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At least he gave me credit this yea r . At the bottom. Next year, I expect a general pronouncement of my greatness at the top of the document. It's the least you could do. :) MMS 2008
I just realized that I missed the Service Manager session . Did anyone go and take notes?
My Enterprise Agreement was accepted by Microsoft today. I can actually deploy ConfigMgr now!
Presented by Michael Niehaus Continued from part 3 . Start in part 1 . Why be dynamic? Computer differences User expectations Simplify administration - minimize the number of task sequences How? - Gather...
Presented by Mike Niehaus and Tim Mintner. Continued from part 2 . Start in part 1 . Deployment with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit MDT 2008 - use the method that works with what you have Created by the...
Vice President - Global Foundation Services - Runs datacenters and networks Software + services The cloud is not a cloud - the cloud is just a series of datacenters Global Foundation Services Live Search...
Presented by Michael Kelley. Some guy decided to answer his phone in the middle of this session. If you were him, stop it. It's rude. Continued from part 1 . Multicast Multicast of OS images to PE...
Presented by Michael Kelley Task Sequence Structure Old PC stuff - Capture files and settings, validation, add other save actions WinPE - Partitioning and install OS, custom BIOS. RAID, deploy to other...
Brad Anderson is doing the second keynote of the week. I missed him at the State of the Union yesterday. He did a good job a couple of years ago The Dynamic Desktop Stop thinking of the client as a device...
Presented by Wally Mead. I carbed up for this at lunch. Maybe he slows down at lunch. Supported client platforms Windows 2000 SP4 Windows XP SP2 and SP3 (upcoming) Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 Windows...
Presented by Wally Mead, also known as Speedy Gonzales. I'm sorry for the sloppy notes. Wally was moving pretty fast. Prerequisites for SCCM 2007 Updated schema Platform support - Virtual Server R2...
The State of the Nation address by Bill Anderson should be the highlight of any SMS administrator's trip to MMS. Top ten list: Unique things done with SCCM 10) Use inventory to find what music you...
MMS is about to begin! The Ventian seems larger than I remember it. I know they've added on some things, but I don't remember the convention center being as large as it is now. I was just discussing...
It looks like our licenses for ConfigMgr will materialize soon, so it's time to start planning. My biggest decision point is around when or if to use branch distribution points. I think it will solve...
J.C. put together a nice article describing all that is necessary to implement Wake-on-LAN in ConfigMgr. We get quite a few questions about enabling Wake-on-LAN (WoL) so I thought I'd post this document...
Here is some more information about SCMDM: Device Management solution that integrates directly into a Windows Server infrastructure Full, Over-The-Air device provisioning Automatic deployment of targeted...
JC Hornbeck linked to a TechNet matrix that details all of the current ways to deploy an OS image, as well as the capabilities of each. Very helpful, especially if you're trying to get a handle on...
I saw a link to SMS Collection Commander in the forums this morning and thought it looked pretty interesting. According to the site, it will allow you to execute commands like a policy download or SMS...
Steve Thompson wrote a post about sub-select queries that brought to mind a limitation of SQL that I wasn't aware of until recently. All of our Office installations are based on the Professional MSI...
Ben put together a really nice artice on driver management in MDT and ConfigMgr. File this one away!
I mentioned that I was installing SCCM 2007 the other day . Well, in reality, I started a few minutes ago. So far, so good. I've run into a few things, but Anthony already covered them in his installation...
Wish me luck! I'm building a new test environment on my laptop. I think I'll get SQL up and running, make a backup of the hard drive, then install SCCM. If you haven't loaded it and have questions...
I noticed the Service Manager beta is available for applications on the Connect site . It won't be available until May, but you can beat the crowds by signing up today.
I've been a big fan of the Service manager product since it was introduced last year at MMS. MMS 2007 was a real coming out party for the product, as there were several in-depth presentations on the current...
Bill Anderson sent Rod a great rundown on why release dates are what they are. It is great perspective from someone who definitely knows what this kind of project is like. It is a must read for anyone...
Henry did a great job putting this MMS recap together. Its always a good thing to get the notes and thoughts consolidated into one place. It had to have been quite a bit of work, so thanks! Technorati...
The System Center Service Desk team has started blogging ! I'm looking forward to seeing more information about the product, so blog lots. I'm listening. On an even better note, my post about that session...
So you just came back from MMS and your stuck in the middle of nowhere. What do you do? Well, I'm reading the documentation for Zero Touch Installation that is a part of the BDD Solution Accelerator ....
The first meeting of the Southeast Management User Group was today. At least, I think it was the first meeting. It felt like a first meeting. We had a great turnout today though. I'm a bad judge of number...
If you have opted to use server shares for your Distribution Points instead of the default DP, be aware of this issue. If the name of the share begins with SMS and ends with $ and SMS is in the comment...
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