SCCM Tips, Scripts and Tools

  A new version of the windows 10 setup script has been added to our PowerShell gallery repository. We have made a few changes that not only make the script easier to read and understand but also add more functionality to the script. One of these changes is adding the ability to disable SMBv1. By disabling SMBv1 you can add more security to your devices as many crypto viruses use this to encrypt all your data. Disabling the protocol helps to prevent these types of attacks on your data. We have also added a Parameter to the scrip that gives you the ability to disable location and tracking services on the OS. This will provide better privacy and further reduce resource consumption on the device. More information about the script can be found on our official Windows 10 Setup Script page along with links to download the new version. 

We have just updated out get-systeminfo Powershell module to 3.2.7. With this update we have fixed some bug that would throw false errors as well as fixed an issue when not using the -computername parameter the computer name property would not get filed.  To download the newer version head over to our product page at  https://www.mosaicmk.com/get-system-info

  Now that I have more resources at my disposal I have finally been able to get ISO2USB working. Over at MosaicMK we have renamed the application to ISOWriter and have gotten the application to work correctly. We have 2 options available for using ISOWriter, 1st is the standard windows install and the other is portable choose what best works for you and write away.  You can find ISOWriter and other apps HERE

 When a little after windows 10 build updates started coming out Microsoft released a new feature in SCCM called Windows 10 Serving. This feature is used to deploy windows 10 build to devices, However the deployment status and some of the reporting are not always the most accurate. So I will show you away that you can deploy the update using a standard application deployment. You will need to enable the windows 10 serving feature in your SCCM environment or have access to a SCCM setup that has windows 10 serving enabled.  If you dont have it enabled here is a good way to do so  Download the Windows 10 Serving Update, to do so find the update and right click Download  Once you have the update downloaded navigate to the path you downloaded the update to and copy the content of the GUID folder to a folder in your content library source. You should see a esd file and a WindowsUpdateBox.exe file in the folder. In the folder you copied the content to create a bat file with the following sta

Some times when you are create a script you need to store some credentials for a specific command to work like connection to Azure or Office 365 storing the password in a file or in the script has always been something you just dont do. That is where leveraging the windows credential manager can be handy though PowerShell dosnt have this ability nativly you can get the ability by installing our Credential Management Module from PowerShell Gallery by running  Install-Module -Name CredentialManagement once installed you can store a credential with the Add-StoredCredentials comment and call it with the Get-StoredCredentials command One thing to keep in mind the credentials are stored on a per user basis which means the PowerShell console needs to be running as the user that wrote the credentials to Windows Credential Manager. For more information about Credential Manamgment Please see https://www.mosaicmk.com/2019/07/credential-management-module.html

We have just released iso2usb 2.3.8, However you may have noticed the name has changed. Due to some bad people out there we found our application had the same name as malware leading to our application being flagged by some anti-virus applications. So we desided to change then name to ISOBurn. A few changes you will notice is the layout of the application, ISOBurn is no longer a single exe. We did this to make future changes easier and allow for more robust feature. Once such feature is the ability to stop the application for checking for updates. You can do this by going to the app folder and opening the settings.ini file with note pad. Edit the line CheckForUpdates=True and change True to False. You will also notice the AllowBurnToSystem this setting allows the application to burn an iso to a system volume erasing the current os. We did fix one major bug and that with an issue not properly notifying the user of an update. As always you can get the latest version from the ISOB

PowerShell Module to create, delete and mount a Volume Shadow Copy. Not only can you manage shadow copies on a device but it also tells you the status of the shadow copy and where the shadow copy is mounted to. Installation  ShadowCopyHandling can be installed by either running Install-Module -Name ShadowCopyHandling or by downloading the package directly from https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/ShadowCopyHandling Commands Get-ShadowCopy  Shows information about all shadow copies on the system New-ShadowCopy Create a Shadow Copy for a volume Mount-ShadowCopy Mounts a specified shadow copy to a symbolic link Dismount-ShadowCopy  Dismounts a specified shadow copy from a symbolic link Remove-ShadowCopy  deletes a specified shadow copy from the system