SCCM Tips, Scripts and Tools

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...

 Message Handling is PowerShell Module designed to write a message to a log file, Event log or PowerShell host window and provide the ability to perform a task based on the message type. The Module can be imported and will provide a Write-Message function. The Write-Message function can also be used as a standalone PowerShell script. The idea of the Write-Message command is to write an Error, Warning, Information or Success message to a desired forum and perform an action based on the message type. The module is designed to be flexible to fit most needs. To perform an action based on the message type there are 4 internal functions Invoke-Error, Invoke-Warning, Invoke-information and Invoke-SuccessAudit. Code can be added to each function to additions task will be performed when a message of that type is written. The command requires that at least one of the write parameters (WriteLog, WriteEvent, WriteToHost) is specified for the script to actually do anything. Each wil...

We have updated iso2usb to version 2.2.7. In this edition we have optimizes the GUI and added a few quality of life changes such as making the burn button the default button (hitting enter will count as clicking the button). With this release we have created a system installer for iso2usb so you can install the software right on your device but don't worry the portable version is still available. iso2usb can be downloaded from the software page here.

A few weeks ago we release PEBuilder 5.0.0.1 this was to fix an issue that stopped applications from being added to the WinPE image. It appears that while compiling PEBuilder we made a typo that recreated the issue instead of fixing the issue we have corrected that in PEBuilder 5.0.1.2 and brought you a few other features. One big change you will see right away is that we have changed the WinPE architecture area to WinPE builds. We have added some preset configurations to choose from to help make the build process smother but don't worry you can still choose to create your own custom image. The other feature we added is the ability to export and import your settings so that you can now save all the configuration changes you have made to be used later. Head over to main page to get the update 

ISO2USB is one of our most popular tools and as such we constantly are looking to make it better. Last week we released update 2.1.5.0 in that version we fixed a few issues like not being able to format to NTFS and we updated the GUI to give the tool a cleaner look and a more snappy feel. During the process of making the changes we found that the progress bar was not working correctly so we make the decision to remove it and replace it with a status message box. Well we have not fixed that and put the progress bar back into the application along with a few performance fixes that will make the application run much better. As of right now ISO2USB still only works on windows 10 but we are working on a windows 7 edition that we hope to release soon. As always you can get the newest version of ISO2USB from the  ISO2USB web page  on our main page  

Sometimes a tools doesn't work or Anti-Virus application flag things that they shouldn't. This can be frustrating when all you are trying to do is to burn a ISO file to a USB drive. As frustrating as this can be you can actually do this with only a few command. For the full walk through check out our post over a MosaicMK Software Blog

Announcing update 3.0.1.2 for PowerCopy, This editions only has 2 changes but they are big changes. We have fixed a issue that caused PowerCopy to be flagged as malicious by some Anti-Virus software and we have updated the GUI to a more modern look. to get this update click  HERE  or head over to  MosaicMK.com  to get other software.

Over at our MosaicMK Software Blog we have posed how you can create a PowerShell GUI using WPF Forms and Visual Studio. Applications created with this method even work in WinPE and are easy to create. Head over to our blog to check out this method. https://blog.mosaicmk.com/2018/11/create-gui-for-powershell-script-using.html

Announcing PEBuilder V 5 full release https://www.mosaicmk.com/2018/09/pebuilder.html

Its been a while since I have put out a update for PEBuilder. Since it has been so long I wanted to put out a beta for the new version. One of the first things you will notice is a difference in the interface.  The interface has been updated to a flat style and color has been added to help identify available options. You will also notice a new tool bar across the top from there you ca gather into about the version of PEbuilder you are using, Get help on the application or donate. In a future release I hope to add a save and import config option allowing settings to be saved. On the back end of the code I have updated the ISO build process to work more efficiently and I have added a different PSProfile that will always load when you add powershell to the image. This is to ensure that some fixes that need to be applied to the Image happen each time. You can still add your own profile the only difference is the name of the file. I have also added a few modules that will be add...