Name Device SCCM Task Sequence

[Asgard]

Do any of you clever souls do anything complex with the naming of devices in SCCM. We want to name our PC's based on the serial number, but if its a laptop , put 'LAP-' at the beginning.

 

Contemplating if something like this would work; just typing it out as we would envisage it

 

WMI Query

IF Win32_Battery where batterystatus > 0

then name the device LAP-%serialnumber%

 

if no battery just name the device %serialnumber%

 

obviously that's the really simplistic way of looking at it, but I cant seem to find much answers on the web.

 

Got the idea from here

https://www.jeroentielen.nl/run-a-specific-task-sequence-job-only-for-laptops/

[Norphy]

To be honest, no. For unknown devices, I put an empty collection variable on the Unknown PCs called OSDComputerName. When the PC is built, it then prompts you to enter the name. An alternative is to harvest their MAC addresses and prestage them with a CSV file.

 

I can see the advantage in what you're trying to do though

[Asgard]

Yeah we use OSDComputer name now but was thinking more for complete zero touch but in the interim we might just stick with OSDComputerName.

 

Thanks for the reply

[Asgard]

To be honest, no. For unknown devices, I put an empty collection variable on the Unknown PCs called OSDComputerName. When the PC is built, it then prompts you to enter the name. An alternative is to harvest their MAC addresses and prestage them with a CSV file.

 

I can see the advantage in what you're trying to do though

 

Have cracked it sir

 

If the machine has a battery it puts “lap-“ at the front of the serial number if not it just uses the serial number - I’ll put it up here just in case it’s of use to anyone

 

Expanded on this to check the name and then apply the WiFI profile further down the line in the task sequence

 

Now if I could just get the Modern Driver Managment to recognise non Dell Drivers ha