October 2013 - Tips from a Microsoft Certified IT Pro

SCCM Clients Stuck In Provisioning Mode

October 25, 2013May 31, 2016 Anders Rødland Leave a comment

I have seen sccm clients stuck in provisioning mode several times during OSD deployment. The typical symptoms of clients stuck in provisioning mode are:

Client shows: client certificate none, it should be self-signed or PKI
Client does not receive any policy
The computer have just been installed with a task sequence.

To verify if it is actually stuck in provisioning mode we need to take a look at the registry of the client.

Add Computer to AD Group Script

October 25, 2013May 31, 2016 Anders Rødland 1 Comment

I got this script from Microsoft that adds a computer as a member to a security group in Active Directory. As we want to automate everything, this script can be very useful during deployment. A typical scenario can be to enable the computer for Direct Access or wireless network.

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Java Silent Install for SCCM The Right Way

October 24, 2013May 27, 2016 Anders Rødland 1 Comment

Thanks to Jesse Walter, I now have an easy way to do a Java silent install and update Java with SCCM. I tested this today at a customer and it worked very nicely. Whenever a new version of Java is released they can now quickly update their SCCM package without any hassle.