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[Event] Transform your Datacentre with Hyper-V and System Center

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:38:28 GMT

Microsoft are hosting the following event on the 24th May as part of Tech.Days Live in London: Synopsis Microsoft is focused on helping customers achieve their goals to drive strategic business value from IT. We believe IT Pros - when armed with the right...(read more)

[Events] Tech.Days Online Conference – Virtual Microsoft Management Summit - 21st April REGISTRATION OPEN

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:49:00 GMT

To find out more about this event and register goto: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032484275&EventCategory=2&culture=en-GB&CountryCode=GB " Join us for this unique, online Microsoft Management Summit...(read more)

[Events][MMS] Best of MMS 2011 Coming to the UK - 3rd May

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:02:00 GMT

Yes for one day day only the Best of MMS 2011 is coming to the UK on the 3rd May at Microsoft's Cardinal Place. To find out more/ register goto: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/events/bestofmms2011/default.aspx NOTE: You'll need to quote this code...(read more)

[Announcements] New FAQShop Facebook Page Now Available

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:38:00 GMT

I'm pleased to announce that the new FAQShop Facebook Page is now up and running which you can access at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FAQShopcom-Microsoft-System-Center-FAQs/350202469935 I know everyone is different and we all consume information...(read more)

[MMS] Best of Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) UK 2010: Manage the Future – Desktop to Cloud

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:00:00 GMT

In case you missed the Best of MMS is making a VERY welcome return to the UK on the 18th May at Microsoft’s Cardinal Place in Victoria, London. Covering ConfigMgr, DPM, SCE, OpsMgr and other members of the System Center family it’s certainly one not to...(read more)

[Events] Free MMS Convention Pass for the price of an email

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:07:00 GMT

If you’d like to go to MMS but the price of the Summit pass is beyond you don’t worry as someone is going to win a free pass. How do you enter this free competition? Easy just send an email as detailed below: Secure Vantage Technologies (SVT) is pleased...(read more)

[MMS] New MMS 2010 Schedule Planner Available

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:30:00 GMT

From the MMS 2010 News page: A new download is available on the MMS 2010 site to help schedule your time at MMS 2010. The document provides a session listing grouped by timeslot, with a list of the topics being presented in that slot. To plan your schedule...(read more)

[System Center] New System Center Training Portal

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:56:00 GMT

I think this one slipped through the net whilst I was at the MVP Summit but it seems Microsoft has created a new System Center Portal which attempts to centralise all of the training information on System Center in one place rather than you having to...(read more)

[MS KBs] Most Recent KBs for RSS Feeds

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:28:00 GMT

One of the most useful set of RSS Feeds I use to keep up-to-date with what is happening in Microsoft is their “Most Recent KBs for <product>” one’s. Now for some BIZARRE reason I don’t yet understand I’ve lost my subscriptions to a whole bunch of...(read more)

[SCVMM] Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 Now Available

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:20:38 GMT

Overview The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 helps organizations maintain virtual machines that are stored offline in a Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager library. While stored, virtual machines do not receive operating system...(read more)

[SCVMM] System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 Documentation Download

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:15:00 GMT

You can download the technical documentation for VMM 2008 R2 from: Version: 1.0 Date Published: 12/10/2009 Language: English Download Size: 110 KB – 975 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e547b676-112f-419e...(read more)

[SCVMM] Directions for using the SCVMM MPS Reporting tool

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:00:09 GMT

From the SCVMM Team Blog : I noticed this weekend that the directions for the SCVMM MPS Reports utility are incomplete. The only instructions that come with the utility are the ones on the download site that tell you how to download and run the tool:...(read more)

[SCVMM] What does 'over-committed' status really mean?

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:54:47 GMT

From the SCVMM Team Blog : One of the top questions that I keep hearing from our customers is to explain the ‘over-committed’ status and why we sometimes display this status. An example of when this status might be displayed is when attempting to migrate...(read more)

[MS KBs] When you remove a virtual hard disk from a virtual machine in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, the .vhd file on

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:50:12 GMT

Full Title: When you remove a virtual hard disk from a virtual machine in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, the .vhd file on the Hyper-V server is deleted without warning SYMPTOMS In Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2...(read more)

[MS KBs] Description of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 hotfix rollup package

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:40:00 GMT

INTRODUCTION This article describes the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 issues that are fixed in the hotfix rollup package that is dated November 10, 2009. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=976244...(read more)