Sccm decided not work

[nicholab]

Any quick ways of organising machine into sccm groups? Or how to do nested groups so that say ICT room gets software and extra. Also any suggestions why sccm has decided not install the full software requirement on some machines? Also how do I kick machines the sccm software deployment now?

[BOOT]

Don't bother with SCCM, it's a broken, buggy, steaming pile.

Save yourself a headache and use anything else.

[sparkeh]

I use queries to make collections then then create collections containing those colllections.

 

So for example, I might have a computer suite with machines called ‘Suite-01’, ‘Suite-02’ etc and classroom pcs called ‘Class-01’, ‘Class-02’ etc. First I make a collection called ‘suite’ populated by a query that finds machines with a name like ‘suite’. Then I make a collection named ‘classes’ populated by a query finding machines with a name like ‘class’. I then create an ‘all PCs’ collection that contains both the ‘suite’ and ‘class’ collections.

 

So, now if I want to deploy software to just the suite I deploy it to the ‘suite’ collection; for the classes I deploy to the ‘class’ collection; if I want all machines to get the software I deploy to the ‘all pcs’ group.

 

I use this to build up quite a complex structure so I have a collection for each eventuality. Of course if you select to update the collection on a schedule or evaluate new resources it’s all dynamic and new pcs are put in the right collections automatically.

 

Oh and sccm is awesome if you are prepared to put the work in [emoji3]

Edited September 21, 2018 by sparkeh