This document provides an agenda for a presentation on Powershell in Configuration Manager 2012 R2. The agenda includes an overview of Powershell in ConfigMgr 2012 R2, handy cmdlets to know, community extensions for the ConfigMgr console, and a ConfigMgr documentation script. The presenter is introduced as a 28-year-old IT consultant based in Germany who is interested in Microsoft System Center and Powershell.

1. David O’Brien
CONSULTANT/ MVP
David.OBrien@gmx.de
Twitter: @David_OBrien
WWW.David-OBrien.NET
ConfigMgr & Powershell
Tips & Tricks & Tools
Configuration Manager

2. Agenda
• Overview of Powershell in ConfigMgr 2012 R2
• What‘s it all about?
• Handy cmdlets you should know
• ConfigMgr extensions from the community
• Right-Click Tools by Ryan Ephgrave
• Dell Warranty Checker
• OSD Front End by Nickolaj Andersen
• ConfigMgr inventory / documentation script

3. Who is David O‘Brien?
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28 years old, married, live in Cologne / Germany
Work as IT Consultant at sepago GmbH
Blog: www.david-obrien.net
Twitter: @david_obrien
My areas of interest
• Microsoft System Center
• ConfigMgr – SCOrch
• Powershell
• Microsoft MVP for Enterprise Client Management (2013)
• https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/David%20O%27Brien-5000267
• CCIA

4. Powershell in ConfigMgr 2012 R2
• Import-Module (Join-Path $(Split-Path $env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH) ConfigurationManager.psd1)
• All cmdlets need to be executed from PSDrive
• 560 commands
• All commands in GUI can be done via Powershell
• For scripting help -> SMSProv.Log
• WMIExplorer -> https://wmie.codeplex.com/Wikipage?ProjectName=wmie
• X64
• Except a few
• Found on: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn236347.aspx
• WMI still the way to go in many situations
• I‘m still confused which way is generally best

5. X86 Powershell cmdlets
Add-CMDistributionPoint
Export-AntiMalwarePolicy
Get-CMAntiMalwarePolicy
Get-CMClientSettings
New-CMSecondarySite
New-CMTaskSequenceMedia
New-CMVhd
Publish-CMPrestageContent
Publish-CMPrestageContentTaskSequence
Set-CMAntiMalwarePolicy
Set-CMClientSettings
Set-CMDistributionPoint
Set-CMVhd
Start-CMDistributionPointUpgrade

6. Handy cmdlets you should know
• Crap, the console died again...
• Quick, is that Device a member of that Collection?
• Where did you deploy that Task Sequence to?

7. ConfigMgr Console Extensions from the
Community
• What are Console extensions?
• Extend the abilities of the already installed default console
• Create completely new features
• Why are they useful?
• Community members created them out of real life requirements!
• How do you build them?
• Basically just XML files put into the right place executing a script or
application
DEMO

8. ConfigMgr documentation script
• Thank you Carl!
• Go download his scripts if you do Citrix!!!
• If you don‘t do Citrix... Go download them anyway
and learn some nice Powershell!
• www.carlwebster.com
• Rewrote Carl‘s scripts to document Configuration Manager 2012
• Documenting already about 80% off all settings in a CM12 environment
• Skipping more marketing blah-blah...
DEMO

9. Danke
Herzlichen Dank
David O‘Brien, @David_OBrien
www.david-obrien.net
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16. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh948631.aspx (MSDN Console Extensions)
http://blogs.technet.com/b/neilp/archive/2012/03/18/long-live-right-click-toolssystem-center-2012-configuration-manager-console-extensions.aspx (Technet Blog)
http://itx-solutions.nl/2012/12/sccm2012ce/ (Computer Naming Extension)
https://psrightclicktools.codeplex.com/ (Powershell Right Click Tools)
http://www.petervanderwoude.nl/post/right-click-option-showing-the-collectionmembership-of-a-resource-in-configmgr-2012-via-powershell/ (Show Coll
Membership)
http://www.scconfigmgr.com/2013/10/11/get-dell-warranty-status-within-configmgr2012-console/ (Get Dell Warranty Status)
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