Ideas
What features would you like to see?
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Generate a master log file of all client log files.
There is a lot of very detailed information in the individual component client logs files, But with all that detail in so many logs, it can be difficult to tell what the client is doing at any given time. I would like to see a master log of all the high level client activity and timestamps.
12:00 hardware inventory started
12:02 hardware inventory complete
12:05 policy download
12:08 software inventory started
etc...
It would help narrow down the number of logs to examine and the timeframes to look at.41 votes -
Clear ccmcache from SCCM Console
IT would be a nice option to have the option to clear CCMCache folder directly from SCCM Admin console by right-clicking on the client.
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Software Center stand alone App
Make Software Center available (as an App?) so that you can see exactly what is in Software Center for a remote machine. You launch the app on your technician PC, supply the machine name and user name and the Software Center shows up on the technician PC with exactly what the user sees. This would be very valuable for level 2 and service desk people to help users.
18 votesNoted ·AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
This is an interesting suggestion. I’ll note this and see if this is functionality we can add into our console or Support Center in the future.
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SCCM Console UI: Configuration Manager Service Manager should be in built-in as part of Monitoring
Configuration Manager Service Manager (the start/stop services window) should be in built-in as part of Monitoring, and sped up!
18 votes -
Run ccmeval.exe on right-click
When checking Client Status it would improve the experience if I could run ccmeval on a client that has failed any test immediately to see if the issue still exists.
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Monitor database fragmentation and notify based on the value
One of the most issues found is database performance based on fragmented indexes. A notification or automatic defragmentation on for the relevant indexes would be nice.
12 votesNoted ·Admindjam (Product Director, or Executive, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
great suggestion
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Support Center Advanced Log File Viewer Advanced Filtering
It would be great if in the new Suppert Center Advanced Log File Viewer, there would be an option for Advanced Filters, when opening a log file, the filters load automatically and we dont need to load them manually everytime we open a log.
Same as with the other buttons, that can be activated and deactivated.9 votesNoted ·AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
I like the idea of having persistable filters. We will investigate doing this in a future release of OneTrace.
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Fix "missing deployment type issues" once and forever
Applications were not seen in Softwarecenter
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/e0bd29ad-adf5-4c33-
a2f2-740df8cc6c32/applications-not-visible-in-software-centerthis problem is not new instead its very old, was fixed but we face it since some days and have version 2002!
2 votesNoted ·AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback. This is an experience that we’re actively working on improving. Stay tuned for more on this in a future technical preview.
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Create a tool to easily troubbleshoot and report root problems for an application deploiement failing.
Most of the support desk do not have the needed knowledge to go to all the logs on a client and check why an application is not installed or do not appears in Catalog.
Is it a policy issue , a Global conditions issue , does a requirement is not met , is a dependencies not installed ?
Add to this one time to go to log you need ScopeId or CI , or Policy ID , all this make difficult the job for a SD Level 1 or 2
Results it come too often to Level 3 and Admin…2 votes -
Provide free technical preview sandbox
It often proves to be difficult and costly to maintain a prod environment, and a lab environment on top of that. It is not becoming almost essential to have a technical preview environment, but in corporate culture you cant just stand up another server with a domain without significant red tape and support costs.
It would be awesome if Microsoft would provide cloud hosted TP environments like they had for SCCM 2012 in the virtual labs. They need only last 2-3 months, and then just blow them away to create a new one when the new TP is released.
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include Windowsupdate.log in log collection
Hi,
We have new option to collect client log from the console. it works quite good.
But to better troubleshoot frequent WindowsUdpate problems, it would be nice to include windowsupdate.log (after instant generation on w10/w2016+), and eventually CBS.log
This way we have a better view of the computer state when digging for non installed KB, without asking remote user to send the files.
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Tool to find out what cause SCCM Client installation/Communication failure on Workstations
In our environment SCCM Server installs client on discovered resource but they failed to install due to machine specific issue, could you prepare a tool which we can give it to floor support technician to run on machine which have SCCM Client issue or Installation failure, the tool should check for all prerequisites for client install also firewall issues like (WMI and File and Print sharing not allowed ) it should the issue with which it becomes easy to fix the underlying problem and get the sccm client successfully deployed
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Trigger log collection from task sequence either automatically or via client action
The new option in the console for Client diagnostics - Collect Log files, need to be able to trigger option from the client running a task sequence. The reason for this is when a task sequence logic encounters a error and you want to auto capture the logs, this client action will be key to automating the log captures. Also for Windows 10 Servicing where the machine runs on the Internet and capturing the logs works great over the CMG, but again just want to automate the log capture than rather manually capturing the logs.
0 votesNoted ·AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
This is an interesting idea. We’ll add it to our feature backlog.
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