Computer Management
Welcome!
My scope in this blog is going to be computer management generally. Yes, I work for Microsoft and I have done SMS a long time (AKA Systems Management Server or System Center Configuration Manager or SCCM or CCM or ConfigMgr). But I did computer management prior to SMS, and have done it without SMS. And I believe that most of the challenges SMS faces are the challenges any of its competitors face. So for most of my postings it’s best to think of computer management in general, rather than SMS in particular.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with quite a number of great computer management professionals over the years, and we don’t always agree on many points, so it’s rather intimidating to pontificate on a topic that we’ll likely disagree about. But I’ve always embraced the discussions (debates / arguments). It’s an incredibly healthy way to evolve our art. I really hope we can continue that here. So that’s my ask of you: please add your comments to all my posts. Agree, disagree, see them another way, whatever. I know I’ll gain from it, and I hope others will as well. This blog only succeeds if you do that. Further (and I suppose this isn’t surprising), I’m generally not going to dive deep into technical specifics, nor am I going to divulge ‘secrets’. My days involve a lot of that kind of stuff, but a huge fraction is specific to the internals of Microsoft. Or happens because we’re playing with very early versions of software (dogfooding, as we like to say). Or the story evolves dramatically over time and so the released reality is very different from the early stories I see. Or wiser people than I have a different perspective than I do. So it would be foolish to randomize you all with details I see. (But don’t worry, I’ll let you know my thoughts when I can – I think we’ll have some fun). So let’s talk…