Om Kent Agerlund

Microsoft Regional Director, Enterprise Mobility MVP. Microsoft Certified Trainer and Principal consultant. I have been working with Enterprise client management since 1992. Co-founder of System Center User Group Denmark in 2009. Certified MCITP: Enterprise Administrator, MCSA+Messaing, and much more. Member of: Microsoft Denmark System Center Partner Expert Team The Danish Technet Influencers program System Center Influencers Program.

Configuration Manager Power Management charts won’t show

At a few sites I have experienced a problem where none of the Power Management charts will show in the canned SQL Reporting Services reports. Everything looks like fine from the client side, power management is part of the inventory and data is being send correctly back to the Management Point. Yesterday evening I found the solution the Technet forums (credit goes to Paul024). The solution In order to fix the problem, log on to the SQL Reporting Services point and run Dunsetup.exe (found in Configuration Manager install dir\Bin\I386\) The report after running Dunsetup.exe

By |2010-12-31T10:27:33+01:00december 31st, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM)|Kommentarer lukket til Configuration Manager Power Management charts won’t show

Using Software distribution and Desired Configuration Management to fix non-compliant computers

Desired Configuration Management (DCM) is a feature in Configuration Manager which helps us tracing non-compliant computers. In Configuration Manager 2012 the feature also allows us to automatically remediate non-compliant computers. With Configuration Manager 2007 we can use a combination of DCM and Software Distribution to achieve the same functionality. In this example I will create a DCM CI that will report a workstation as non-compliant if Adobe Flash automatic update is enabled. To fix the problem, I have a script that will disable the check for new updates. The script will be deployed using a normal software package. Part I [...]

By |2010-12-24T10:45:49+01:00december 24th, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM), General info|5 Comments

Technet Julekalender d. 22. december 2010 (opdateret med svar)

Technet julekalenderen er godt igang og undertegnet deltager med spørgsmålet d. 22. december. Der er masser af spændende præmier i spil og en masse interessante spørgsmål. Spørgsmålet som findes nederst i denne blog post (fra d. 22. december kl. 09:00), kan besvares fra d. 22. december, når Bjarne Dollerup har givet startskuet, dette kan følgende på hans blog eller på Twitter (@ bdollerup). Svaret skal sendes som email [email protected] Den første som svarer rigtigt bliver kontaktet, og vinderen vil denne blive annonceret på bloggen. Spørgsmålet burde kunne besvares enten fra almindelig viden, eller ved at søge lidt på min blog. [...]

By |2017-08-22T13:09:43+01:00december 21st, 2010|Powershell|2 Comments

Mastering Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 R3 training – 2011 Q1 dates and updated agenda (now with Forefront Endpoint Protection integration)

I’m thrilled to announce the lab schedule for first Quarter of 2011 along with the updated agenda. Dates Oslo, Norway - January 31 – feb. 2, 2011 Chicago, US - February 8-10, 2011  Stockholm, Sweden, February 16-18 New York, US - March 16-18, 2011 Boston , US - April 12-14, 2011   I have updated the agenda to include Forefront Endpoint Protection, client remediation, advanced software deployment, deploying custom updates like Adobe and Java. Updated agenda: Day 1 Introduction to System Center Installing and Configuring ConfigMgr. SP2 and R3 Installing and supporting ConfigMgr clients Installing and configuring clients Maintaining and [...]

By |2010-12-17T13:47:11+01:00december 17th, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM)|Kommentarer lukket til Mastering Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 R3 training – 2011 Q1 dates and updated agenda (now with Forefront Endpoint Protection integration)

Technet.dk Julekalender, 8. december (opdateret med spørgsmål)

Technet julekalenderen er godt igang og undertegnet deltager med spørgsmålet d. 8. december. Der er masser af spændende præmier i spil og en masse interessante spørgsmål. Spørgsmålet som kan findes nederst i denne blog post (fra d. 8. december kl. 09:00), kan besvares fra d. 8. december, når Bjarne Dollerup har givet startskuet, dette kan følgende på hans blog eller på Twitter (@ bdollerup). Svaret skal sendes som email [email protected] Den første som svarer rigtigt bliver kontaktet, og vinderen vil denne blive annonceret på bloggen. Spørgsmålet burde kunne besvares enten fra almindelig viden, eller ved at søge lidt på min [...]

