Automating the Removal of Old Office Versions to Upgrade to 2016

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The end-of-life for the click-to-run version of Office 2013 is quickly approaching (February 28th, 2017). This is a quick reference on how to automate the deployment of Office 2016 to your environment, while also fulfilling the prerequisite of removing any previous versions of Office (including 2013). Step 1 – Automate the uninstall of previous versions of Office Installing …

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SQL Query to Export All SCCM Maintenance Windows

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Maintenance windows tend to be illusive in Configuration Manager, especially in large environments with multiple admins. A common request that I receive from my customers is to “retrieve all of maintenance windows.” There isn’t a great report for this or an easy way to do this with PowerShell (yet). The easiest method I’ve found to do …

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In-Console Updates Stuck Installing in ConfigMgr: How To Fix It

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Disclosure: do not follow these steps if you do not know what you’re doing. They should only be used as a last resort. Use with caution. I’ve had a couple different SCCM environments get stuck during update installations that have come down through the new Updates and Servicing feature in the current branch builds. Typically, this …

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WSUS Synchronization Failures in SCCM with HTTP Status 503

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I ran into a new error today during a WSUS synchronization for SCCM Software Updates. Synchronizations had been running fine for a while, but it would fail after running for an extended amount of time. The error was easy to find in the wsnycmgr.log file in the Configuration Manager logs: Usually when synchronization fails, it …

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Bulk Assign Licenses in Office 365 Using PowerShell

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If you manage an Office 365 tenant, you are probably familiar with assigning licenses to provision services for users. That process is pretty straightforward for a single user. But how do you do it for a hundred or thousand people in your organization? PowerShell. First, you will need to connect to Office 365 via PowerShell. If you …

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