To all of you who participated in the User-Centric Application Delivery Rocks the World: Using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 pre-conf sessions @Teched 2012 in Orlando and Amsterdam – thanks.

Johan Arwidmark and I had a great time with lots of very good questions (more than 200 questions). During the session we promised to provide you with links to some of the tools and documents that we spoke about.

Slides: http://www.deploymentresearch.com/DRFiles/SlidesFromPreconTEUS2012.zip

The project plan for ViaMonstra: ViaMonstra-SC-2012-ConfigMgr-Project-criterias.pdf

Software updates

ConfigMgr 2007:Script to remove expired updates from you distribution points and update packages

ConfigMgr 2012: Script to remove expired updates from the source folder

Coretech Shutdown Utility to control computer restarts after patching
Example used in the session:
/t:300 /m:60 /d: “Your computer has not been restarted for a week\” /f /c /ebM:168

Report Windows 7 clients that have not restarted in 7 days:

SELECT os.Caption0 AS ‘Operating System’, cs.Name0 AS Name, DATEDIFF(hour, os.LastBootUpTime0, ws.LastHWScan) AS ‘Uptime (in Hours)’, CONVERT(varchar(20),
os.LastBootUpTime0, 100) AS ‘Last Reboot Date/Time’, CONVERT(varchar(20), ws.LastHWScan, 100) AS ‘Last Hardware Inventory’
FROM v_GS_WORKSTATION_STATUS AS ws LEFT OUTER JOIN
v_GS_OPERATING_SYSTEM AS os ON ws.ResourceID = os.ResourceID INNER JOIN
v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM AS cs ON cs.ResourceID = os.ResourceID
WHERE (os.Caption0 LIKE ‘%Windows 7%’) AND (ws.LastHWScan <> 0) AND (cs.Name0 IS NOT NULL)
ORDER BY Name

Script (ConfigMgr package) to uninstall software updates
Example used in the session:
cscript.exe UninstallUpdates.vbs 976902

Migration

Change source location: https://blog.ctglobalservices.com/jgs/coretech-package-source-changer-0-3-0-0/
Example used in the session: Modified source location for packages prior to or after migrating packages to ConfigMgr 2012

Application Management

Package Conversion Manager: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh531519.aspx and http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29265

Microsoft App-V and Configuration Manager: The App-V and ConfigMgr integration white paper

Operating System Deployment

The hydration kit: http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Blog/tabid/62/EntryId/57/The-Hydration-Kit-for-ConfigMgr-2012-RTM-is-available-for-download.aspx

Security role for importing computers: http://blogs.technet.com/b/inside_osd/archive/2012/04/30/custom-role-based-administration-for-importing-computers.aspx