By |2017-08-22T13:08:44+01:00december 6th, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM)|1 Kommentar

XMAS fun at Microsoft Denmark

Snow is falling all around us these days and December is just around the corner. This year Microsoft Denmark is celebrating X-MAS with a daily quiz and your chance to win some great prices. Check out Bjarne Dollerups blog for more information. One more thing, the “Julekalender” is in Danish :-)

By |2017-08-22T13:47:46+01:00november 26th, 2010|General info|Kommentarer lukket til XMAS fun at Microsoft Denmark

Error extracting files from KB977384

I have seen a few Configuration Manager R3 installations failing when trying to create the Configuration Manager package and program. To fix that problem I extract the SCCM2007-SP2-KB977384-ENU.msi file like this: msiexec /a SCCM2007-SP2-KB977384-ENU.msi /qb TARGETDIR=D:\R3 The command will extract all files and place them in D:\R3. From this folder you can take the sccm2007ac-sp2-kb977384-x86-enu.msp file and create the configuration manager package manually.    

By |2010-11-24T21:47:02+01:00november 24th, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM), General info|2 Comments

November Newsletter from TrueSec

Be sure to check out the November newsletter from TrueSec. Get some nice, helpful and very useful tricks on Deployment, Security, Configuration Manager and much more. The newsletter is written by Marcus Murray (MVP on Enterprise Security), Mikael Nyström (MVP on Setup/Deployment), Johan Arwidmark (MVP on Setup/Deployment) and Kent Agerlund (MVP on ConfigMgr.)

By |2010-11-23T14:00:11+01:00november 23rd, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM), General info|Kommentarer lukket til November Newsletter from TrueSec

Modifying the execution account after installing Configuration Manager R3

In a previous post I described how you create and configure an execution account for SQL Reporting Services and Configuration Manager R2. The execution account is a requirement for those who want to use the e-mail subscription feature. Due to changes in security the execution account does not have the needed permission to open the new Power Management reports. Instead you will get error messages like these: An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted) Query execution failed for dataset 'DataSet3'. (rsErrorExecutingCommand) The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'PowerManagementGetDayRange', database 'SMS_A01', schema 'dbo'. An error occurred during client [...]

By |2010-11-17T21:58:26+01:00november 17th, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM), General info|2 Comments

Installing a Secondary site with non-standard SQL port

Configuration Manager will by default utilize the standard SQL ports when accessing the database. If you have configured the SQL server to use a non-standard port you will need to configure a SQL failure to do so will result in a non-working Management Point and WDS. The error: In the MPcontrol.log file you will see that the Management Point is unable to connect to the database. Attempting to connect to the configured SQL database.  $$<SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER><Fri Oct 08 07:53:58.211 2010 Coordinated Universal Time><thread=2772 (0xAD4)> *** [08001][11][Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]General network error. Check your network documentation.  $$<SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER><Fri Oct 08 07:59:00.227 2010 Coordinated [...]

By |2010-10-18T09:33:44+01:00oktober 18th, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM)|4 Comments

Teched Berlin 2010

Some mails are just better than others :-) This one just arrived in my inbox. Dear Kent: Congratulations!  You have been selected to participate in Tech·Ed Europe 2010 as a Microsoft Product Expert in the Technical Learning Center (TLC).  I’ll be helping out as Microsoft Expert in the System Center area. If you are in Berlin please drop in for a little chat – look forward to see you and Berlin.  

By |2010-09-29T21:45:59+01:00september 29th, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM), Events|Kommentarer lukket til Teched Berlin 2010

New SCUG event in November

It looks like the guys over at SCUG have arranged yet another exiting event - http://scug.dk/content/SystemCenterUserGroupMeeting-November2010.aspx Pretty interesting names on the speaker list, Wally Mead & Johan Arwidmark :-)

By |2010-09-01T08:16:59+01:00september 1st, 2010|Events|Kommentarer lukket til New SCUG event in November

WDS Service stopping after system restart

I had a problem with my PSP (PXE Service Point) on a Windows 2008 R2 box. Every time I restarted the server the service wouldn’t start (Which is not good). The error only happens when I add the PXE Service Point role in the Configuration Manager console, without the role my WDS service is starting like a charm. The errors in the event viewer First error An error occurred while trying to initialize provider SMSPXE loaded from C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CCM\x64\smspxe.dll. If the provider is marked as critical the Windows Deployment Services server will be shutdown. Error Information: 0x4005 Source: WDSPXE Second Error [...]

