Teams – Client Log File Viewer

The Challenge Microsoft document how to collect Teams log files here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/log-files The process is fairly simple in Windows 10, right click the Teams icon in the System Tray and click “Collect support files” Teams Collect Support Files This will download a folder to Downloads in Windows where you can open various log files. Unfortunately unlike Lync and Skype for Business, Teams does not have a Snooper application to read log files. By default the files will open in Notepad: ...

21 September 2021 · 2 min · Chris Hayward

SCOM / SCCM – Script install on DMZ or Workgroup Machine

This is a very rough and ready script to install Microsoft SCCM 2012 R2 and SCOM 2012 R2 on a non-domain joined Windows Server 2012 R2 (e.g. DMZ). The script is provided “As is” so please test it thoroughly on your environment. You will need to modify the script to suit your environment, you will notice there are no variables configured etc. On this environment SCOM and SCCM were both configured to use certificates (HTTPS), this script will generate the CSR and uses the same Certificate for SCOM and SCCM. They both require a Client and Server Authentication Certificate where the Subject Name matches the FQDN of the server. You need to configure your server name and DNS suffix before running this script. ...

22 December 2015 · 4 min · Chris Hayward

SCCM – 2012 R2 Client won't install or uninstall

I recently came across an issue where the SCCM 2012 R2 Client would not install on one machine (OS Server 2012 R2). The machine had previously had a working SCCM client that was updated to CU4. The Configuration Manager icon in Control Panel was still visible, but when opening it all of the values were blank. I was also unable to uninstall the client using ccmsetup.exe /uninstall. Forcing an install from the SCCM Console and selecting uninstall previous SCCM clients also did not work. ...

17 April 2015 · 1 min · Chris Hayward