1. Leveraging Vendor Tools for Client Management Productivity
Gary Blok
GaryTown.com
Lead Systems Engineer
MDH
Mark Godfrey
TekuITS.com
Systems Engineer
MDH

2. Gary Blok Mark Godfrey @GWBlok Geodesicz 2014 Looking Busy Award
Best IT Pro Ever – self-awarded 18
Experienced
Favorite child: Aubree
Favorite TC Suburb: Woodbury

3. Presentation Overview
Acer
Intel
@joe_lenovo
HP @nkofahl
Dell

4. ACER
Web Resources
Acer.com/SCCM – Still early in it’s workstation Management, but is investing

5. Intel
Web Resources
Intel Driver Packs (Compute Stick & NUC)

6. Intel Bios Updates Intel Driver Update Utility Support WinPE x64
Syntax BiosFile.WINPE64.EXE –s
this will automatically reboot machine, have not found a "no restart" option.
Intel Driver Update Utility
Detects drivers updates for your system
GUI, no command line switches for running

7. Lenovo Web Resources Large Enterprise Page
Think Deployment Resource Center

8. Lenovo
Web Resources
ThinkDeploy.blogspot.com Lenovo’s Deployment Team’s Blog

9. Lenovo
Recipe Cards
PDFs with Model Queries, Driver Packs, and Silent Install Commands for Deployment

10. LENOVO Deployment Tools
Update Retriever – Create Driver repository (Can be used as Package or Network Share)
Thin Installer – Command Line - Evaluates repository and applies applicable drivers \ bios
System Update – Standalone GUI version, Evaluates required updates and downloads.
Think BIOS Config Tool – GUI HTA to create Bios Setting ini files to apply during OSD
Lenovo Warranty API

11. LENOVO
Update Retriever

12. LENOVO
Thin Installer – Command Line to call Installer, point to REPO and create log

13. LENOVO Thin Installer – Switches /CM - Required, starts the process
-action – LIST, DOWNLOAD, INSTALL
-repository – Point to your network repo you created
-noicon – Does not place icons on desktop or startmenu
-includerebootpackages – determines what it will install based on the reboot method
1: The reboot that is forced by the package.
3: The reboot that is required for the package to take effect. The software distribution client will force a reboot after all packages are installed.
4: The shutdown that is forced by the package.
-noreboot - Enables System Update to prevent a reboot after the system installs an update package with reboot type 3. However, this parameter cannot suppress a reboot or shutdown when packages have a reboot type 1 or 4.
-showprogress - display the progress bar during the process of searching and installing update
-log – creates a logfile for the process where you specify.

14. LENOVO
System Update
Locally Installed Software to scan your system for updated Drivers and Bios.
Useful to run on a model after OSD to see if there are any new drivers that might not be in your REPO.

15. LENOVO
Think BIOS Config Tool – GUI HTA to create Bios Setting ini files to apply during OS
Still can’t set Bios Password during OSD, must be done manually.
This ability is rumored to be coming soon.

16. LENOVO
Think BIOS Config Tool – GUI HTA to create Bios Setting ini files to apply during OSD

17. LENOVO Lenovo Bios via WMI Classes (Recommended *by us)
Different for Thinkpad vs Thinkcentre
# Get Settings
$settings = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/wmi -Class Lenovo_BiosSetting
# Create Set Object
$SetBIOS = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/wmi -Class lenovo_setbiossetting
# Create Save Object
$SaveBIOS = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/wmi -Class lenovo_savebiossettings
# Secure Boot
$SetBIOS.SetBiosSetting("SecureBoot,Enable,BIOSpass,ascii,us")
# Save BIOS Settings
$SaveBIOS.SaveBiosSettings("BIOSpass,ascii,us")

18. LENOVO
Upcoming
Driver Download / Import Utility.. Similar to SCConfigMgr.com’s Driver Automation Tool

19. Lenovo Tools Demo

20. HP
Web Resources
Client Management Page hp.com\go\clientmanagement

21. HP Web Resources HP Warranty Lookup Product Warranty API Painful
Beta Program, SOAP, limited support

22. HP
Deployment Tools
Softpaq Download Manager– Create Driver repository (Can be used as Package or Network Share)
System Software Manager – Command Line - Evaluates repository and applies applicable drivers
Image Assistant – Standalone GUI version.
Download Driver Packs, firmware, and HP recommended software
Convert TPM between 1.2 and 2.0
View Bios Settings
Manageability Integration Kit for ConfigMgr
Creates CI’s to assist with Bios Settings, set / change Bios Password, enable Device Guard*, update Firmware
Requires Client side agents & Server side client install.
Bios Configuration Utility – Creates Bios Settings files you can apply to systems.

