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February 2008 - Posts

Using Configuration Manager Internet-based client management and have questions about ISA?

When implementing Internet-based client management in Configuration Manager 2007 with ISA Server, you may run into ISA configuration issues--and many of you out there have. While we do our best to document everything we think you'll need to know to be successful ConfigMgr admins, some things are just beyond our control. I know we recommend bridging over tunneling, but I know about as much about that as building real bridges and tunnels :-)

There are many ISA Server-related resources out there to help you if you get stuck. For ISA-specific information, you can peruse the ISA Server documentation online and the ISA Server newsgroups. For help with Internet-based configuration, check out the Configuration Manager Internet-based client management documentation and if you're trying to get ISA bridging to work, check out how Adam (one of our testers) got this working. 

Still have questions? You probably already know that there is a documentation feedback e-mail alias for SMS/ConfigMgr (smsdocs@microsoft.com), but did you know that there is one for ISA Server as well (isadocs@microsoft.com)? For questions and concerns for how to configure ISA for use with Configuration Manager, send your feedback to both aliases (smsdocs and isadocs) at the same time, which will allow the appropriate team to answer your questions about the products they know and love.

~Jeff

Posted Saturday, February 23, 2008 6:31 PM by jgilbert | with no comments

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Adam Meltzer's Configuration Manager native mode/PKI blog

If you're using Configuration Manager 2007 in native mode, are planning to implement a native mode site or migrate a mixed mode Configuration Manager site to native mode then you really, really, and I mean really, need to watch Adam's blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ameltzer/default.aspx

From his blog:

Hello, readers. My name is Adam Meltzer and I'm a Software Development Engineer in Test for the System Center Configuration Manager product. The purpose of this site is to cover some advanced configuration aspects of the product, notably those around integration with other Microsoft products that may not be covered specifically in our documentation. I hope to answer some of the nagging questions that have been popping up in the forums as of late and put some debates to rest. My areas of expertise are around such new features as native mode, mixed mode, and Internet Based Client Management. I'll be focusing a majority of my posts around these features.

I try to be as responsive as possible to questions, and if you have anything you want me to cover, just let me know!

Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 4:53 AM by jgilbert | with no comments

The SMS 2003 Asset Intelligence catalog update package has been refreshed!

The issue with the SMS 2003 Asset Intelligence catalog update has been resolved and a new package posted to the download site. So, if your site database was hosted on a SQL 2000 instance and you received syntax, constraint creation, or other errors previously during the bulk import you should get the new catalog update!

The download link is http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3653e00b-6a0f-4226-87d7-02d3df2147d7&displaylang=en

The Asset Intelligence forum has also been updated to reflect the new refresh as well as root cause:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2789734&SiteID=17

 

~Jeff

Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:27 PM by jgilbert | 1 comment(s)