Last week I posted one example how to create ConfigMgr Servicing Plans with PowerShell. In this post I will show you how to create Servicin Plans using Excel. Step 1 is to create a table like this If you have that table with necessary information or if needed you can add more data, then simply save it as a CSV file and import the data to PowerShell.   Here is one quick and simple example how to create these Servicing Plans based on a CSV file and if needed create the Device Collections as well. This example also assumes that [...]

If you have worked with Configuration Manager before, then most probably you know that some of the WMI classes contain lazy properties. Microsoft cmdlets for ConfigMgr queries by default these lazy properties, for example If you query the same Device Collection directly through WMI, then you don’t see RefreshSchedule property value. If you need to query lazy properties, then you can use the .GET() method or [WMI] accelerator. Starting from 1604 cmdlets we have a new parameter called -FAST. Parameter FAST allows us to skip Lazy properties and this should make the queries much faster and should also lower the [...]

If you have been following me in twitter, then most likely you already know that the Move-CMObject cmdlet is broken in 1604 release. Here is one quick examples that shows the error message. Microsoft already knows this issue and hopefully they can fix it quickly but meanwhile we need to find a workaround or do something else: 1. Uninstall 1604 cmdlets and go back to older version 2. Replace Move-CMObject with your own custom function - http://cm12sdk.net/?p=1006 3. NEW! Use Invoke-CMWmiMethod   In this blog post I will show one example how to use Invoke-CMWmiMethod cmdlet. In this example Im [...]