Dell Bios Upgrade in OSD WinPE x64

Update 3/17 – Update a couple sections to fix Bug in Script with assistance from the Dell BIOS Dev team. Uploaded the TS Export of this section. Download HERE:  3/24 – Removed all of the Bios Files and Update Utility to comply with Dell’s EULA. Task Sequence Export HERE – You can import this into … Read more

Dell Warranty Reporting via ConfigMgr – Dell Warranty API

Update 11/3 – Contact info for Dell API key has changed: (Info directly from Dell API Support team)New process – The customer should create ticket via TechDirect https://techdirect.dell.com;Alternatively they can reach out to us at APIs_TechDirect@Dell.com Update 10/20  – Nickolaj posted his Dell Right Click tool, so if you’ve take then time to get the … Read more

Updating Dell Bios with ConfigMgr–Post 3–The Application Deployment

  First, you’ll need to add global conditions for your model, I was able to use @agerlund  Kent Agerlund’s blog to achieve this: http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/global-conditions-in-configmgr-2012/These next few parts are borrowed directly from his post (When a Master creates good content, why re-invent the wheel): Creating the condition, open the ConfigMgr. administrator console, select Software Library, Application … Read more

Updating Dell Bios with ConfigMgr–Post 2–The Scripts

In Post 1, we created the collections, now we’ll create the Scripts used to Deploy the Bios Updates All of the scripts, along with cctk tools needed are located here: http://garytown.com/Downloads/DellBiosUpdateScripts.zip Note: CCTK – Recommend brushing up on it here: http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN294541/enDell Bios Command Line syntax: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/enterprise-client/w/wiki/3461.legacy-bios-updates In our environment, we use Bitlocker, so I had … Read more