? Well, the answer might surprise you. My new favorite WordPress plugin help me solve a problem that has long plagued me! I write...
How to Enable Remote Desktop via GPO
As many of you know I’m re-creating my Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager (MEMCM / MECM) formerly System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM / CM) lab, as such there are things that I’m re-doing and as such I thought that I would document the task....