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SCCM: Uninstall SCCM 2007 Agent

Posted by Ivan
/ January 22, 2014 / Leave a comment

Sometimes you need to uninstall SCCM agent to troubleshoot a client issue. For me the computer object exists in the SCCM console but the computer object is not a client. The agent is installed locally with auto discovery from AD and for whatever reason it is not communicating to the...

Posted in SCCM
BitNami: CMS Made Simple walkthrough

Posted by Ivan
/ December 21, 2013 / Leave a comment

Some years ago I tried to create my own virtual appliance based on Ubuntu server and CMS Made Simple. Unfortunately I never finished that project myself. BitNami has created several installers and virtual machines that run CMSMadeSimple now. Bitnami is a stack application and an easy way to deploy ready...

Posted in CMSMadeSimple
Apple: Upgrade MacBook with SSD disk

Posted by Ivan
/ December 7, 2013 / Leave a comment

Upgrading my MacBook Pro is something I wanted to do for some months. Finally I spend the money and bought all components I wanted to exchange. The required tools to open my MacBook: Phillips screwdriver Tri-wing screwdriver Upgrading my Macbook components in 30 minutes Samsung SSD EVO 250 GB hard...

Posted in Apple
Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client: Windows Security Certificate Selection

Posted by Ivan
/ November 8, 2013 / Leave a comment

Recently I deployed Lync 2013 client and soon after I started to receive the following pop-up message: This happened when connecting with my Cisco AnyConnect VPN client on a Windows 7 Enterprise client. I deleted the certificate but it didn’t solve the problem as Lync client recreated it. I did...

Posted in Cisco
App-V: What’s New in Application Virtualization 5.0 SP1

Posted by Ivan
/ June 29, 2013 / 1 Comment

It’s time to start planning the upgrade to App-V 5 environment. With SP1 getting released recently I am going to zoom into the features and infrastructure. I am happy with my 4.6 environment now and with the upgrade to major release of 5 I except even more. I am downloading...

Posted in AppV
Windows Server: KMS client behind firewall

Posted by Ivan
/ June 28, 2013 / 2 Comments

Software Protection windows service is responsible for managing activation with KMS (Key Management Server). In the last couple of months I have been working on deploying and managing Windows Server 2008 R2 VM’s running behind the firewall. The VM’s are sitting in a dedicated VLAN that allows certain network traffic...

Posted in Windows Server
PowerShell: how to join a computer to active directory and rename hostname?

Posted by Ivan
/ April 23, 2013 / Leave a comment

The more you get used to PowerShell the easier it will get to build complex scripts and automate your processes. I like PowerShell just because I can copy and paste my scripts from OneNote and reuse them over and over. Preparing my lab, working out the design and later on recreating...

Posted in PowerShell
Lync Server: Certificate Request Denied by Policy Module 0x80072746

Posted by Ivan
/ March 19, 2013 / Leave a comment

When deploying a Lync 2013 server I run into following issue when requesting certificates for “Request, Install or Assign certificates” deployment step. Request-CSCertificate Action – failed To solution to this problem is to locate the Active Directory Certificate Authority: Logon with remote desktop or use Services console, and connect to...

Posted in Lync
Software Deployment: Options for Dell Data Protection Access

Posted by Ivan
/ November 21, 2012 / Leave a comment

Dell Data Protection Access installation is a straightforward activity. The challenge comes when you need to configure the application with specific settings that are needed for a deployment. Dell Data Protection Access is one of the additional system tools that are available for the high end models from Dell. These...

Posted in Dell, Software Deployment
SCCM: how to review log files on the client on AD published site?

Posted by Ivan
/ November 18, 2012 / Leave a comment

If you have published your SCCM site to Active Directory (AD DS) a client will search for that information during the CCMSetup.exe process when no parameters have been defined. There are couple of log files to look for, verify that SCCM client has been successfully assigned and communicates to the ...

Posted in SCCM