Cliff Hobbs

Why doesn’t Delta Discovery delete resources from Collections in ConfigMgr 2012 SP2/ R2 SP1?

Why doesn’t Delta Discovery delete resources from Collections in ConfigMgr 2012 SP2/ R2 SP1? I have Delta Discovery enabled in my environment. For some reason when I remove a User or Computer from a Security Group that has previously been … Continued

News – A Whole Bunch of Cool Microsoft Content for You

Listed below is a whole bunch of different Microsoft content that should hopefully be of interest of you including links to find out more/ register. Item Details Developer Tools Download Download any Visual Studio skus, including VS 2015 https://www.visualstudio.com/?Wt.mc_id=DX_MVP9734 … Continued

Intune – New features for managing Windows 10 and iOS devices coming to Intune 25/9 – 5/10

As detailed on the Intune blog Microsoft are releasing a whole raft of new features for managing Windows 10 and iOS devices between the 25th September and 5th October: “Windows 10 MSI apps: You can now deploy and install Windows Installer (MSI) … Continued

“SMS Site Backup failed while creating the snapshot using the VSS services. Aborting the backup operation.”

“SMS Site Backup failed while creating the snapshot using the VSS services. Aborting the backup operation.” I have ConfigMgr installed with the Site Server and Site Database Server running on different servers. I’m seeing a Status Message ID 5047 for … Continued

“Failed to copy the database files to the backup location. Please ensure that the SMS_SITE_SQL_BACKUP component has access to the backup location.. Backup operation is not completed”

“Failed to copy the database files to the backup location. Please ensure that the SMS_SITE_SQL_BACKUP component has access to the backup location.. Backup operation is not completed” I’m seeing a Status Message ID 5052 for the SMS_SITE_BACKUP Component stating: SMS … Continued

ConfigMgr – Update for ConfigMgr v.Next Technical Preview 3 available but this one’s different

Microsoft has just released an update to Technical Preview for ConfigMgr v.Next but with a difference. That difference is that this is the first update to be delivered through Microsoft’s new “Updates and Servicing” node in the Console which will be … Continued

What is the Maximum Number of Software Metering Rules that can be created automatically in a Hierarchy?

News – Microsoft Releasing Office 2016 Today

So in case you weren’t aware, Microsoft is officially releasing Office 2016 today with a whole raft of cool new features that are too numerous to detail here, so here’s a link to all the official info: https://blogs.office.com/2015/09/10/admins-get-ready-for-office-2016-rollout-begins-september-22/?Wt.mc_id=DX_MVP9734 Looking good … Continued

ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 3091103 Released

Microsoft has released the following KB Article: An incorrect Software Available Time value is created in the ADR in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2 Symptoms Consider the following scenario: You use Microsoft … Continued

Do Predefined Reports get overwritten when I apply a Cumulative Update?

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