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Setting Up Azure Diagnostics for Intune Logging to Splunk
When it comes to analyzing logs from Intune and pulling them into Splunk the process is very simple. I’ve only set up the Azure/Intune side of things but th...
Using GitHub Deploy Keys to Update Module for Automation
Generate SSH key Copy to server (e.g. C:.ssh) Ensure ssh-agent is set Automatic (Delayed Start)
How to Get Full GPO Info in Powershell
A quick tip today, how to pull the GPO report info quickly into a variable.
Automating Against the WinGet Database Using PowerShell
WinGet is a tool which allows you to install, update, and remove software from a Windows computer. It’s built into the most recent versions of Windows 10 an...
User Data Backup In OSD: Windows 7 to 10 Migration
Currently, the University of Minnesota is working on our Windows 7 to 10 migration. One of the key risks identified is that user data could be lost during t...
Using VNC For Remote Imaging in SCCM Task Sequences
I want to quickly thank Gary Blok as he was the inspiration for the process we’re currently using in his DaRT & VNC Remote during OSD without Integration...
Building an OSD Front End Using C#: Part 7 Pre Flight Checks
The next phase worked on was to build out the pre-flight checks. The starting point was to build our GUI.
Building an OSD Front End Using C#: Part 6 Applications Settings Using JSON
Now that we’re starting to want logic built behind our interface we’ve been building we’re going to want some way of configuring things so we can enable/disa...
Building an OSD Front End Using C#: Part 5 Computer Name Form Design
Now that we have the basic layout of the computer name tab built but we don’t have any of the computer naming logic that’s our next step.
Building an OSD Front End Using C#: Part 4 Adding Controls and Going Deeper
Up until now we’ve been very focused on getting everything ready. Now we’re ready to actually start building out our form controls and some of the logic behi...
Building an OSD Front End Using C#: Part 3 Styling Our WPF Form
All we have so far is a blank Xaml form without much content. Let’s get some basic styles applied to the form and make it look a little more respectable. I h...
Building an OSD Front End Using C#: Part 2 Initial Form Configuration
Now that we have our development environment sorted and our basic project created we need to lay out the basic framework for our form. Since we’re using the...
Building an OSD Front End Using C#: Part 1 Getting Started
This is a blog series walking through how to build your own OSD Front End using C#. It walks through everything I went through creating the UMN-OSDFrontEnd ...
Generating a New SCCM Client GUID
Stop the SCCM service in Powershell using Stop-Service ccmexec and then wait for it to fully stop. Rename the C:\Windows\SMSCFG.INI file to something li...
Fixing the PowerON PowerBI SCCM Current Branch 1806 Dashboard Queries
In our environment we’re seeing failures on some of the queries because we have multiple devices coming back when there should only be a single record. I’ve...
SCCM Client Health PowerBI Report Version 0.1
Recently we’ve been struggling to get our client health under control. We implemented the script developed by Anders Rodland which has helped us fix large nu...
Getting Redirected URI’s In Powershell
I recently ran into an issue where I needed the direct resource URI in a Powershell script. This is incredibly useful if you need to parse the actual URI ins...
Finding All Traverse Groups Using Powershell
When it comes to managing file shares one of the larger issues I deal with on a regular basis is identifying all the traverse groups that lead to a specific ...