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How to Identify Which Products to Select on the SUP/WSUS Products tab

Last Updated: November 21, 2023 (UTC)

Easily identify which products you should select so your devices get fully patched

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SCCM/MECM WSUS Maintenance Guide

Last Updated: February 22, 2023 (UTC)

If you are deploying patches using SCCM/MECM, this guide will walk you through configuration and maintenance of the WSUS infrastructure.

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Fix WSUS Downstream Replica Showing More Updates than the Primary

Last Updated: February 22, 2023 (UTC)

Follow this guide to fix issues where your WSUS downstream replicas show more updates than the primary WSUS server.

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Fix SCCM/MECM Devices showing as Unknown in Deployment Status

Last Updated: November 19, 2022 (UTC)

Devices show as Unknown under Deployment Status with a category of 'Client check passed/Active' when they should be showing Success. Here's the fix.

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Query the MDT Database via Web Services

Last Updated: October 29, 2022 (UTC)

Query the MDT database via a Web Service so you get better stability and performance across WAN links

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SMSTS Log Parser Tool

Last Updated: October 13, 2021 (UTC)

Parse multiple smsts.log files at once to easily identify task sequence issues

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How to Document SCCM/MECM/MDT Task Sequences

Last Updated: May 16, 2021 (UTC)

Have you ever wanted to document and save your task sequence for offline viewing? Well now you can by using the Task Sequence Documenter tool

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How to Inventory Microsoft Teams and other User Based Applications

Last Updated: May 16, 2021 (UTC)

Configuration Manager (SCCM/MECM) by default does not inventory user based applications like Microsoft Teams or Zoom

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Welcome! - My First Blog Post

Last Updated: May 16, 2021 (UTC)

The reason I started this blog

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