Exploring the wealth of Configmgr Community tools Jörgen Nilsson Principal Consultant Onevinn @Ccmexec http://ccmexec.com Ryan Ephgrave Systems Engineer Wells Fargo @EphingPosh http://ephingadmin.com

Jörgen Nilsson Ryan Ephgrave @ccmexec @Ephingposh MVP Enterprise Mobility MVP Enterprise Mobility 20+ years 10+ years Liverpool FC Sleep ;-)

Infrastructure Jorgen

ConfigMgr Prereq Tool Configuration Manager prerequisites tool Download pre-reqs Install roles and features needed by SCCM https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ConfigMgr-2012-R2-e52919cd Jorgen

Hydration Kits Hydration kits Technical Preview! http://deploymentresearch.com/Research/P ost/580/Hydration-Kit-For-Windows- Server-2016-and-ConfigMgr-Current- Technical-Preview-Branch Technical Preview! Jorgen

Hands on labs Pros: Entire CM environment created with DC / CM / Windows clients in under 5 minutes Cons: Lasts 2 hours https://www.microsoft.com/handsonlabs

Azure DevTest Labs Templates to create different kinds of VMs Geared towards labs Free* Cons: * not actually free

SQL Maintenance & documentation https://ola.hallengren.com/ https://stevethompsonmvp.wordpress.com/ 2014/05/19/powershell-sql-audit-script/ Documentation http://www.enhansoft.com/customer-area http://blog.configmgrftw.com/sql-server- inventory-using-configmgr/ Jorgen

Configuraton Items – there is a session for that!!! Jörgen there

Reg2CI Reg2CI Convert reg files to: Powershell CI Check Script Remediation Script https://reg2ps.azurewebsites.net/

ConfigMgr remote Compliance Run Compliance report remotely https://gallery.technet.micro soft.com/ConfigMgr- Remote-Compliance- 2a9e55f3

Configmgr Package Distribution scheduler Date & Time Monitor E-mail when it is complete https://gallery.technet.microsoft.c om/ConfigMgr-Package- 4ccbcc3b

Applications Ryan

PS App Deployment Toolkit PowerShell based Supports: Defer Balloon reminder Countdown Installation Status Prompt to close application .EXE file for launch And much more… http://psappdeploytoolkit.com/ http://psappdeploytoolkit.codeplex.com/releases/view/110492 Ryan

Application importers Application Importer Mattias Benninge https://sccmappimp.codeplex.com/ SCCM Application Creator Joakim Bryttmar https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/SCCM-2012-Application-10980205 Powershell!!! Ryan https://sccmappimp.codeplex.com/

Application Tester Quickly test applications Useful for upgrades Uses PowerShell & Hyper-V http://www.ephingadmin.com/test-configmgr-applications-automatically-with-powershell-and- hyper-v/ https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Automatically-test-d96c8ec4

RuckZuck Application Importer Will automatically download content Will create detection rules Community driven http://ruckzuck.tools/ http://ruckzuck.tools/

Software Updates Jorgen

Reporting Reports Power BI https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/gary_sim mons_mcs/2014/09/16/system-center-2012- r2-configuration-manager-software-update- compliance-dashboard/ http://eskonr.com/tag/sccm-patch-reports/ Power BI https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Power- BI-SCCM-Dashboard-d1b7e688 https://miketerrill.net/2016/01/24/the-power- of-power-bi/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configmgr team/2016/04/01/exploring-your-system- center-configuration-manager-and-microsoft- intune-hybrid-data-on-power-bi-dashboard/ Ryan

Software Updates Automating deployments House Cleaning Software Update Groups https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Create- Software-Update-bb775cd4 Ryan

OS Deployment Jörgen

OSDBAckground Displays a custom background during OSD Builtin password protected command prompt Displays Useful information Displays Elapsed Time No more F8 Support in Boot Images!!!! https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Repla cement-for-BGInfo-0095cff3 Jörgen

OSDWebservice Sample scripts to call all the services Installer Documentation Why use a Webservice?! https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Web-Service-for-OS-93b6ecb8 Jörgen

Driver Automation Tool Provides Driver Downloads for Dell, Lenovo and HP Create a BIOS Update Package Create a Driver Package based on the machine model and filename Imports the associated drivers into the newly created Driver Package https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptce nter/Driver-Tool-Automate-9ddcc010 Jörgen

ConfigMgr Task Sequence Monitor Standalone Task Sequence Monitor Integrates with MDT Excellent for troubleshooting https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ConfigM gr-Task-Sequence-fefdc532 Jörgen https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ConfigMgr-Task-Sequence-fefdc532?tduid=(ec4e789add9906c64ca763c18da836da)(256380)(2459594)(TnL5HPStwNw-kHlWDySHv_guAhX9nd6b6Q

Install applications dynamically Powershell script uses Webservice to query for applications to install. Add the applications to TS variable Use the builtin TS step to install http://ccmexec.com/2016/05/installing-applications-dynamically-during-os-using-ad-group/ https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Get-computer-targeted-9aa0d094

Frontends Jörgen

Which frontends are used

Uefi bitlocker frontend Backup Reinstall Computer association New Computer AD Check Tools https://www.niallbrady.com/2016/05/17/introd ucing-the-windows-10-uefi-bitlocker- frontend-for-system-center-configuration- manager-current-branch/ Jörgen

UI++ http://blog.configmgrftw.com/uiplusplus/ OSD Frontend 4/23/2018 UI++ OSD Frontend Preflight checks AD Authentication App tree Computernaming OU, Timezone….. Jörgen http://blog.configmgrftw.com/uiplusplus/ © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

ConfigMgr OSD Frontend Uses a webservice in the backend Replaces UDI With MDT or without https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ConfigMgr-OSD-FrontEnd-100-55209031

Helpdesk Ryan

Recast (Right Click Tools) Integrates with the ConfigMgr Console Tools include: Device Tools User Tools AD Tools Content Tools And more! http://www.nowmicro.com/Software/Recast Ryan http://www.nowmicro.com/recast/recast-rct-free/

Tools used to troubleshoot Did Wally find a way to vote more than once??!!

Client Center for Configuration Center Manage devices Standalone Can learn from the log Manage all pieces of the SCCM client Shows client health Now in the Store!!! https://sccmclictr.codeplex.com/ Ryan https://sccmclictr.codeplex.com/

remoteManage Replacement or competitor for Client Center? Great tool to assist in Troubleshooting http://cireson.com/apps/remote-manage/

LogLauncher 3.1 Great tool to find log files Single view http://wmug.co.uk/wmug/b/r0b/archive/2017/02/23/loglauncher-3-1

How to find them all? System Center Store – by Robert Marshall Links to tools Books Communities Vendor free tools https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/System-Center-Store-56d76894 Jörgen https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/System-Center-Store-56d76894