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

2. 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 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

3. 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

4. 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?

6. What Tools do I Need?

7. What Tools do I Need?

8. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

9. I Need This! – Hardware Inventory

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

12. Use Views
Only

13. Querying Hardware Inventory

14. I Need This! – Ad System Discovery

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

17. I Need This! – Ad User Discovery

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

20. Query designer (SSMS)

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

23. Query Designer

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

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

27. 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

28. Takeaways – Social Media
Garth Jones
Eswar Koneti
Harjit Dhaliwal
Matthew Teegarden
Steve Thompson