23. HP
Softpaq Download Manager– Create Driver repository (Can be used as Package or Network Share)

24. HP
System Software Manager – Command Line - Evaluates repository and applies applicable drivers
SSM.exe \\respository /arguments

25. HP Image Assistant – Standalone GUI version.
Download Driver Packs, firmware, and HP recommended software
Provides info on what’s needed to upgrade from 7 to 10

26. HP Image Assistant – Standalone GUI version.
Recommended Updates, allows you to download & install. You can add the softpaq downloads to your Repository for future Deployments.

27. HP Manageability Integration Kit for ConfigMgr
Creates CI’s to assist with Bios Settings, set / change Bios Password, enable Device Guard, update Firmware
Requires Client side agents & Server side client install.

28. HP
Bios Configuration Utility – Creates Bios Settings files you can apply to systems.
Used in Conjunction with the Bios Password Utility to create Encrypted Password File
Set HP System to your Desired Bios Configuration, then export from PE or Windows
Create Config Syntax: BiosConfigUtility64.exe /Get:Config.txt
Set Config Syntax: BiosConfigUtility64.exe /Set:Config.txt /cspwdfile:HPBiosPassword.bin
Set Value Syntax: BiosConfigUtility64.exe /SetValue:”SecureBoot”,”Enable” /cspwdfile:HPBiosPassword.bin

29. HP Tools Demo

30. Dell Web Resources Dell’s “Everything” Page
ed/Pages/index.html
Web Resources
Client Management Page dell.com/command

31. Dell Warranty API & Community Tools
Enables Warranty lookup using API calls.
Create Warranty Reports / RCTs
Dell Warranty Tool 3.0 from Nickolaj Anderson

32. DELL Deployment Tools Dell Command | Deploy – List of Driver Packs
Dell Command | Configure (CCTK) – Set Bios Password & Settings
Dell Command | Monitor – Extends WMI to capture additional Dell Data
Dell Command | Update – Command line & GUI Updaters for Bios & Drivers
Dell Command | PowerShell Provider – Allows Bios configuration via PowerShell
Dell Command | Integration Suite – Adds functionality into ConfigMgr

33. DELL Dell Command | Configure (CCTK) – Set Bios Password & Settings
Both GUI to create Bios File and Command line tools
Set Config Syntax: cctk.exe -i BiosConfigSettings.ini --valsetuppwd=P$ssw0rd
Set Value Syntax: cctk.exe --setting=value --valsetuppwd=P$ssw0rd
cmd.exe /c cctk.exe --trustexecution=on --valsetuppwd=MMS2017$ cmd.exe /c cctk bootorder --activebootlist=uefi --valsetuppwd=MMS2017$

34. DELL
Dell Command | Monitor – Extends WMI to capture additional Dell Data
Monitor and inventory system configurations and health.
Miketerrill.net – for detailed walk through.
From here you can do reporting / CI’s, etc

35. DELL
Dell Command | Update – Command line & GUI Updaters for Bios & Drivers
Create Update Filters to limit what gets updated Export Settings to use during Deployments

36. DELL
Dell Command | Update – Command line - This Tools make it available to NEVER Manage drivers again!!!!!
Install Software to Machine – Installer.exe /s /f
Import Custom Settings (Filters) -"C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /import /policy OSDSettings.xml
Run Updater: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /log c:\DMCabs\Logs /silent
Note: Some of the drivers include the “Value Add” software, you can then script the uninstall or remove those drivers from your filter.

37. Dell Tools Demo

38. My Request
Tool to automatically detect model and download latest bios / previous bios during OSD in WinPE
Tool to automatically detect model to download and install the latest drivers during OSD
Tool to do the same things, post OSD, using App Model or Pkg/Program
I don’t want SCUP catalog, I don’t want to manage publishing updates
Command line syntax to pick and choose drivers / firmware / “bonus software”
Precanned ConfigMgr reports
Warranty, Models, Born Date, Bios Version, etc
Uservoice sites (Follow Microsoft’s example)
I want an easy way to submit my ridiculous ideas and have feedback directly from the product team
Whatever vendors can do to help me get out of managing Drivers, Firmware with good reporting.

39. Questions & Hopefully Answers
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