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SUBSTITUE is a command in Microsoft Windows operating system. This command can be used to create a virtual drive in Windows by mapping any desired folder to specific drive letter. This can be useful in many scenario. You can watch below video to understand its usage.

1.    Content Monitoring and Validation from Console The below article provide details of content monitoring and validation from console. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/inside_osd/2011/04/06/configuration-manager-2012-content-monitoring-and-validation/ 2.    Reports SCCM reports should be the first thing to check the software deployment status. By looking into the report you can determine the scope of failure such as large scale failure, location based failure or client specific issues. A large scale failure may be caused by an issue with package or programe while issue can be related with specific client if deployment failure rate is low and limited to few clients. There are multiple reports available for each category.  All Software Distribution reports can be found in below folders under Monitoring > Reporting > reports. ·          Software Distribution – Collections · ...

System Center Configuration Managaer 2012 R2 Toolkit https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=50012 The Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit contains fifteen downloadable tools to help you manage and troubleshoot Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. The following tools are included in this toolkit. Server Based Tools * DP Job Manager, Collection Evaluation Viewer, Content Library Explorer , Security Configuration Wizard Template for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager , Content Library Transfer, Content Ownership Tool, Role-based Administration Modeling and Auditing Tool, Run Metering Summarization Tool Client Based Tools Client Spy, Configuration Manager Trace Log Viewer, Deployment Monitoring Tool ,Policy Spy , Power Viewer Tool, Send Schedule Tool, Wakeup Spy Client Center for Configuration Manager https://github.com/rzander/sccmclictr

Update 1706 for Configuration Manager Technical preview branch is available for a month now. There are many new features / improvements included in this update. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2017/06/23/update-1706-for-configuration-manager-technical-preview-branch-available-now/

Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection provides an antimalware and security solution for the Microsoft platform. This can be integrated with System Center Configuration Manager. I have consolidated the information which are useful for SCEP client side troubleshooting. 1. Managing Endpoint Protection client with Command Line Interface – MpCmdRun.exe The MpCmdRun.exe (Microsoft Antimalware service command line utility) is very useful tool to manage local Endpoint protection client with command line.  The MpCmdRun.exe is located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client folder. On Windows 10 machines, the MpCmdRun.exe is available in C:\Program Files\Windows Defender folder. When executed, this command automatically creates a log file named as MpCmdRun.log in C:\Users\ username\AppData\Local\Temp folder. This log file records the commands that are executed using MpCmdRun.exe. Few of most commonly used command lines are listed below. For a complete l list of av...