There are a number of ways for users to have photos in Lync 2010 but my preference is to store them in Active Directory because they can then be reused by Sharepoint, Exchange / Outlook and other applications. This is a quick post about the easiest and cheapest way I have found to do this. [...]

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I’ve created a simple Powershell script to run daily to backup Lync configuration with the export-csconfiguration command: cd $env:UserProfile Import-Module ‘C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Lync Server 2010\Modules\Lync\Lync.psd1′ $filename = “d:\backup\{0:yyyy.MM.dd-HH.mm}-config.zip” -f (Get-Date) export-csconfiguration -Filename $filename -Force:$True For example, put the above code into a document called d:\backup\backup.ps1 and then create a scheduled task to execute the [...]

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I needed to report all machines of a particular hardware model type. This report lists all machines of a particular hardware model (user is prompted to enter model name and is populated by a list of models found in the environment). SQL statement: SELECT SYS.Name0, SYS.Model0 FROM v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM SYS WHERE SYS.Model0 = @variable ORDER BY [...]

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Finally there is a hotfix so we can import duplicate drivers into OSD in SCCM. This means we no longer need to use the text file workaround. More info here and here.    

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I needed an SCCM report to show the disk space details (total space, free space) for all servers in the environment. I had a look at this post – http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=20271 – updated the query and this is the result: SELECT SYS.Name,LDISK.DeviceID0, LDISK.Description0, LDISK.VolumeName0, LDISK.FreeSpace0 as [Free space (MB)], LDISK.FreeSpace0/1024 as [Free space (GB)], LDISK.Size0/1024 as [...]

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I needed an SCCM report to count how many of each type of hardware model we had in the environment. I created a new report with the following query: select GSCS.Manufacturer0 as [Manufacturer], GSCS.Model0 as [Model], count(*) as [Count] from v_R_System RS left join v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM GSCS on RS.ResourceID = GSCS.ResourceID Group by GSCS.Model0, GSCS.Manufacturer0 Order [...]

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