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SCCM Sync Update (01/08/2020)

An update to SCCM sync will be pushed today after 7 PM. Here are the changes.

Setting Owning Customers

Before, SCCM sync set an asset’s owning customer by getting all users in TD and searching for a customer in that list. This was a very expensive task and it was restricted to after hours only.

Now, SCCM sync only gets single user if needed. As a result, SCCM sync can run from 7 AM and 7 PM everyday and update owning customers every time.

Matching SCCM and TDx Assets

Before, the script matched assets from SCCM and TDx by Resource ID (external ID) and serial number. This resulted in complications in cases of rebuilds, where the external ID must be updated.

Now, it does a single match by serial number and treats the external ID as simply another property of an asset to update.

Print CN Label Link

Lastly, the script now checks if an asset has the print CN label link set, in case it was not when the asset was created manually.

Documentation

Before, KB documentation on asset sync was written in a single long article. Now, it is split into a short “parent” article that lists the scripts that make up asset sync and their schedules, and more specific articles for the individual scripts (which are linked in the parent article).


That’s all, folks! If you have questions or concerns, let me know.

WINDOWS CLIENTS: TUESDAY UPDATES

Tonight @ 10 PM we will be pushing an SCCM package to remove bad patch KB3114717 from Windows computers with Office 2013 32-bit or 64-bit installed. This push will not force a reboot.

Note: This patch has already been removed from WSUS and has been added to MDT for the build bench to run after builds have been completed.

This push will impact the following computers:

Devices with KB3114717 on Office 32-bit – SCCM Detailed Report
Devices with KB3114717 on Office 64-bit – SCCM Detailed Report

WINDOWS CLIENTS: TUESDAY UPDATES

The following applications will be updated tonight via Ninite:

Flash IE + Firefox: 20.0.0.286 -> 20.0.0.306 (details)
Java: 8.0.710.5 -> 8.0.730.2 (details)
VLC: 2.2.1 -> 2.2.2 (details)

Internet Explorer 11 has been re-approved on the new WSUS server. A little over 2,000 computers should be receiving this update; customers have been notified.

All Windows users can expect to see ~1GB of updates, the majority of which are for Microsoft Office (details).

Note: These updates do require a reboot.

No issues to report.

WINDOWS CLIENTS: TUESDAY UPDATES

The following applications will be updated tonight via Ninite:

Acrobat: 11.0.13 -> 11.0.14 (details)
Shockwave: 12.2.2.172 -> 12.2.3.183 (no details available)
Silverlight: 5.1.41105.0 -> 5.1.41212.0 (details) Security fix

All Windows users can expect to see ~1GB of updates, the majority of which are for Microsoft Office (details).

Note: These updates do require a reboot.

No issues to report.

WINDOWS CLIENTS: TUESDAY UPDATES

The following applications will be updated tonight via Ninite:

Chrome: 44.0.2403.125 –> 44.0.2403.155 (details)
Firefox ESR: 38.1.0 -> 38.2.0 (details) Major security fixes
Flash: 18.0.0.209 -> 18.0.0.232 (details) Major security fixes
Silverlight: 5.1.40620.0 -> 5.1.40728.0 (details) Major security fixes

This is a big patch Tuesday again…

  • Windows 7: 32 updates – 1.12GB
  • Windows 8.1: 34 updates – 986MB

No issues to report.