MEMCM Configuration Manager 1912 New TS Variables Collect Client Logs

Let’s see the features introduced in the MEMCM ConfigMgr 1912 Technical Preview version. You can download the ConfigMgr Technical Preview baseline version

▶ “System Center Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection (technical preview branch – version 1911).”

Introduction

MEMCM ConfigMgr 1912 Technical Preview
MEMCM ConfigMgr 1912 Technical Preview

New Task Sequence Enhancement

MEMCM 1912 TP comes with Bootstrap, a task sequence immediately after client registration. The following are new task sequence variables:

  • _TSSecureBoot
    • NA: The associated registry value doesn’t exist, which means the device doesn’t support a secure boot
    • Enabled: The device has secure boot enabled
    • Disabled: The device has a secure boot disabled
  • SMSTSRunCommandLineAsUser
    • true – User context
    • false – Any further Run Command Line steps run in the context that you configured on the step
  • SMSTSRunPowerShellAsUser
    • true – User context
    • false – Any further Run Command Line steps run in the context that you configured on the step

SCCM CMPivot Search

You can search CMPivot entities and see entity properties similar to Task Sequence search options.

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Searching CMPivot entities
search CMPivot entities 1912 MEMCM – Pic Credit to Microsoft Docs

Collect the SCCM Client Logs

Collect the SCCM client logs from the SCCM collection.

  • Go to either the Devices or Device Collections node in the Assets and Compliance workspace.
  • Right-click on a device or a device collection.
  • Select Client Diagnostics, then select Collect Client Logs.
Open the client logs from Resource Explorer - Diagnostic Files - Open Support Center
Open the client logs from Resource Explorer – Diagnostic Files – Open Support Center – ConfigMgr 1912

ConfigMgr 1912 – Management Insights Rules

New management insight rules from Microsoft Services. I don’t know exactly the significance of Microsoft services in this context. More details about Management Insights.

Following are the new rules included in the 1912 version of MEMCM.

  • Reduce the number of applications and packages on distribution points
  • Update all sites to the same version
  • Heartbeat Discovery is disabled
  • Long-running collection queries enabled for incremental updates
  • Secondary site installation issues
  • Active Directory System Discovery is configured to run too frequently
  • Active Directory Security Group Discovery is configured to run too frequently
  • Active Directory User Discovery is configured to run too frequently
  • Collections limited to All Systems or All Users

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