ToolTip: ImpelLaunch

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 11:38:24 +0000

If you are using Windows Intune, this little FREE utility from Impeltec might be of interest to you. ImpelLaunch was created to overcome the following Application deployment challenges when deploying Software with Windows Intune. .

For Windows clients you can only Windows Intune - Adding Software Packages with a. EXE, MSI or .APPX file extension.
Distribute Applications which source files are already stored on a local network share
Allow the Windows Intune Agent that runs in the system context to access local network shares

Although created to work around the described challenges when using Windows Intune, the utility can be used with in any other environment such as Configuration Manager or just in standalone mode.

ConfigMgr 2012 local GPO settings

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:26:06 +0000

When configuring ConfigMgr 2012 client settings, notice that some of these settings result in Local Group Policy Settings being applied to the client. If you’re sure that you have not configured any other local GPOs, then a simple way to find out what settings are applied by ConfigMgr is to open the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc( and filter for configured settings.

When configuring the Background Intelligent Transfer Settings within ConfigMgr, the settings are applied into a local GPO.

ConfigMgr 2012 Script to retrieve source path locations

Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:16:44 +0000

Here’s a PowerShell script we recently wrote to show the source path location for all the content that we put into ConfigMgr. The Script lists all the content source paths for the following CM objects.

Applications
Driver Packages
Drivers
Boot Images
OS Images
Software Update Package Groups
Packages

The output is as shown in the example below.

before executing the script, connect to your site.

clear-host

function GetInfoPackages()
{
$xPackages = Get-CMPackage | Select-object Name, PkgSourcePath, PackageID
$info = @()
foreach ($xpack in $xPackages) 
 {
 #write-host $xpack.Name
 $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Package -Value $xpack.Name
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SourceDir -Value $xpack.PkgSourcePath
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PackageID -Value $xpack.PackageID
 $info += $object
 }
$info
}

function GetInfoDriverPackage()
{
$xPackages = Get-CMDriverPackage | Select-object Name, PkgSourcePath, PackageID
$info = @()
foreach ($xpack in $xPackages) 
 {
 #write-host $xpack.Name
 $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Package -Value $xpack.Name
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SourceDir -Value $xpack.PkgSourcePath
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PackageID -Value $xpack.PackageID
 $info += $object

 }
 $info
}

function GetInfoBootimage()
{
$xPackages = Get-CMBootImage | Select-object Name, PkgSourcePath, PackageID
$info = @()
foreach ($xpack in $xPackages) 
 {
 #write-host $xpack.Name
 $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Package -Value $xpack.Name
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SourceDir -Value $xpack.PkgSourcePath
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PackageID -Value $xpack.PackageID
 $info += $object
 
 }
 $info
}

function GetInfoOSImage()
{
$xPackages = Get-CMOperatingSystemImage | Select-object Name, PkgSourcePath, PackageID
$info = @()
foreach ($xpack in $xPackages) 
 {
 #write-host $xpack.Name
 $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Package -Value $xpack.Name
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SourceDir -Value $xpack.PkgSourcePath
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PackageID -Value $xpack.PackageID
 $info += $object
 
 }
 $info
}

function GetInfoDriver()
{
$xPackages = Get-CMDriver | Select-object LocalizedDisplayName, ContentSourcePath, PackageID
$info = @()
foreach ($xpack in $xPackages) 
 {
 #write-host $xpack.Name
 $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Package -Value $xpack.LocalizedDisplayName
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SourceDir -Value $xpack.ContentSourcePath
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PackageID -Value $xpack.PackageID
 $info += $object
 
 }
 $info
}

function GetInfoSWUpdatePackage()
{
$xPackages = Get-CMSoftwareUpdateDeploymentPackage | Select-object Name, PkgSourcePath, PackageID
$info = @()
foreach ($xpack in $xPackages) 
 {
 #write-host $xpack.Name
 $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Package -Value $xpack.Name
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SourceDir -Value $xpack.PkgSourcePath
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PackageID -Value $xpack.PackageID
 $info += $object
 
 }
 $info
}

function GetInfoApplications {
 
 foreach ($Application in Get-CMApplication) {
 
 $AppMgmt = ([xml]$Application.SDMPackageXML).AppMgmtDigest
 $AppName = $AppMgmt.Application.DisplayInfo.FirstChild.Title

 foreach ($DeploymentType in $AppMgmt.DeploymentType) {

 # Calculate Size and convert to MB
 $size = 0
 foreach ($MyFile in $DeploymentType.Installer.Contents.Content.File) {
 $size += [int]($MyFile.GetAttribute("Size"))
 }
 $size = [math]::truncate($size/1MB)
 
 # Fill properties
 $AppData = @{ 
 AppName = $AppName
 Location = $DeploymentType.Installer.Contents.Content.Location
 DeploymentTypeName = $DeploymentType.Title.InnerText
 Technology = $DeploymentType.Installer.Technology
 ContentId = $DeploymentType.Installer.Contents.Content.ContentId
 
 SizeMB = $size
 } 

 # Create object
 $Object = New-Object PSObject -Property $AppData
 
 # Return it
 $Object
 }
 }
 }

# Get the Data

Write-host "Applications" -ForegroundColor Yellow
GetInfoApplications | select-object AppName, Location, Technology | Format-Table -AutoSize 

Write-host "Driver Packages" -ForegroundColor Yellow
GetInfoDriverPackage | Format-Table -AutoSize 

Write-host "Drivers" -ForegroundColor Yellow
GetInfoDriver | Format-Table -AutoSize

Write-host "Boot Images" -ForegroundColor Yellow
GetInfoBootimage | Format-Table -AutoSize

Write-host "OS Images" -ForegroundColor Yellow
GetInfoOSImage | Format-Table -AutoSize

Write-host "Software Update Package Groups" -ForegroundColor Yellow
GetInfoSWUpdatePackage | Format-Table -AutoSize

Write-host "Packages" -ForegroundColor Yellow
GetInfoPackages | Format-Table -AutoSize

Thanks to Claude Henchoz for helping me out with the the Applications function.

Configuration Manager - DCM Import Error

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:28:35 +0000

While importing a Configuration Manager Configuration Baseline within our lab infrastructure that I had previously exported from our production environment I received the following error:

“The following files could not be imported because they contain incorrect or missing configuration data:

…..CAB - The cab file references missing content or contains a circular reference”

This configuration baseline contains several configuration items, but sadly the error message doesn’t provide a clear message about which item causes a problem.

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ToolTip: ImpelLaunch

ConfigMgr 2012 local GPO settings

ConfigMgr 2012 Script to retrieve source path locations

Configuration Manager - DCM Import Error