Hi Guys , While building a SOE image I came accross an issue which was preventing us to go live with user testing of the new SOE image .This issue happens when you try to browse any website and the browser throws an error message given below: Error: Your connection is not private. Attackers... Continue Reading →
In Place upgrade from SCCM 2012 SP1 to SCCM Current branch
Hi everyone , I was trying to migrate our SCCM infrastructure and what I noticed was there is not much content available online for doing an in place upgrade from SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 to Current branch . I will be migrating to SCCM 1702 version . Please follow along for step by step process... Continue Reading →
Installing SCCM Clients using PSEXEC
Hi Guys , Today i will be talking about the tool PSEXEC . This is a very import tool to do things remotely . First let’s see how to set up PSEXEC .We can install any software remotely through PSEXEC but for this blog we are discussing install of SCCM client. This requirement came... Continue Reading →
Unable to install SCOM 2016 agent through SCCM
Unable to install SCOM 2016 Agent. Getting the following error: “MainEngineThread is returning 1603” We will get the following error in the MOMAgentinstall.log Property(S): OpInsightsUnknownErrorDlg_Text = Unknown error was encountered during setup. Please check log file: (%temp%\MonitoringAgent.log). Property(S): OpInsightsServerKeyValidationErrorDlg_Text = The workspace key could not be validated. The error returned from the service was: Property(S):... Continue Reading →
Installing Service Manager without SharePoint as a dependency and unable to publish service manager request offerings in self-service portal after install
Installing Service Manager Web portal without SharePoint 2010 and getting error messages. Unable to see request offerings from the service manager console to Self service portal. Hi Guys, This time we are discussing about installing Service manager SharePoint Web Parts. We have already installed the Web content Server prior to installing the SharePoint Web Parts... Continue Reading →
Installing Orchestrator 2016 on Server 2016
Hi Everyone, This blog is about is installing System Center Orchestrator 2016 on Server 2016. I know it's very exciting .Please follow along for step by step guide: Also please find the difference between different Automation tools from Microsoft . I know there s lot of confusion when thinking which product has what function .... Continue Reading →
Unable to add connectors in Service Manager
Hi everyone , I am back with a new blog and this time its SCSM(System Center Service Manager) . This blog is something to do with a restriction in Service Manager . The issue happens when we install SCSM and try to add connector like AD connector ,Orchestrator connector to name a few . When... Continue Reading →
Using Update Statement in SQL when using joins
Hi everyone, Let's discuss the SQL update statement when using joins in SQL. Many of us try to make this complicated when we try to use update statement when dealing with two tables using joins. Please follow along for this short SQL lesson on UPDATE USING JOINS. For example: Suppose we have 2 tables that... Continue Reading →
Orchestrator runbook for disabling AD account and moving the object in a different OU
Hi Guys , For those of you wanting to automate the decommission of servers or desktops or users you can use the following powershell script or runbook for disabling the AD account provided the service account has the rights to do disable the AD account and then move the account to the desired OU location... Continue Reading →
Mapped drives disappear after logoff or reboot
Hi everyone, usually we see that mapped drives disappear after logoff or reboot. So below are the following 2 ways to prevent that from happening . I had an issue today where i was running the orchestrator and it had to connect to mapped drive but as i soon as i logged off the runbook... Continue Reading →