Software Updates

Instead of showing empty report sections because a query produced no results, I wanted to add some text to explain the outcome. I turned to an option called, No Rows,…

Up until now, my experience working with SCCM’s Role-Based Administration (RBA) queries showed them to be slower than the normal SQL Server views. My thoughts changed, however, when I recently…

The Microsoft Ignite expo hall closes at 5:15 p.m. today, so make sure to come and see us in booth #2113! We’ll scan your badge in order to send you…

I’ll show you how to determine within the Configuration Manager console what software updates (SUs) are missing and how to make a Software Update Group for them.

By Garth Jones Not long ago, I was working with PowerShell (PS) in order to create a few automation scripts. This was a bit of a challenge for me as…

I’m always interested in hearing how people perform a software update audit. Here’s one of the requests I typically see posted within the Microsoft TechNet Forums: I need a report…

By Joseph Yedid As of late I have had to create a bunch of fresh VMs and patch them up. Just so happens that one of those VMs was a…