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ConfigMgr Community Tools Webinar Series

Hear from industry thought leaders, Recast developers, Microsoft MVPs, and community members with a live Q&A section after every webinar. From WIM files to Onevinn to BIOS to Cloud Imaging, these community experts show demos and go step-by-step to assist Right Click Tools Community Users to get the most from their ConfigMgr and Right Click Tools experience! Overcome roadblocks to your productivity and achieve significantly more within ConfigMgr with Community Tools. Join us as we deep dive into several popular Community Tools, presented by their well-known creators.

How to Use Right Click Tools in Your Complex Configuration Manager Environment 
Recast Blog

How to Use Right Click Tools in Your Complex Configuration Manager Environment 

Why Microsoft Configuration Manager Endures in a Cloud-First World  
Recast Blog

Why Microsoft Configuration Manager Endures in a Cloud-First World  

Dynamically Install Applications Using the ConfigMgr Administration Service During a Task Sequence 
Recast Blog

Dynamically Install Applications Using the ConfigMgr Administration Service During a Task Sequence 

How to Use Recast Builder to Automate the Force Reinstall of ConfigMgr Clients
Recast Blog

How to Use Recast Builder to Automate the Force Reinstall of ConfigMgr Clients

What is CMTrace and What is it Used For? The Ultimate Guide
Recast Blog

What is CMTrace and What is it Used For? The Ultimate Guide

MTrace is a real-time log file viewer for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MEMCM, formerly SCCM). I originally wrote a blog post about CMTrace back in 2014, so I thought that it was time to update it with new information about running it you can learn from.

How Can I Install Report Builder?
Recast Blog

How Can I Install Report Builder?

Why would you want to download Report Builder (RB)? I must admit that I don’t use the application an awful lot, but I find it particularly useful when I can’t access my own laptop. When this happens, instead of using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), I can use Report Builder to create a reporting project and make quick edits to an existing report or dashboard from another workstation.

How to Set the Default Report Parameters for a ConfigMgr Report
Recast Blog

How to Set the Default Report Parameters for a ConfigMgr Report

The 10 Most Used Right Click Tools Community Tools for ConfigMgr
Recast Blog

The 10 Most Used Right Click Tools Community Tools for ConfigMgr

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 07 – Run PowerShell Step
Recast Blog

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 07 – Run PowerShell Step

This is the final post of a mini series of small (but important) tips to help you when troubleshooting your Task Sequences. Tip 7 is: Run PowerShell Step

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 06 – Static IP Addresses and OSD
Recast Blog

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 06 – Static IP Addresses and OSD

This is the sixth of a mini series of small (but important) tips to help you when troubleshooting your Task Sequences. Tip 6 is: Static IP Addresses and OSD

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 05 – Run Task Sequence Step
Recast Blog

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 05 – Run Task Sequence Step

This is the fifth of a mini series of small (but important) tips to help you when troubleshooting your Task Sequences. Tip 5 is: Run Task Sequence Step

Manufacturer and Model Collections
Recast Blog

Manufacturer and Model Collections

Having Model & Manufacturer collections can be quite useful. Targeting Client settings based on Manufacturer, deploying BIOS / Drivers based on Model, having collections makes it a bit easier.

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 04 – SMSTS Log Stamping
Recast Blog

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 04 – SMSTS Log Stamping

This is the fourth of a mini series of small (but important) tips to help you when troubleshooting your Task Sequences. Tip 4 is: SMSTS Log Stamping

PowerShell & Task Scheduler: Scheduling Inventory
Recast Blog

PowerShell & Task Scheduler: Scheduling Inventory

Back in 2014, I published a blog post called, How to Avoid Receiving Inventory Re-Sync Requests for Snapshot VMs. What I loved about that post was how task scheduler was used to schedule ConfigMgr inventory thereby avoiding ConfigMgr re-sync errors. What I disliked about that 2014 blog post was how each TriggerSchedule task needed to be created by hand. Moving forward to 2020, I turned to PowerShell in order to solve this problem and automated the process.

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 03 – Variables Gather and Capture
Recast Blog

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 03 – Variables Gather and Capture

This is the third of a mini series of small (but important) tips to help you when troubleshooting your Task Sequences. Tip 3 is: Variables Gather and Capture

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 02 – Task Sequence Pause
Recast Blog

A Week of Task Sequence Tips: Day 02 – Task Sequence Pause

This is the second of a mini series of small (but important) tips to help you when troubleshooting your Task Sequences. Tip 2 is: Task Sequence Pause