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MMS 2008 - Sunday - Registration Swag

Finally got here after quite a long drive. We are staying at the Venetian and it is quite nice. There are quite a few people here already. When you register you get a backpack this year. It is blue, dark blue, but it is an OGIO backpack and it has a side zipper for your laptop as well as small side pockets, a large front pocket and a small front pocket. It actually looks like it will hold up quite well, I have heard this brand of backpack is a quality backpack but can't attest to it myself. I...  ... Read the full post or  the 2 comments. Filed under: Microsoft, myITforum, MMS 2008, ConfigMgr, 1E

ConfigMgr SDK (final) Released

Microsoft released the ConfigMgr SDK yesterday. You can get the download here . It includes DCM Digest Authoring guide, DCM digest schema, a SUM gadget that gives you current status messages on patches you have deployed, samples on creating admin console extensions, OSD custom task sequences and more. Regards, Anthony Anthony Clendenen | Solutions Engineer | 1E http://configmgr.com © Anthony Clendenen Technorati Tags: ConfigMgr , SCCM , SDK , Gadget  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Scripting, Tools, Microsoft, Gadgets, VB Script, Documentation, ConfigMgr, SCCM, Desired Configuration Management, Microsoft Deployment, Downloads

New FolderShare

FolderShare has gotten a face lift, new client, and has moved to the Windows Live platform. If you are not familiar with FolderShare Microsoft bought them a couple years ago and the concept is that you can setup shares among computers that sync with each other. I have been using it for years to sync computers and make sure that I have the same documents on each computer. You can set the sync to be automatic or on demand, you can also share your FolderShare libraries with your friends. It is similar...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Beta, Microsoft, Office 2007, Blog, ConfigMgr, Cool Tools, Downloads

How-To: Sequencing Office 2007 with SoftGrid

I wish Microsoft would standardize on either SoftGrid or Microsoft Application Virtualization. Here is a KB on sequencing Office 2007. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;939796 INTRODUCTION This article describes one method that you can use to successfully sequence a 2007 Microsoft Office program for use with Microsoft SoftGrid. The method that is described in this article is not the only method that is available. Additionally, you may have to modify the information in this article...  ... Read the full post or  the 4 comments. Filed under: KB Articles, Microsoft, Office 2007, Documentation, SoftGrid, ConfigMgr, SCCM

OpsMgr 2007 Authoring Guide Released

In case you missed the news about SP1 being released here is the download location for it. But as several people I know have experienced trouble with authoring reports and MP's for the 07 version Microsoft has now released an authoring guide to help in their efforts. You can download it here . Regards, Anthony Anthony Clendenen | Solutions Engineer | 1E http://configmgr.com © Anthony Clendenen  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Microsoft, SCOM, Downloads

SkyDrive Now Has 5 GB of Storage

SkyDrive is part of Live and is a free service that allows you to put files online and share them with others or keep them private but have access to them from anywhere you have a Internet connection. Regards, Anthony Anthony Clendenen | Solutions Engineer | 1E http://configmgr.com © Anthony Clendenen  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Microsoft, ConfigMgr, Cool Tools

WorldWide Telescope Coming to Your Desktop

This is rather interesting. Apparently Microsoft is going to release Google Earth backwards on Feb 27th. Meaning that instead of zooming and panning in on Earth you will be able to do the same with cosmos! This should be quite interesting. It is reported that they will use 10 Earth bound telescopes as well as the beleaguered Hubble telescope to produce an explorable cosmos for your desktop. It will be interesting to see how they deal with distance for the stars as this is always been the major problem...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: et. all, Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 RTM on Jan 16

If the other offerings RTM at the same time we should see server 2008, Vista SP1, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Sever 2008 all in a few weeks. This means NAP, Hypervisor, multicasting... Source . If you would like to attend the launch event in Los Angeles on Feb. 27th or any of the other launch events you can register here . Regards, Anthony Anthony Clendenen | Solutions Engineer | 1E http://configmgr.com © 2007 - 2008 Anthony Clendenen I Recommend These Books! SMS 2003 Administrator's Reference...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: SQL , Beta, News, Microsoft, Virtual Server, ConfigMgr, Server 2008

Top Ten Events in Systems Management During 2007

First of all, Happy New Year, and may everyone find that in 2008 that your glass is more than half full, you and your loved ones are all very healthy and overly happy, that your careers are very prosperous, and that you gain all that you desire and more. As we welcome another year and reflect on the year ending it is always nice to note what was the highlights of the year. So below is my personal top ten of 2007 when it comes to Systems Management. 10. Thursday, October 23rd, System Center Partner...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: SMS 2003, et. all, System Center, Vista, News, TechNet, Microsoft, myITforum, SCOM, MMS 2007, Blog, OSD, SoftGrid, ConfigMgr

