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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...
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...
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...
System Center Online Services
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...
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
System Center Web Casts
Originally posted on Eileen's blog TechNet Webcast: System Center Operations Manager 2007 Installation and Management Pack Migration (Level 200) Friday, November 02, 2007 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time Blain Barton, IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032352708&Culture=en-US TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Deploys System Center Data...
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...
Virtualization
Taken from http://blogs.technet.com/jweston/archive/2007/10/05/virtualization.aspx We have a Virtualization Webcast series coming up that dives a lot deeper into the benefits of virtualization. You can register for it here -- Virtualization Webcast Series The individual sessions and a few extra that are on demand are: Virtualization and Windows Server 2008 An overview of the virtualization role, the...
System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Release Candidate
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...
System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is due to be Released To Manufacture (RTM) at the end of August
Larry Orecklin ("General Manager at Microsoft focussed on the System Center family of Management products and Virtualisation") has announced that System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is due to be Release(d) To Manufacture (RTM) by the end of August. This is good news as SCVMM provides the means to dynamically manage the workloads on your virtual machines to maximise server utilization...
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