Managing BIOS settings across Dell fleets can be fiddly, especially when you need the work to run inside Task Sequences and WinPE. The DeployR repository’s Dell BIOS folder provides two pragmatic approaches—CCTK (Dell Command | Configure) and a native WMI-based method—so you can pick the one that best fits your environment and constraints. I wrote … Read more
Yeah, I’ve made the switch over to VSCode. I pretty much live in GitHub now days. I find my current website annoying since I’ve been working in GitBook at 2Pint Software. Don’t get me wrong, I still use PowerShell ISE for some things, like running scripts and making MINOR changes, but anytime I need to … Read more
TLDR: Get-DellWarrantyInfo Function can be found here: garytown/hardware/Dell/CommandUpdate/EMPS/Dell-EMPSWarranty.ps1 In this post I’ll cover the Dell Warranty CLI tool they provide, and how I’ve converted it to use a “PowerShell Wrapper” to make it simple and useful. Overview of Dell’s Provided Tool Dell Command Warranty is part of the Dell Command Integration Suite: Dell Command Integration … Read more
So if you haven’t read my last post yet, Dell Command Update – pulling back the curtains – GARYTOWN ConfigMgr Blog, you should, as I go into how Dell Command Update (DCU) gets it’s feed of information under the hood. That is the basis for a lot of things I’ll be doing. In this post, … Read more
TLDR: You need to learn SKU’s (SystemSKUNumber) for Dell systems if you want to be successful in automation for Dell. – Script on GitHub for GARYTOWN’s Dell PS Functions early beta Alright, so I write a lot of PowerShell functions around Dell Command Update, (DCU) and Dell updates, basically leveraging the feed that DCU uses … Read more