Wednesday 27 February 2013

ConfigMgr 2012 / SCCM 2012 SP1 Step by Step Guide Part 29: Power Management

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Part 29 describes Power Management

Power Management on devices is enabled by editing the ConfigMgr Client Agent settings

Administration/Overview/Client Settings



Set "Allow Power Management of  devices" to Yes


When device receives next policy the Power Management Agent is enabled


Power Management settings are configured at the collection level. See peak and non-peak plans which you can edit



Default peak plan settings



Power Options on client device before Config Mgr policy is applied


Power Options on client device after Config Mgr policy is applied

14 comments:

  1. Gerry, how deploying Power Management with SCCM affects machine with more profiles?
    To which profile it will be applied?

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  2. SCCM Power Mgmt targets the device, not the user.

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  3. Hello Gerry, In SCCM I have only options:

    Allow power managament of devices
    Allow users to exclude their device from power management

    as I can enable other options in SCCM 2012

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  4. You can also deploy different power management settings to different collections based on the policy that you require.

    I don't usually allow users to exclude their devices if I have gone to the trouble of configuring and deploying the policies.

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  5. Is there an available report to show what collections have a power management plan published to it?

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    1. No, there is no report. However you can see it in the console. Click on device collections to see all your collections in a list. Now right click on the column header to add another - Power Configuration. No you can see which collections have a Power Management policy. You can also order the list using this parameter.

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  6. Hi Gerry, if a workstation is in two different device collections each with its own power management settings, which settings are applied on the workstation? Can you set a priority?

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    1. Have a look here

      http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712684.aspx

      "If multiple values for power settings are applied to a computer, the least restrictive value is used".

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  7. Hi Gerry,
    Is there any a default power management plan on SCCM clients before I defined a costume one?

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    1. Yes. You don't have to define a custom plan at all. The default plan will be applied.

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  8. Hi Gerry, What is the best way to have 2 seperate policies for Desktop and Laptop? Cheers

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    1. You need to create two collections (one for desktops and one for laptops). You have to create a policy for each one and deploy to the respective collection.

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  9. Gerry,
    I am trying to implement power management and when I update the Customized Non-peak (ConfigMgr) template and then I apply the settings and update the collection, my test machine still shows it is a balanced (ConfigMgr) plan and I am unable to ascertain that it will go into effect when the Non-Peak hours are in play. Is there a way to be able to determine that so I can ensure the policy is correct and be able to show upper management that is when it goes into effect.

    Tks Mark

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    1. Set up a test collection and configure non-peak hours to be during the day for testing and demo purposes.

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