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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.  ...

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...

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...

Microsoft is working on a set of System Center Online Services, but some IT professionals say it won't be a good fit for enterprises. Microsoft executives have said many of its products will be available as online services and its System Center systems management line is no exception. Already in the works are asset and licensing management services, and Microsoft has confirmed that it will provide...

So, for the ones that want to install System Center Configuration Management with a Remote SQL box...here are some things you HAVE to consider when installing Config Manager along with a Remote SQL server. You will get to the following error: Setup Fails to Install SMS Provider Components When using the Configuration Manager Setup Wizard to install a sccmshortname primary site, setup may fail when...

The DPM website has been updated ( www.microsoft.com/DPM ) - with new information on the upcoming release of DPM 2007, pricing/licensing details, and best of all - new downloads. We have a release candidate for DPM 2007 - and now everyone can start to evaluate it. This evaluation downloadable is the complete feature set for the upcoming release, so check out: Blending continuous data protection with...