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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...
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
System Center Content Search
This gadget makes it easier to find help for Microsoft System Center products because it uses Live Search macros to search specific sites instead of the entire web. Search results are only returned from sites that are known to contain helpful information about System Center products. Use the settings in the gadget to pick the System Center product that you want to find information about, and then enter...
Download details: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Product Feature Quizzes
Download details: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Product Feature Quizzes The Configuration Manager writing team has published the first in a series of quizzes for Configuration Manager 2007. Initially, the following 9 quizzes are available with more to come soon: Configuration Manager 2007 Client Installation Quiz Configuration Manager 2007 Client Management Quiz Configuration Manager 2007...
Jeff is at it again...Common Asset Intelligence Q&A
Jeff Gilbert works for Microsoft and has been providing some great information on ConfigMgr and he just posted another great blog. http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/archive/2007/10/17/common-asset-intelligence-questions-answers.aspx
Why use - Trust this user for Delegation to any server (Keberos only) when configuring ConfigMgr
In a recent post I made: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rcrumbaker/archive/2007/10/12/system-center-configuration-management-with-remote-sql-installations.aspx I said that I did an additional step: The other things I did to help was Open up AD for Users and computers and find the Domain Account that you used in the SetSPN command and go to the Delegation Tab. Change the items to Trust this user for...
Web Remote Tools and System Center Configuration Manager
So...do you want to know if it will work or not? Well, it works!! About 90% right out of the box. There are a few report IDs that you will want to change. Plus, you will need to change the Remote Control Section so it will use the new remote Control. For XP machines...you will need to use the path: path = \\SMSServer\remote$\rc.exe Plus changing the command line to: oWshShell.run path & "...
System Center Configuration Management with Remote SQL installations
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...
Configuring Software Updates
Configuring Software Updates - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb633119.aspx Before software update compliance assessment data is displayed in the Configuration Manager 2007 console and before software updates can be deployed to client computers, the software update point must be installed and configured, and the configuration settings for other software updates components should be considered...
A SMS Blog to watch - Dan Conley's SMS/SCCM Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/dconley/ Dan Conley a Program Manager on the SMS/SCCM Sustained Engineering team and should be posting some great info about SMS and other information as well.
SCCM 2007 Documentation
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/smsv4/smsv4_help/6ffe5c59-3858-49c5-83cb-16f63823187c.mspx?mfr=true I looked for this the other day and found it...not sure if anyone else is looking for it, but here it is.