By |2010-08-20T09:02:32+01:00august 20th, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM)|2 Comments

Integrate 3rd. party updates with Configuration Manager and Shavlik SCUPdates Part II

In this post I will explain how you can integrate SCUPdates from Shavlik from A to Z. I’ll focus the post on these topics. Installation of the product Richness of the update catalog Configuration Manager integration Approving Updates Deploying Updates Reporting How to get started Installation of the product SCUPdates requires that you have installed and configured Microsoft System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP). In my test lab I already use SCUP to monitor and deploy updates from different hardware vendors like HP and Dell. For those of you who hasn’t yet played with SCUP I strongly advise you to have [...]

By |2010-08-10T10:30:00+01:00august 10th, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM)|3 Comments

Integrate 3rd. party software update with Configuration Manager 2007 and Secunia Part I

In the following weeks I will blog about the some of the different 3rd. party software update solution we can integrate with Configuration Manager. I will focus my articles on: Installation of the product Richness of the update catalog Configuration Manager integration Approving Updates Deploying Updates Reporting How to get started First I will test drive Secunia, a world-leading provider of Vulnerability Intelligence. Secunia has been around since 2002 and is most known for its award winning product CSI - Corporate Software Inspector. The installation Secunia requires a few components that are all easy to install and configure: The CSI [...]

By |2010-06-23T13:55:59+01:00juni 23rd, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM)|Kommentarer lukket til Integrate 3rd. party software update with Configuration Manager 2007 and Secunia Part I

Wauw 220 percent complete

Just downloaded a few HP Bios updates with ConfigMgr 2007 and SCUP 4.5 today. Being an old football player I have often heard from my coach that I should “give 100%”. In my world 100% is pretty much but apparently not when you are downloading HP updates. 220 percent - not bad :-)

By |2010-06-17T12:58:57+01:00juni 17th, 2010|Configuration Manager (SCCM)|Kommentarer lukket til Wauw 220 percent complete

Collection for computers that failed to run an advertisement

Recently I got a question from a student who wanted to have two collections for each software deployment. 1 collection containing computer that ran the advertisement successfully; and 1 collection for those who failed. There can be several ways to solve this puzzle. In my example I look at the status messages coming from the client. In order to use this solution you first need to find the advertisement ID for the deployment. Navigate to the advertisement and make a note of the advertisement ID. In my example the advertisement ID is A0120005 Next create two query based collections and [...]

Configmgr 2007 R3

For those interested I just posted my first post on Installing and configuring ConfigMgr. 2007 R3. The post can be readhttp://scug.dk/blogs/configurationmanager/archive/2010/04/29/first-look-at-configmgr-r3.aspx

By |2010-04-29T10:20:04+01:00april 29th, 2010|Events|Kommentarer lukket til Configmgr 2007 R3

New SCUG event

It looks like the guys over at SCUG have arranged yet another exiting event - http://scug.dk/content/SystemCenterUserGroupMeeting-May2010.aspx

By |2010-04-29T07:28:42+01:00april 29th, 2010|Events|Kommentarer lukket til New SCUG event

MMS 2010 – Day 3 keynote

The keynote focused on desktop management with focus on these features: Configmgr 2007 R3 The upcoming release of ConfigMgr. R3. During the SCUG event back in November Wally Mead talked about the R3 feature pack. In the keynote we saw a life demo focusing on the power management feature in R3. It’s really a cool feature that will assist all of us in ongoing effort to save money and become greener. Availability: Beta 1 can be downloaded from Microsoft today ConfigMgr. Citrix XenApp integration We also saw a cool demo of how Citrix XenApp intergrates with ConfigMgr. The demo was [...]

By |2010-04-22T01:28:57+01:00april 22nd, 2010|Events|Kommentarer lukket til MMS 2010 – Day 3 keynote

MMS 2010 – Tuesday

My first day on MMS started with the keynote presented by Bob Muglia. The session was streamed and can viewed online here State of the union The number one session every year is the State of the Union. This session takes us thru the last 12 months of ConfigMgr and also look 12-18 months into the future of the product. Every year the session starts with a top 10 list. This year the list was about the code names for vNext. Top 10 – codenames for vNext 1. Code Name vNext won the competition because none of us are really [...]

By |2010-04-21T06:53:02+01:00april 21st, 2010|Events|Kommentarer lukket til MMS 2010 – Tuesday