Roger Zander

2017 is over, it's time to summarize the figures for RuckZuck.tools as I did for 2016 and 2015... This year is not that easy to compare, as the database structure and Web-Service completely changed in August and September to support RZCache and "RZCache for ipfs.io" and

A year ago, I've blogged about "Poor man's inventory with PowerShell, DocumentDB and Power BI"... Now, I will give you some ideas on collecting Inventory-Data to JainDB, a blockchain based Data warehouse. What is JainDB JainDB is an Open-Source REST-API to store JSON Documents in an auditable way

Do you need a LAB Environment for System Center Configuration Manager? Then check out Azure DevTest Lab. The following Step by Step manual generates a simple VM with ConfigurationManager on it... ConfigMgr Setup Once you have Access to DevTest Lab, add a new VM... ... you have to chosse a base

Aug.2019: This content is obsolete and replaced by https://github.com/rzander/ruckzuck/wiki/RuckZuck-Proxy-Server All the RuckZuck.tools (ruckzuck.exe, rzupdate.exe and the OneGet Provider) where designed to get the software binaries from the vendors web-site in the internet. This is fine for a single device at

RuckZuck for Configuration Manager is a Console-Extension for System Center Configuration Manager which allows to import Applications from the RuckZuck Repository. The Tool is "free" Software without support and warranty. The Software Repository is open for everyone in the hope that the community is helping to maintain the

I was often using Reg2CI to convert .reg files into Config-Items (System Center Configuration Manager)... But in many cases, I only needed the PowerShell Code to check or set some Registry Keys... So I started a new "child" Project of Reg2CI : Registry to PowerShell converter ..an online tool

I was wondering why some Win10 (1607) Clients did get the latest cumulative update during a Task-Sequence even if the CU was integrated into the install.wim... The answer is documented here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/commercialize/manufacture/desktop/add-language-packs-to-windows Do not install a language pack after

I have seen some cases from aborted Task-Sequences where the device ended on the logon-screen and it was not visible if the Installation was complete or not... For these Scenarios, it may be helpful to show a message at the end of a Task-Sequence so everyone knows that the device

Windows10 does automatically install missing Drivers from the Microsoft Update Catalog after the OS Setup. All the Drivers are also available through Windows Update if you connect directly to Microsoft...But you will not get any Drivers if you are using ConfigMgr/WSUS as the driver category is not synced.

RuckZuck.tools ( a Package Manager for Windows) is alive and it becomes more and more popular... Let's present some figures for the Year 2016: In 2016, the tools where downloaded 19'066 times from codeplex, in 2015 it was 1'549 times... Totally 99'790 Software-Packages where downloaded and installed in 2016 with

There are many Tools to inventory Assets like Windows-Computers. I want to present a simple way to collect asset inventory data and generate custom reports with "free" tools... Goals agentless (just run a PowerShell script) customizable inventory classes (you can collect whatever you want) customizable reporting centralized "

The goal of this blog is to clarify some misunderstandings around Collections in System Center Configuration Manager. There is no right or wrong, the goal is that you understand the impact of the different scenarios. available vs. required deployments Create available deployments targeting User Collections if you want to publish

Windows 10 has a Built-In application to contact Microsoft Support. This can be confusing if Users must contact the internal Support-Organization... This Built-In App has no right-click option to uninstall. But it can be uninstalled under "Manage optional features" in the Windows10 Settings... Open the Win10 Settings -&

Windows10 Language-Packs (MUI's) are helpful in multi-lingual environments as you can have a single base OS Image with additional Languages on top. But whatever Language you enforce, you will always have Users who prefer another Language... so why not let the User choose the Language by him self ?! Let's create

The recently updated Artifact "Windows-ConfigurationManagerCurrentBranch" in Azure TestDevLab does now support SQL Server 2016 and Windows Server 2016 as Base-Image: As Configuration Manager requires an Active-Directory Domain, you have to run the Artifact "windows-CreateDomain before you install Configuration Manager, otherwise the installation will fail: NOTE: The "

The following example shows how to start a new process under the current logged-on user. This can be used to allow user interaction from a high priviledged account (e.g. SYSTEM) with a logged-on user. The Main-Code (written in C#) was created by murrayju and is available on: https://github.

With Azure DevTest Lab, you can create a custom ConfigMgr VM with just a few clicks... Very helpful for testing and development. Note: a DevTest Lab will generate costs !!! Choose your Server size with care and stop/delete unused machines... Create a DevTest Lab To create a DevTest Lab, open

Software Update Management with System Center Configuration Manager, can become tricky if there are many different Schedules and Exceptions. One way to granular control Software Update deployments is by using Client-Side Scripts (e.g. PowerShell). It's still SCCM that is responsible to download and install the updates, but the trigger

If you are using RuckZuck for ConfigurationManager, you may want to get the latest version of all your imported RuckZuck Applications in SCCM. You just have to run the following PowerShell Script on a Machine with RZ4ConfigMgr installed (and the SCCM Console). #Import SCCM PowerShell Module import-module (Join-Path $(Split-Path $env:

Problem After recovering WSUS or SCCM, Software-Updates will no longer install on SCCM Clients. In the UpdatesDeployment.log, you will get: 'EnumerateUpdates for action (UpdateActionInstall) - Total actionable updates = 0 ' If you run the following PowerShell command on a Client to list all "missing" updates based on

The Problem: Windows 10 (at least with Build 1511) has a nice "feature": If you setup a Windows 10 that has a MUI integrated (with DISM) and you set the "UILanguage" in the Unattend.xml, the Language of the OS will be converted to the Language

If you want to automate the import of "RuckZuck for ConfigurationManager packages"... here is a little secret: Install the latest Version of "RZ4ConfigMgr" (at least V0.9.9.8) In the ConfigMgr AdminConsole\Bin Directory, make a copy of RZ4ConfigMgr.exe and RZ4ConfigMgr.exe.config and