Rob Marshall @ MyItForum.com

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager forums

2012-04-29T18:27:31Z

The SC12CM MS Social forums are available now: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/systemcenter2012configurationmanager...(read more)

Alan Touring - Obits - Interesting reading

2012-04-26T13:55:00Z

Alan Turings obit qoutations ... Makes for interesting reading http://synthesist.net/music/2012/04/obituary-quotations/...(read more)

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager - RTM

2012-04-23T08:39:00Z

It's been RTM for a while, but MMS needed to happen before I could call it out. So ... System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is now RTM !!! And yep, that is how it is called now, SC2012CM and not ConfigMgr 2012 :-<> Check out the product here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/configuration-manager-2012.aspx Excellent landing page for videos and labs on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Blog http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/04/18/welcome...(read more)

Sinclair Spectrum turns 30

2012-04-23T08:26:00Z

I had a few of these, home of 8 bit games ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17776666 ... it introduced colour "high resolution" graphics and sound. Good grief! If Sinclair hadn't of blasted the Acorn BBC out of the water, can you imagine a world built off one of those clunky soulless things?! Am so glad he undercut everyone, I think my mom was especially pleased with the price point, compared to the BBC Micro and the future of gaming, the Commodor 64! http://www.worldofspectrum...(read more)

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 - RTM!

2012-04-17T10:43:00Z

Yep, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 has RTM'd !!! Check it out here What's new: Some of the key changes in MDT 2012 are: Comprehensive tools and guidance to efficiently manage large-scale deployments of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 365. An enhanced user-Driven Installation (UDI) deployment method that utilizes System Center Configuration Manager 2012. UDI lets end users initiate and customize an OS deployment on their PCs—via an easy-to-use wizard. Ease Lite Touch installation...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2012 articles from the CM PG

2012-04-14T07:23:00Z

Jason Githens from the ConfigMgr product group knocked out a few articles for us on System Center Endpoint Protection and Software Updates Management: · Launching a Windows Defender Offline Scan with Configuration Manager 2012 OSD · Operating System Deployment and Endpoint Protection Client Installation · Software Update Content Cleanup in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager A couple of others he posted recently: · Building Custom Endpoint Protection Reports in System...(read more)

How Titanic influenced wireless communications

2012-04-12T13:06:00Z

Excellent article from IEEE on how the tragic loss of the Titanic led to a revolution in ship to ship and ship to shore wireless communications technologies (Marconi anyone?!) http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/the-titanics-role-in-radio-reform...(read more)

We are but memories - memories in other peoples heads

2012-04-12T13:04:00Z

So worth the read ... http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2012/04/i_remember_you.html...(read more)

Think Microsoft is the evil doer? Read on ...

2012-04-12T09:01:00Z

Thinking that Microsoft is the big bad boy of the IT Industry? Maybe this will change you mind slightly ... http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/microsoft-in-the-media-unfair-and-unbalanced-190570 Microsoft get real bad press for the slightest mis-step made, and yet Apple, Google, Facebook et al make epic ***-ups and their fanbois apologise (apologists) in droves and get over it pretty quickly :-)...(read more)

The Empire Strikes Back!

2012-04-11T12:42:00Z

Apple admit they have a malware problem. That is a good first step from a company as immature in the security world as it is. Plenty of time for them to get tooled up like the others I guess. If you check their documentation and website you'll find statements like "malware is something that only those nasty PC's get" haha! Not any more! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17675314 They are developing a tool, also known by the rest of the security industry as a malware removal tool...(read more)

Jack Tramiel - C64 - Game over - No more coins to insert

2012-04-11T08:48:00Z

Game over for Jack Tramiel, another real legend leaves us, and one that deserves tribute for his selfless dedication to what was really his hobby. He was another industry changer. A true legend and a giant in terms of achievements. He left us with a very important legacy, one that underpins our industry. He also took Atari, which had bottomed out, and gave it life for another decade. His life story also makes for interesting reading. http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/04/09/205203/jack-tramiel-founder...(read more)

Windows 8 theme for Android

2012-04-10T08:16:00Z

Windows 8 them on Android ... how cool is that! Takes a bit of tinkering to get it on but if you're wanting the tile look here it is: http://www.talkandroid.com/104848-check-out-this-awesome-metro-ui-theme-for-all-ics-and-honeycomb-tablets/ There's even one for i* devices: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBBMZ-E--Gs...(read more)

Mac attack

2012-04-05T15:22:36Z

About 600,000 MAC’s have the Flashback Trojan installed. Big numbers http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/mac-flashback-600000-infected-apple-71604...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2007 Security permissions

2012-04-02T10:15:00Z

Following on from my ConfigMgr 2012 RBA permissions post , I thought I'd put up the ConfigMgr 2007 Security permissions even though it has been around a while :-) This data was formed via a script from John Nelson , output dumped into Excel and touched up a little. Thanks for doing the heavy lifting John!...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2012 RBA permissions

2012-03-31T20:04:00Z

Handy list of permissions for each security object Download here (Excel) Secret Sauce: select sot.ObjectTypeName, oo.OperationName from dbo.RBAC_SecuredObjectTypes as sot inner join dbo.RBAC_ObjectOperations as oo on sot.ObjectTypeID = oo.ObjectTypeID group by sot.ObjectTypeName, oo.OperationName...(read more)