The Test-NetConnection Powershell cmdlet can be used to test ports on remote hosts which is great for firewall Troubleshooting but for for older operating systems an alternative can be used. For 2008 the following Powershell cmdlet can be used (new-object system.net.sockets.tcpclient).connect(“IP”,”PORT”)
SCCM/Windows Update
Recently I was faced with an issue where a windows 10 computer was unable to get the SUP servername from local Policy and write it to the WUServer registry key as designed. I removed all the policies refering to Windows Updates and made sure that no registry settings were being Continue Reading