Thanks to Tom Popov for a nice set of instructions (instead of Microsoft’s spaghetti @ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632662.aspx). http://tompopov.blogspot.com/2011/08/remove-sccm-child-primary-connection.html CEN – Central Site PRI – Child Primary Site SEC – Secondary Site Here is the procedure how to remove PRI SCCM Child
Installing SCCM 2012 Secondary Site using A Pre-Installed SQL Express 2008 R2 Instance
This is a very helpful article on pre-installing SQL Express on a SCCM 2012 Secondary server so you can customize the install to fit your needs. http://blog.tyang.org/2012/04/09/installing-sccm-2012-rtm-secondary-site-using-a-pre-installed-sql-express-2008-r2-instance/ Even after all of the tweaking noted in the article I still had
Important note about System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and client machine restart notifications
When it comes to being silent, there is suppress, really suppress, and broken. Read more http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2012/08/13/important-note-about-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-and-client-machine-restart-notifications.aspx
ConfigMgr 2012 and 32-bit Application Installers
This is a great article by Jason Sandys on file and registry redirection when dealing with 32-bit applications on 64-bit operating systems. Read more http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/08/12/configmgr-2012-and-32-bit-application-installers/
Drivers and Boot Images
I’m reposting two wiki’s I had written awhile ago. I don’t really use my wiki anymore so I’m moving some content to my blog. Finding drivers in a Boot Image [cc lang=’sql’ line_numbers=’false’] use CM_xxx — All Drivers in a
SCCM Supported Platforms (especially for OS Deployment)
The first time I worked with OS Deployment in SCCM 2007 many years ago I was frightened by the ability to inadvertently deploy an OS to an existing SCCM client. To allow Desktop Techs to reimage an existing computer the