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I'm updating the official documentation for this right now, but since there seems to be a lot of confusion about this process, I figured I'd post here as well. This way the information will be...
Wonder no more! The updated SMS 2003 SP3 Supported Configurations document has been updated to reflect support for both Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 clients. The Configuration Manager 2007...
Curious about what is coming with Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 or R2? Check out Adam Carter's video interview with Bryan Keller at MMS 2008 on TechNet edge where he demo'd some cool stuff including...
Ryan Anderson (CSS support escalation engineer) has a new blog that has some really good stuff on it! Check it out: http://blogs.technet.com/ryanan ~Jeff
Testing management point connectivity is just one of those things that SMS/ConfigMgr admins need to do on a regular basis. You can always peruse the mpcontrol.log to check management point health, but...
At long last, the Configuration Manager 2007 SDK has shipped! This is really a great release and the product of a lot of hard work by only a few SDK writers. Some stats that compare this release to the...
Changes to the Asset Intelligence feature in Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 (Asset Intelligence 1.5) have enhanced the inventory and management capabilities of previous releases to better identify and...
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...
A fairly common question I seem to keep running across from SMS 2003 admins that have upgraded to Configuration Manager is: "What happened to the SMS_SiteSystemToSQLConnection group on my Configuration...
Some of you may have noticed that when you open up the Configuration Manager console, and view the default collections, that there isn't an All Windows Vista Systems collection there. There are some...
In order to upgrade an SMS 2003 SP2 or SP3 site to Configuration Manager 2007 the site database must be at the SQL Server 2005 SP2 level. Upgrading SQL Server can be a daunting prospect for a lot of SMS...
Here are some common questions and answers from the Asset Intelligence TechNet Forum: What's new in SCCM 2007 wrt Asset Intelligence Coming Soon: Asset Intelligence 1.5 Exchange 2007 not shown in license...
In Configuration Manager 2007, it is supported to install the site database on a SQL Server named instance and not just the default instance as it was in SMS 2003. Regardless of whether or not you use...
I'm not really very deep technically on software updates, but a question about using ITMU with Configurarion Manager came up and so I went to the source of all software updates knowledge: Doug Eby...
I'm posting this information because we've found an issue with a method of extending the Active Directory schema for Configuration Manager and I won't be able to officially document this until...
This question seems to be coming up a lot lately so I figured that I would make this post to try and help settle the issue some. While the evaluation version of Configuration Manager 2007 is fully functional...
During primary site or secondary site installation, the Configuration Manager Setup Wizard will prompt you to download the prerequisite components that must be installed on computers prior to running Configuration...
The #pragma deleteclass command is used in SMS/Configuration Manager hardware inventory modification to delete class information from WMI repositories. There are a couple of instances where this command...
As with other tools released with SMS, you should only use tools that are either designed, or supported, for the specific product version you are installing. The Capacity Planning tool released for SMS...
Lately a lot of people seem to be having some troubles in determining the appropriate subnet mask to use in site boundaries to assign clients when using IP subnet type boundaries (SMS site boundaries and...
SMS 2003 or Configuration Manager Workgroup clients must be able to locate a server locator point for site assignment and their default management point in order to be managed. Because workgroup clients...
The preliminary System Center Configuration Manager TechCenter has been launched! It's not quite finished yet, but keep checking back for updates and new information. This will be the main site for...
If you find yourself blocked by a required prerequisite when you're running setup to evaluate Configuration Manager 2007 Beta 2 in your lab environment (or TAP production environment) there is a setup...
When reading the Configuration Manager 2007 Beta 2 online documentation you may be wondering if all the mentions of state messages are really typos for status messages. Do not fear, Carol Bailey has outdone...
Configuration Manager 2007 Beta 2 is now available for download on the Microsoft connect site! You’ll need a Live ID login account to access the installation files to download the new beta and test in...
I saw a thread about Wake On LAN on the myITforum SMS e-mail list last week that got me working on some Configuration Manager Wake On LAN (WOL) research for you. I am not actually writing the WOL documentation...