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Renewed as MVP for 2011
I got the email this weekend: Dear Ron Crumbaker, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2011 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in System Center Configuration Manager technical communities during the past year. ...
Configuration Manager 2012–Role Based Administration (RBA)
So you can be ready for when Configuration Manager 2012 is released you need to get your head around some new features with Configuration Manager 2012. One of which is the Role Based Administration. What is RBA? RBA a simplified administration of security permissions within the Configuration Manager environment. This allows organizations to use Security Roles to group sets of permissions...
Configuration Manager 2012–Application Model
So you can be ready for when Configuration Manager 2012 is released you need to get your head around some new features with Configuration Manager 2012. One of which is the Application Model. The Application Model has been designed to provide different deployment types (MSI, Script, AppV, Mobile and more) to different scenarios. Using this model, conditions, rules and predefined relationships...
Using Configuration Manager saves money…
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000006996 General Mills Enables Users and Reduces IT Work with New Desktop Management Tools Management Tools General Mills, one of the world’s leading food companies, operates globally in very competitive markets. To remain creative and agile, the company needed to provide users with the latest technology without raising...
Windows Azure based "cloud" search
The new Windows Azure based "cloud" search is now up and running. Check it out at http://cloudsearch.cloudapp.net/
The new Web Remote Tools are approaching beta release
So, way back when I posted about the end of the life for Web Remote Tools for SMS 2003/Configuration Manger 2007. So after much pain and suffering resolving some what I thought were minor issues, turned out to be some major design issues. So, I went back to the drawing board. This was the first public look at the new version, but some of the look and feel has changed over time...
IE 8 Accelerator for SMS Remote tools web page - ADD ON
IE 8 Accelerator for SMS Remote tools web page A great add on for the SMS Web Remote Tools page!! Amazing how the community keeps improving this tool and stealing all my new cool features for Web Essentials 4.x! I do love the jabs -> "We may be able to do this as well with the now infamous Web Essentials, but we won't know until it is officially released. (Sorry had to get that jab in there...
Mastering Configuration Manager 2007 R2 book shipped to the Printer Friday
The book shipped to the printer on Friday, so go pre-order it if you have not already!! http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-System-Center-Configuration-Manager/dp/047017367X/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237206844&sr=8-8
Scripted Naming PC using the Serial Number stored in WMI during ConfigMgr OSD Task Sequence
Create the following as a .vbs file and save it on your ConfigMgr PXE boot server in a share. '************************************************************ set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & "." & "\root\cimv2") set colSMBIOS = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_SystemEnclosure"...
Web Essentials aka Web Remote Tools v4
Can you please review these requirements for the portable console. Listed below is a ranking of customer requirements for the portable console that I’ve put together based on some earlier feedback. How would you rank these items yourself? Secondly if you feel that something is missing from this list, please add to it. Portable Console Customer Requirements (1 is most important, 8 is least important...
Microsoft Launches ENERGY STAR Compliant Power Management Tool for IT Administrators
Software Enabled Earth : Microsoft Launches ENERGY STAR Compliant Power Management Tool for IT Administrators
Microsoft Gains Ground With System Center Configuration Manager 2007
Microsoft Gains Ground With System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Interesting article by Gartner.
ConfigMgr 2007: Moving the Site Database
The Manageability Team Blog over on Technet released a great article on how to move site databases with ConfigMgr 2007. ConfigMgr 2007: Moving the Site Database
Report to list virtual machines and physical host name
Report to list virtual machines and physical host name Nicole Stout posted this on the forums today... There are probably others out there that need the same information. I have this on my Config Mgr 2007 SP1 system. This report lists all the virtual machines and also adds the PhysicalHostName0 property. This tells you the name of the host server the virtual system is sitting on. If anyone can make...
Download details: ENERGY STAR Power Management Assessment CP for SCCM 2007
Overview ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy that helps save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. The ENERGY STAR guidelines for computers cover both the hardware devices and the power management features expected of the operating system and applications. The ENERGY STAR program specifies...
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