Kent AgerlundBecome the hero of the day, Master ConfigMgr 2012 R2 with a limited budget and free community tools

Who am I• Kent Agerlund• Profession

• Chief System Management Architect & Co-founder of Coretech• Coretech A/S, System Center Gold Partner• Author, Consultant, Speaker and Trainer

• Titles• Microsoft MVP: Enterprise Client Management• Microsoft Certified Trainer• MCITP Enterprise Administrator

• Communities• Founder of SCUG.dk• Moderator on Microsoft TechNet Forums• Member of the System Center Alliance Team• Member of the System Center Influencers Team

• Author• Mastering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager• System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Mastering

the fundamentals Vol. I and II

Agenda

• The rules• Infrastructure & Client management tools• Software Update management tools• Application management tools• Operating System Deployment management

tools

The rules• Must be publically available • Must be a free or charge• Can be an application, script, report, query• Should provide some business value

To all who has ever contributed to the

community

We Salute you

Infrastructure & Client toolsInstallation

• Prereq checker• Hydration kits

• Johan Arwidmark• Mikael Nyström

• SQL Scripts• Client installation

• Startup Script

Management • Servicedesk & Troubleshooting

• Right click tools• Client Center

• Documentation• David’s Inventory Script PowerShell• Garth’s Inventory Script vbSript

• Client Health• CM12Healthcheck toolkit

• Inventory• RegKeyToMof

• Other• Inbox Manager• Health checker

DEMO TIMEInfrastructure & Client tools

Software Update toolsTools

• Software Update Manager

• Shutdown tool• Update required by• Updates superseded by

Reports & Queries• scug.be -

http://scug.be/sccm/2010/10/08/configmgr-dashboards-and-software-update-general-compliance-gauge/

• Eswar Koneti http://eskonr.com/2013/11/sccm-configmgr-2012-patch-compliance-summary-report-month-wise/

DEMO TIMESoftware Update tools

Application toolsCreate Applications

• Setup Commander*• PowerShell Application

Deployment Toolkit

Manage Applications

• E-mail approval • Right click• Client Center• Shutdown tools

DEMO TIMEApplications tools

Operating System Deployment tools

Management

• The mother of all tools• MDT

• Driver Management• Import driver• Extract driver

Frontends

• Johan’s Pretty Good Frontend

• Windows-Noob Bitlocker HTA

• Coretech HTA• Koster’s web services

DEMO TIMEOperating System Deployment tools

Infrastructure and Client ManagementJohan Arwidmark ConfigMgr R2 Hydration Kit - http://

www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/113/The-Hydration-Kit-for-ConfigMgr-2012-R2-is-available-for-download.aspxMikael Nyström System center Hydration Kit - http://deploymentbunny.com/2013/01/04/hydration-kit-v3-is-out/

Startup Script -http://blog.configmgrftw.com/?page_id=349Right Click tools - http://psrightclicktools.codeplex.com/releases/view/104529Right click took - http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/09/21/sccm-rctools/Client Center - https://sccmclictr.codeplex.com/David’s Inventory Script PowerShell - http://www.david-obrien.net/2013/06/20/huge-powershell-inventory-script-for-configmgr-2012/Garth’s Inventory Script vbSript - http://www.enhansoft.com/pages/downloads.aspxCM12Healthcheck toolkit - https://www.rflsystems.co.uk/sccm-2012-r2-healthcheck-toolkit/ConfigMgr 2012 Registration Request - https://configmgrregistratio.codeplex.com/PowerShell Right Click tools - http://blog.coretech.dk/kaj/sccm-client-actions-tool-powershell-edition-aka-poshcat/RegkeyToMof - http://myitforum.com/cs2/files/folders/proddocs/entry152945.aspx

Software UpdatesSoftware Update Manager - http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/the-coretech-software-update-management-tool/ Shutdown Tool - http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/new-version-of-the-coretech-shutdown-tool/Update superseded by - http://thedesktopteam.com/blog/raphael/sccm-2012-r2-superseded-by/Update required by - http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2014/01/06/sccm-2012-r2-required-by/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

OSDBitlocker HTA - http://www.niallbrady.com/2013/01/18/the-cm12-bitlocker-frontend-hta/ Driver Import Script - http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/automate-importing-and-creating-drivers-packages-in-sccm-2012-r2 / Coretech HTA frontend – soon very soon Pretty Good frontend - http://prettygoodfrontend.codeplex.com/ Koster’s web services - http://mdtcustomizations.codeplex.com/

ApplicationsEmail appoval tool http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/coretech-application-e-mail-approval-tool/PowerShell deployment toolkit - https://psappdeploytoolkit.codeplex.com/setup Commander - http://www.setupcommander.com/

(some of the many) Resources

Scripts & WMITheDesktopTeam Powershel scripts - http://thedesktopteam.com/blog/category/powershell/CM12SDK.Net – PowerShell libraryScriptomatic - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12028WMI & Powershell browser - http://blog.coretech.dk/kaj/coretech-wmi-and-powershell-browser/

Reports

Eswar Koneti http://eskonr.com/2013/11/sccm-configmgr-2012-patch-compliance-summary-report-month-wise/

scug.be - http://scug.be/sccm/2010/10/08/configmgr-dashboards-and-software-update-general-compliance-gauge/

montly free reports http://www.enhansoft.com/pages/free-ssrs-reports.aspxMicrosoft - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn581954.aspx

Resources

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