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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:06 AM
[Events] One of THE Coolest Giveaways
Now this is a COOL offer I saw on Jeff Alexander’s blog . Apparently all paid attendees to TechEd Australia will receive a free HP 2140 Mini Notebook with Windows 7 pre-installed - certainly beats a free pen or T-shirt. Jeff has also asked for people...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:36 AM
[Deployment] MDT 2008 Update 1 does not support ConfigMgr SP2 Beta
Just a quick heads up that MDT 2008 Update 1 or earlier versions won’t work with the ConfigMgr SP2 Beta. There is a new beta of MDT 2010 on the way VERY soon (Beta 2) that resolves the issue. For more info see the following post on Michael Niehaus'...
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Friday, June 19, 2009 3:27 AM
[WMUG] Thanks for attending our event - 18th June 2009
Just a quick thanks to all of those who attended our event last night. 35 was a great turnout for us and the sessions seemed to go down really with the general feedback you want more of the same so we’ll see what we can do. Once again our thanks to Microsoft...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:02 AM
[WMUG] Quick Reminder About Our Next Event - 18th June 2009
Just a quick reminder that there’s still time to register for our next event which is just over a week away: WMUG EVENT - 18/06/09 - 18:30 to 21:00 - Cardinal Place, London We are delighted to be able to announce our next meeting on Thursday 18th...
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:32 PM
[ConfigMgr] Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 Beta Now Available on Connect
The System Center Configuration Manager team would like to announce that the following has been released and available for download: Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 Beta This is the official Beta build for Configuration Manager 2007 SP2. New...
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Thursday, June 04, 2009 4:07 AM
[ConfigMgr] OSD Task Sequence: A script may fail without error when deploying a 64-bit OS
This is a really useful post by Will Swanda I saw over on the The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog if you’re using OSD to push out 64-bit images of W2K8: “ Here’s a tip on an issue you may run into if you’re trying to run a script at the end of...
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:28 AM
[ConfigMgr] HP Server Updates Catalog for System Center Configuration Manager 2007
“ Hewlett-Packard Server Updates Catalog for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 enables IT administrators to use Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) RTM, SP1, or R2 to automatically manage and distribute HP ProLiant server system...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:45 AM
[ConfigMgr] HP Delivers Industry-first Management Capabilities for Microsoft System Center
Scott Farrand, VP of Infrastructure Software & Blades at HP posted this over on the Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog about HP once again being well ahead of the pack in delivering the industries first Management Capabilities for System Center...
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Monday, June 01, 2009 5:31 PM
[ConfigMgr] Screencast: System Center Updates Publisher – Resigning an Update
The latest in the series of screencasts by Jason Lewis looks at Resigning an Update in SCUP: http://blogs.technet.com/jasonlewis/archive/2009/06/01/screencast-system-center-updates-publisher-resigning-an-update.aspx
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:08 PM
[HP] EDS, an HP Company, Welcomes Symantec as EDS Agility Alliance Marks Five-year Anniversary
Doesn’t seem like 5 years since this was setup but it’s produced some great solutions and long may it continue: PLANO, Texas, May 28, 2009 EDS, an HP company, today announced the five-year anniversary of the EDS Agility Alliance, a coalition of technology...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:57 PM
[ConfigMgr] Examining some common problems for the Software Updates Client Agent
This post by Brent on the The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog is worth sharing: “ Hello System Center, In this post I'd like to share information gleaned from recent support incidents regarding the Configuration Manager 2007 Software...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:05 AM
[ConfigMgr] Screencast: System Center Updates Publisher – Revising an Update
In his latest Screencast Jason Lewis looks at how to revise an update in SCUP: http://blogs.technet.com/jasonlewis/archive/2009/05/26/screencast-system-center-updates-publisher-revising-an-update.aspx
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:00 AM
[ConfigMgr] ConfigMgr and OS Deployments/ MDT 2008 Training in London in June
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that my fellow MVP Johan Arwidmark (MVP in Setup & Deployment), is coming to the UK next month to deliver the following ConfigMgr-related courses: Mastering SCCM 2007 - London June 2 - 4 This highly popular...
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Friday, May 22, 2009 12:38 PM
[ConfigMgr] Screencast: System Center Updates Publisher – Publishing an Update
The latest Screencast from Jason Lewis is now available - System Center Updates Publisher – Publishing an Update
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Friday, May 22, 2009 9:04 AM
[ConfigMgr] The Out of Band Management Console on Windows XP SP2 Fails to Connect with...
Full Title: The Out of Band Management Console on Windows XP SP2 Fails to Connect with Error 0x80072EE9 This post is a quick AMT troubleshooting post from Carol Bailey : “ It's recently come to our attention that the out of band management console...
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