Rob Marshall @ MyItForum.com

Thailand floods and the price of HHDs

2012-02-09T12:41:00Z

Worth a read for those not aware that disk prices went through the roof shortly after the floods in Thailand last year ... http://www.techspot.com/guides/494-hard-drive-pricewatch-thai-floods/...(read more)

A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors

2012-02-06T17:55:46Z

Meet our robot overlords … Experiments performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania. I want 1 … hundred ! Rise my evil creations, time to take over the world muhahah...(read more)

Top 10 console changes in ConfigMgr 2012

2012-02-06T09:03:00Z

Worth checking out, the new ConfigMgr 2012 console has a stack of new features, entirely rewritten, its a lot faster and far more usable than the ConfigMgr 2007 console ... Top 10 Admin Console Improvements in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager...(read more)

Windows Phone 8 details

2012-02-04T08:57:41Z

Microsoft move to create a bridge between the desktop and the new Windows 8 smartphone, by reusing the Windows 8 (W8) OS Kernel for Windows 8 Mobile, developers can re-use their code on the smartphone. More info here , here and here...(read more)

BDNA SCCM (they meant ConfigMgr!) GURU Webcast Series

2012-02-03T19:25:02Z

Just saw that Sherry Kissinger is presenting on the SCCM Guru Webcast series , been meaning to blog this as they came up, there’s been quite a few top quality ones done already, like these 7 . Very nice! Sherry presented for WMUG a while back, check that out here … While I’m at it, might as well pimp these other excellent videos ...(read more)

Linux File System Fsck Testing – now that is hardcore geekage

2012-02-03T19:20:16Z

Just read an article about XFS and Ext4 with stupid storage sizes like wtf?!?! I’d like to have that test kit … token nod to Jerryey Layton, EnterpriseStorageForum for the read...(read more)

Guide to Surviving with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

2012-02-03T19:15:23Z

If you’re studying up on ConfigMgr 2012 at the moment, make this your homepage! System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Survival Guide Lots of people are contributing links and content so you’ll see this grow rapidly … there's a stack of awesome videos on there already, check ‘em out!...(read more)

Replacement file system for Windows

2012-01-18T19:47:45Z

Microsoft readying up a new File System, say hello to ReFS , and goodbye NTFS Some chatter on it: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/01/18/microsoft_refs/ http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-goes-public-with-plans-for-its-new-windows-8-file-system/11666 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/microsofts-killer-windows-server-8-feature-refs/17757 Anyone remember WinFS ?...(read more)

System Center 2012 - No longer cloudy (sorry couldn't help myself!)

2012-01-18T09:44:00Z

Check out the Microsoft System Center keynote (Brad Anderson and Satya Nadella), big reveals in there! Universal installer ... Watch the video ... Still trying to work out what the 'vision' is? Read on ... http://www.informationweek.com/news/cloud-computing/infrastructure/232400396 http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2012/jan12/01-17MSPrivateCloudDayPR.mspx http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/datacenter/microsoft-unveils-release-candidate-of-system-center-2012.html...(read more)

Choosing site codes for your Hierarchy

2012-01-14T09:11:28Z

When it comes to choosing site codes you have 3 characters to play with, and while crafting a new site code you should be aware there are a bunch of reserved site codes that cannot be used, these are AUX, NUL, PRN, CEN. There is a KB for this, it has applied to all versions of the product since inception. You can find the KB here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279868 Its very tempting to use CEN for your CENtral, and PRN may match a region if you use those airport codes or location codes....(read more)

WMUG - Available Videos

2012-01-09T11:01:00Z

We've got a bunch of videos building up on the site, thought I'd index them and locate in an easy to find place on the website. You'll find them in the following Group called Training Videos Here's a list of the videos there today: Wally Mead - Nov 2011 - ConfigMgr 2012 Technical Overview Wally Mead - Nov 2010 - ConfigMgr 2012 Overview Wally Mead - Nov 2010 - ConfigMgr 2012 Migration Wally Mead - Nov 2010 - ConfigMgr 2007 R3 WMUG Recorded Event - Silect - MP Studio WMUG Recorded Event...(read more)

Commodore 64 hits 30 this week

2012-01-06T10:49:00Z

The Commodore 64 will be 30 years old this week (06/01/12) I remember my first C64, and, yep I feel old :-) Here's a write up I found out there (thanks to PC Authority) http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/168019,vintage-tech-looking-back-at-the-commodore-64.aspx Commodore 64 led me to the Amiga 500 (A500), where I geeked out on Assembler 68000 programming, man that unit was a hot bit of kit...(read more)

WMUG Video - Wally Mead - Technical Overview of ConfigMgr 2012 - Video now online

2012-01-06T08:49:00Z

Took me a bit of time, but we just got the first of three videos taken at the recent WMUG November 4th 2011 event presented by Wally Mead. This, the first of three videos, is a technical overview of the ConfigMgr 2012 product itself. WMUG-Nov4-2011-WallyMead - Technical Overview from Rob on Vimeo . Visit our events page for the event details. Stay tuned for more videos!...(read more)

System Center 2012 Vision event

2012-01-05T08:31:00Z

President of Server and Tools Satya Nadella and Corporate Vice President of System Center and Management Brad Anderson will be presenting the System Center 2012 Vision! Be warned, the word Cloud is going to be used a lot. The event is online and takes place on the 17th of January 2012 at 8:30AM PST / 16:30 UTC / ( timezone convert ) Register here From the Event website: The definition, business value, and technology benefits of the “the cloud” have been hotly debated in recent months...(read more)

Microsoft ConfigMgr 2012 Courses

2012-01-03T17:07:34Z

Bechir Gharbi another MVP in ConfigMgr brought this up, two MOC’s for ConfigMgr 2012, both to be available first half of this year according to the links: Course 10747A Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Published: April 26, 2012(In development) Course 10748A Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Published: May 10, 2012(In development) Course outlines make for interesting reading …...(read more)