System Center Configuration Manager, Patch Management

SCCM 2007 What's New? Day 1 - Software Update Points
by Anthony Clendenen - 2/27/2007
The Open Beta 2 of the next version of SMS went live yesterday. So what is new with SMS? For one thing Software Update Point is a new role.

Scripting, Active Directory

Sending Active Directory Machine Information To Excel
by Don Hite - 2/27/2007
This Vbs script will search the domain specified and list the machines name, DNS host name, and operating system version and service pack level to Excel.

SQL Server

SQL Query To Get A Specified Machines Manufacturer, Model And Processor Count
by Don Hite - 2/27/2007
This rather simple SQL query will allow you to gather the manufacturer, model and Processor Count for a specified machine.