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SMSUG.ca Forums
Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:44 AM

I have decided that the forums on www.SMSUG.ca are not being used and due to some SPAMMER populating the membership list, I have closed them down. This is a good thing as it means I will arrange for the site to be convert to a blog only site. With the new site will come a new look a feel. (wait for it)   If you are looking for ConfigMgr , SCCM , SMS, v.Next... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Joke, Virtual Server , User Groups, 70-401, ConfigMGr, 70-400, MOM, Study group, SMS, OpsMgr, Canada, Fun Links, SoftGrid, 70-299, 70-640, 70-643, EnergizeIT, 70-642, MS Support, Training, Windows 2008, self-study, Podcast, System Center, UK, Ottawa, 70-620, 70-536, CTE Solutions, 70-293, 70-622, 70-294, SCMDM, SCSM, SCE, SCVMM, Vista, exam, 70-652, 70-403, 70-402, MVP, Code, VS 2008, 70-624, Q&A, 70-298, A+, SQL, Windows 2003, 70-649, 70-646, 70-647, 70-431, TechDays Canada, Sector, MCSE, Hyper-v, WQL, MDT, 70-635, 70-671, 70-672, 70-673, Flowcharts, Drinks, 70-631, 70-089, MMS, DPM, Enhansoft, Poll, RobertHalf, Microsoft Canada, DevTeach, Redgate, myITforum, Rant, 70-630, 70-236, VMRCPlus, Windows 7, MSN, SCCM, SP2, SMSI, SMS Installer, Microsoft, Zune, App-v, Med-V, 70-669, Windows XP, Samsung, mobile, 70-432, vNext

Free MS SQL 2008 administrator certification
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:23 AM

Now that I have your attention, every SMS / ConfigMgr administrator needs to know SQL in order to support SMS/ ConfigMgr. There are no “Ifs” “ands” or “buts” about it, without SQL, ConfigMgr / SMS could not run. You could not write reports or use SSRS. Neither MDT nor WSUS work without it either.   So without SQL there is no ConfigMgr / SMS /v.Next / CM11... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: User Groups, ConfigMGr, MOM, Study group, SMS, OpsMgr, SoftGrid, Training, self-study, System Center, exam, SQL, 70-431, MCSE, MDT, DPM, 70-432

myITForum Donation
Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:23 AM

With the start of a new year, it is that time again to support the System Management Community, with that in mind I have made my yearly donation to MyITForum (MIF). Why do I do it? Well as a User Group leader for www.OWSUG.ca , I know how much it cost to host a small user group community. OWSUG is extremely small compared to MIF! Our network traffic is nothing... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Joke, Virtual Server , User Groups, 70-401, ConfigMGr, 70-400, MOM, Study group, SMS, OpsMgr, Canada, SoftGrid, 70-299, 70-640, 70-643, 70-642, MS Support, Training, Windows 2008, self-study, Podcast, System Center, Ottawa, 70-620, 70-536, 70-293, 70-622, 70-294, SCMDM, SCSM, SCE, SCVMM, Vista, exam, 70-652, 70-403, 70-402, MVP, Code, VS 2008, 70-624, Q&A, 70-298, A+, SQL, Windows 2003, 70-649, 70-646, 70-647, 70-431, MCSE, Hyper-v, WQL, MDT, 70-635, 70-671, 70-672, 70-673, Flowcharts

1st Anniversary
Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:30 AM

Well today is 1 st anniversary of me taking steps to upgrade my certifications to Windows 2003 / Windows 2008. As many of you know I have blog about my experiences with all the exams. So this blog post is designed to talk about a few things. Which exam I write and pass? Which certifications did I achieve? What exam tips can I give you? Which exams did I write... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Virtual Server , User Groups, 70-401, ConfigMGr, 70-400, MOM, Study group, SMS, OpsMgr, 70-299, 70-640, 70-643, 70-642, Training, Windows 2008, self-study, Ottawa, 70-620, 70-536, 70-293, 70-622, 70-294, SCVMM, Vista, exam, 70-652, 70-403, 70-402, 70-624, Q&A, 70-298, A+, SQL, Windows 2003, 70-649, 70-646, 70-647, 70-431, MDT, 70-635

Blog Statistic – Part 2
Sunday, January 20, 2008 9:03 PM

Just after posting the blog stats, I remember that I also want to check out that number of ping backs and comments. Since April 1 2007 there have been 181 ping backs and 22 comments select count(*) as '# of Comments' from cs_Posts cs_Posts, cs_Sections SEC where cs_Posts.SectionID = Sec.SectionID and Groupid = 3 and cs_Posts.SectionID = 20 and postdate... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Joke, Virtual Server , User Groups, ConfigMGr, MOM, Study group, SMS, Canada, Fun Links, SoftGrid, EnergizeIT, MS Support, System Center, Code, SQL, WQL, Flowcharts

Blog Statistic
Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:41 PM

Recently I was asked about stats for my blog, so instead of guessing what the stats are I created a SQL query to figure it out. So with out further ado here are the stats from April 1 2007 until this just before this post. Number of post 325 Total # of web views 49042 Average # of web views 150 Total # of Agg views 96404 Average # of Agg Views 296 I wonder what... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Joke, Virtual Server , User Groups, ConfigMGr, MOM, Study group, SMS, Canada, Fun Links, SoftGrid, EnergizeIT, MS Support, System Center, Code, SQL, WQL, Flowcharts

Happy New Year!!!
Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:57 PM

Ellen and I would like wish you all the best in the New Year. Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Joke, Virtual Server , User Groups, ConfigMGr, MOM, Study group, SMS, Canada, Fun Links, SoftGrid, EnergizeIT, MS Support, System Center, Code, SQL, WQL, Flowcharts

Hourly posting status.
Monday, December 31, 2007 7:21 AM

Why am I posting this information well, 2 reasons. 1) Someone asked me how I could ensure that I posted once per day and the answer is I pre-posted lots of posts. As you can tell I used hour between 6-7 am (7-8 EST) for pre-posted blogs. Just because… 2) Ever so often I would miss posting on time so I would back post blogs J I used the 10-11 pm (11 pm-Midnight... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Joke, Virtual Server , User Groups, ConfigMGr, MOM, Study group, SMS, Canada, Fun Links, SoftGrid, EnergizeIT, MS Support, System Center, Code, SQL, WQL, Flowcharts

Top 50 posts for 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007 3:01 PM

Total Title Web Views RSS Views 1117 One more reason to use v_GS_Computer_System vs v_R_System 748 369 989 SMS Log files 572 417 928 Number of Microsoft Certified Professionals Worldwide 611 317 872 What are my top 25 post? 256 616 859 Ottawa Windows Server User Group Newsletter 512 347 846 What is the average number or items within the Add/Remove Per PC? 431... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Joke, Virtual Server , User Groups, ConfigMGr, MOM, Study group, SMS, Canada, Fun Links, SoftGrid, EnergizeIT, MS Support, System Center, Code, SQL, WQL, Flowcharts

365 posts
Sunday, December 02, 2007 7:42 AM

Well, with this post I have now officially met my goal of one blog post per day for a year, sort of. J The year actually will end on Jan 2 2008. There have been few things that I have noticed while doing this. Each post is not the same as the next, and what I mean by that is there are some quality post and some that are not! So I will most likely after Jan 2... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Joke, Virtual Server , User Groups, ConfigMGr, MOM, Study group, SMS, Canada, Fun Links, SoftGrid, EnergizeIT, MS Support, System Center, Code, SQL, WQL