It’s done! I finally got my script to a point where I would like to start sharing it with the whole community. Go ahead and download the package here: Download Link What’s covered? Deploy a Task Sequence to a defined … Continue reading
After Citrix’s acquisition of AppDNA in November 2011, the product formerly known as AppDNA AppTitude underwent some major rebranding and was just a few days ago reborn as Citrix AppDNA. First impressions The first impression is: “fancy” Cool new colours, … Continue reading
Hi all, here another quick script I wrote to deploy a specified Task Sequence to a given collection. This was a real quick one, as I could find out all the required values through WMIExplorer (thanks to http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/archive/2007/03/22/powershell-wmi-explorer-part-1.aspx ), some … Continue reading
Just wanted to keep you up-to-date regarding my task to automatically build a folder-collection structure in a customer’s Configuration Manager 2012 environment. (see also article http://www.david-obrien.de/www/blog/?p=275) Create Configuration Manager device collections We already know how to create folders underneath the … Continue reading
Just a short article today… I’m in the middle of a Configuration Manager implementation at a customer’s site and facing the problem of creating lots of folders and collections in those folders. As you all might know Microsoft got rid … Continue reading
I already wrote something about the Hydration Kit for Beta 2, but now Johan Arwidmark just released his Hydration Kit for the System Center Configuration Manager 2012 RC2. He claims that a functional lab environment can now be built in … Continue reading
There’s a lot that changed in ConfigMgr2012 (e.g. Client Log Files ), but also inter-site communication. Most of it is now done via SQL replication and not only via inbox/outbox replication. According to Microsoft, also the way we now have … Continue reading
A lot of things changed with the coming of ConfigMgr2012 (for now it’s in the state of RC1). Loads of people already wrote articles about what cool new features and goodies came with ConfigMgr2012, I instead want to have a … Continue reading
I just came from a customer project with AppTitude where I faced the requirement that the department that was responsible for the AppTitude environment didn’t want to give the other departments the right to log on to the AppTitude console. … Continue reading
Are you on the edge of a migration project and have to decide how to deploy your applications to your customers? (And by users I mainly mean users, because I see myself more as a service provider.) Or do you … Continue reading
Usually the biggest problem when executing a Launchpad or an AppTitude deployment is getting all the apps into AppTitude. What I mean is, and what I already said in an earlier blog post, no customer has MSIs ONLY! If that … Continue reading
The last article about AppTitude covered the import of an application. This one will be a bit less technical but more about report generation, remediation and what AppTitude tells you about your applications. Where am I going? In order … Continue reading
Citrix Synergy is just about to start and I thought I could talk a bit about Profile Migrator, as it’s part of Citrix’s Desktop Transformation Model. In this scenario I am going to show you in a quick demonstration how … Continue reading
In my last article about AppTitude I gave you a short overview of what AppTitude is and where it can help you save time and such save you money. This article will all be about how you can actually go … Continue reading
What are the future plans for your environment? I believe most customers/companies are going to update to Win7 and might also change their architecture from x86 to x64. Or maybe you’re not upgrading your clients but your servers. Server 2003 … Continue reading