So HP’s MIK is a tool provided to help manage HP devices using ConfigMgr. I’m not going to go over this in detail, but to get the full benefit of MIK, you need to deploy a client side install which will create several WMI classes that CM will inventory. Scripts on GitHub: garytown/hardware/HP/MIK Related Materials: … Read more
Ok, so this is building on the last post: Auto Updates of your BIOS & Drivers with HPIA, HPCMSL, HP Connect. This will cover two methods.. (both Baseline Export Cab files are on GitHub) So they are similar in that they will both be using Configuration Manager baselines, but one is going to run the … Read more
TLDR: BIOS Updates: Use HP Connect or HPCMSL | Driver Updates: Use HPIA w/ Scheduled Task So you want to keep your HP device drivers & BIOS updated, set it and forget it. There are some options for you. If you’re using Windows Update for Business, (or Intune), you have some options there to let … Read more
In the last post, I talked about using Reference files to lock in a set of updates for deployment. In this post, I’m going to show you how to deploy Updates using HP Image Assistant (HPIA) with a ConfigMgr Task Sequence. The Task Sequence I’ve created is pretty dynamic, so you can either create packages … Read more
So you want to deploy updated drivers to devices, good. You want to “Lock in” a set of updates and ensure that through your deployment rings, you’re deploying the same versions, makes sense. Creating HP Image Assistant Reference files for your models make this possible to ensure you are deploying the same updated versions throughout … Read more