In the Ocean of Big Data with Configuration Manager! Garth Jones Chief Architect Enhansoft

Garth Jones is Chief Architect at Enhansoft, an Ottawa-based company that develops products and services to extend the value of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (CMCB), System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (CM12), System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (CM07) and System Center Intune. Garth started working with Systems Management Server (SMS) back in 1996. He is an MVP for System Center Enterprise Client Management (formerly System Center Configuration Manager). Garth is the lead author for System Center Configuration Manager Reporting Unleashed. He is an active participant in Microsoft’s forums, as well as on windows-noob.com and myITForum.com. Garth is the founder of the Ottawa Windows Server User Group (OWSUG) and its associated study group. He currently holds the title of Past President

Agenda Its all about you! What Tools do I Need? I Need This! Hardware Inventory AD discovery data Writing a SQL Query Query Designer Takeaways Question and Answers

What are your goals for this session? Its All about You. What are your goals for this session? How much SQL Query experience does the Group have?

What Tools do I Need?

What Tools do I Need?

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

I Need This! – Hardware Inventory

I Need This! – Hardware Inventory Default Current: v_GS_ History: v_HS_ Custom Current: v_GS_<company name>_ History: v_HS_<company name>_

Use Views Only

Querying Hardware Inventory

I Need This! – Ad System Discovery

I Need This! – Ad System Discovery Current: v_R_ History: not available v_R_System_Valid

I Need This! – Ad User Discovery

I Need This! – Ad System Discovery Current: v_R_ History: not available v_R_User

Query designer (SSMS)

I Need This! – Ad System Discovery Current: v_R_ History: not available v_R_User

Query Designer

I Need This! – Ad System Discovery Ctrl-Shift-Q Or Right-click query window.

Takeaways – Reporting Tools SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio 2015 (SSDT-BI) PowerBI Report Builder (RB) SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS)

Takeaways – Thing to Remember Writer SQL Your Query first in SSMS Use the Reporting tool you are comfortable with! Don’t create reports in production! Use the Microsoft Data source for your reports Do the little things

Takeaways – Social Media Garth Jones https://twitter.com/garthmj Eswar Koneti https://twitter.com/eskonr Harjit Dhaliwal https://twitter.com/Hoorge Matthew Teegarden https://twitter.com/TheEmptyGarden Steve Thompson https://twitter.com/Steve_TSQL