ConfigMgr Help Files Updated

Yes it is true the ConfigMgr Doc team has released a new update to the offline help included in ConfigMgr! And there is a ton of updates to the help file (see below) included in the 7.5 MB download . I think this is an excellent idea so that you can search and get information when you are testing or if you ConfigMgr server does not have a connection to the Internet. Ping Topic last updated—November 2007 The following table describes what's new in the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: KB Articles, TechNet, Microsoft, ConfigMgr

Cool Tools For Friday

There are always so many each week! Microsoft Popfly went into public Beta a couple weeks ago. Popfly allows you to make mashups, web pages, gadgets, so on all in in online easy to use editor that includes tutorials. Want to install DirectX 10 ? How about Leopard on your PC ? Shoot - I gotta run, literally, I have a training session in 30 minutes! Have a great weekend, I will be in New York next week if you want connect email me. Regards, Anthony Anthony Clendenen | Solutions Engineer | 1E http:...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Beta, Microsoft, Hack, ConfigMgr, Cool Tools

Server 2008 RC0 Free Download

If you want to give Server 2008 a spin prior to its release next year you can download the release candidate zero here . Regards, Anthony Anthony Clendenen | Solutions Engineer | 1E Inc. http://configmgr.com © 2007 Anthony Clendenen Technorati Tags: Server 2008 , Beta , Download , ConfigMgr.com  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Beta, News, Microsoft, ConfigMgr, Server 2008

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Podcasts

On the System Center Configuration Manager site there is currently a list of five audiocast or podcasts that you can listen to. They are all fairly short and cover a specific area of ConfigMgr. Wally kicks it off with the best practices for upgrading and setup, and also discusses a few new features and prerequisites. I am sure they will add more to this over time so if you are reading this months after it has been posted use the bottom link to get to the page and see the whole list. NOTE: The links...  ... Read the full post or  the 2 comments. Filed under: Packaging, Patching, System Center, TechNet, Microsoft, SCCM 2007, OSD, SUP, BDD, ConfigMgr, Configuration Manager, SCCM, Podcast

AZSMUG Meeting Oct 2nd

I know you miss me by now, its been about six months since you saw me last at MMS, back then I worked for a different company and Vista was still brand new, ConfigMgr was just in its first public beta, and the Chargers has a head coach. Well next Tuesday is your chance to come and see me again I will be presenting at Mike Terrill's user group meeting on, you guessed it, ConfigMgr for two hours. I am not a huge fan of PowerPoint so I will be doing as much demo as possible. Mike is giving away...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Microsoft, SCCM 2007, AZSMUG, ConfigMgr

BDD 2008 Beta 3 Available On Connect

The ConfigMgr compatible version of BDD (Beta 3), which I will call BDD 2008 for now, is available through open beta on the Connect site. The RTM version is expected to be out in November of this year. In this version there is the previously discussed multicasting , USMT, WAIK, and ACT 5.0. On Friday October 5th there is also a webcast on deploying an OS with ConfigMgr, you can register for it here . Official announcement below. Deployment 4 is the code name for the next version of Business Desktop...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Beta, News, Microsoft, SCCM 2007, Blog, OSD, Webcast, WAIK, BDD, SMSNomad Branch, OSD Plus Pack, ConfigMgr, Server 2008

Microsoft ConfigMgr Community Forums Now Live

In another move to get away from the newsgroups Microsoft has opened up the System Center Configuration Manager Community that includes a web based forums section . On the front page you will find a link to the subforums of ConfigMgr, Microsoft employee blogs, MVP blogs (not mine however?), and links to related communities like myITforum.com . Regards, Anthony Anthony Clendenen | Solutions Engineer | 1E Inc. http://configmgr.com © 2007 Anthony Clendenen Technorati Tags: ConfigMgr , SCCM , CM , Config...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: System Center, News, TechNet, Microsoft, myITforum, SCCM 2007, Blog

System Center Virtual Machine Manager Released

The other day SCVMM went RTM . So what does this mean? This is a management tool that will allow you to rapidly deploy/create VM's, manage the resources they are using, suck in a physical server to a VM config file (or P to V) and add new virtual resources to existing VM's. If you use Virtual Server you should spend some time looking at this to see if it will benefit you or your organization, for larger Virtual Server farms it will be a no brainer. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: System Center, News, Microsoft, PowerShell, Virtual Labs, Virtual Server

Multicasting in Server 2008

Kevin is right, this has already been talked about , but he does a nice job of explaining the two types of multicasting. Two drawbacks to this however...First you cannot multicast across subnets, well you can but if your network supports this you are wide open to a SQL Slammer type of attack where one laptop brings your network to its knees. Second, you have to have Server 2008 to make this work. A simple, less costly solution, that you can utilize now is to use the 1E OSD Plus Pack , or SMSNomad...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: Active Directory, Group Policy, Packaging, Patching, Beta, Longhorn, News, Microsoft, SCCM 2007, OSD, SMSNomad Branch, OSD Plus Pack, ConfigMgr, Server 2008

Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Delayed

What is the status? Windows Server 2008, formerly Longhorn, will be delayed until Q1 of 2008 but will be available to SA and MSDN subscribers prior to RTM. SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 are scheduled to be released with Server 2008 so I can only assume they will be delayed as well. Vista SP1 also suffers from the same fate, delayed until Q1 of 08. The BETA of Vista SP1 will be available to participants in about two weeks however. And SP3 for XP is moving along with its BETA also being out...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: Active Directory, System Center, Beta, Vista, Longhorn, News, Microsoft, SCCM 2007, NAP, ConfigMgr, Server 2008

Troubleshooting WMI With WMIDiag

If you have never worked with Microsoft PSS, PFE, QFE, MCS, RRE, or any other arm of their professional support staff you may not be aware of the tools that these army of men and women come equipped with to resolve issues. These are often home grown, field developed, custom tools that these same folks have written to help customers and the support staff at Microsoft quickly resolve issues and the WMIDiag tool is a prime example of this. Often these tools are used only by the Microsoft staff and are...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: SMS 2003, SMS Tools, Scripting, Tools, System Center, TechNet, Microsoft, WMI, VB Script

Vista's Little Brother - More Details

Late last year I first posted about Vienna, the next version of Windows. It has changed code names again and is now called Windows Version 7. Let's hope it is better looking than Windows Version 3.15. It is due out in 2010, which puts on a four year release cycle instead of three, but is better than five. As some still struggle with the reasoning behind upgrading to Vista it looks like they will still offer support for 32 bit computing instead of 64 bit only in 2010. Which means that if your...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: et. all, Microsoft

Podcast On SoftGrid Competitor Endeavors Technology

In this podcast the CEO of Endeavors Technologies is interviewed and covers their application virtualization technology and their patent agreements with other vendors. The highlights of the podcast are listed below. The most important information I found out of this interview is that their technology will allow virtualized or streamed applications to talk to each other. This means with their product you will not need to sequence all the dependencies with each application, for example, you would not...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: News, Microsoft, SaaS, SoftGrid, Application Virtualization

Malware Removal Starter Kit

Released today is a new free tool from Microsoft, this is a solution accelerator with scanning tools included. This includes making a WindowsPE CD to boot from to scan a computer for malware. "This guidance provides a set of tasks that licensed Windows® users can perform at no cost to create the Malware Removal Starter Kit. Recommendations for free malware-scanning tools are included. You can use these tools in combination with the kit to conduct scans, detect problems, and remove malware from...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: Security, News, Microsoft

Vista SP1 Beta In Mid-July

According to Mary-Jo we should see the release of Beta 1 the week of July 16th, with the final release in November of this year, right around the launch of Windows Server 2008. Based on this release schedule this would give Microsoft a Beta window of only 4-5 months! Some of the expectations for SP1? Zippier copy of files! Desktop search modification to please Google EFI boot capability for 64bit Shutdown speed BitLocker to allow a single volume to be encrypted Regards, Anthony Anthony Clendenen...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Beta, Vista, Microsoft

WMI Stability Improvements Fix For Windows XP

Back in May Microsoft released the same type of fix for Windows 2003 and now it is ready for XP clients. SMS admins understand the pain of WMI corruption as well as anyone, and probably better than most. Getting permission denied errors when it has nothing to do with permissions, trying to diagnose client issues remotely when WMI is not reporting the correct or latest data, the painful memories return so quickly... With this update applied you should get better stability from WMI, integrated into...  ... Read the full post or  the 6 comments. Filed under: SMS 2003, Patching, News, Microsoft, WMI

SoftGrid 4.1 Service Pack 1 Released

How did I miss this? This has happened twice to me in the last couple weeks. Must be that slave driver of a manager I have! SoftGrid Sequencer (v 4.1.1.303) SoftGrid Server (v 4.1.1.302) SoftGrid for Terminal Services (v 4.1.1.302) SoftGrid for Windows Desktops (v 4.1.1.302) Microsoft SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 improves support for sequencing SxS applications that have public assemblies, such as the 2007 Microsoft Office release. You can upgrade a client to SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 from a client version 3.2, version...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: News, Microsoft, SoftGrid

Windows Home Server Hits RC

It's on the Microsoft Connect site if you are part of the Beta. Regards, Anthony Anthony Clendenen | Systems Engineer | 1E Inc. We are considered a premier SMS Solution Provider by Microsoft. See us at http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/partners "1E's tools add significant value to SMS in particular, around patch management, simplified branch designs and desktop migration. Having been a trusted Microsoft partner for five years, 1E's track record in consultancy and software solutions...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Beta, News, Microsoft

Download The Free Hotmail/MSN Outlook 2007 Connector Beta

Last month, Microsoft had intended to provide free access to Hotmail and MSN through Outlook 2003 and 2007 after a long period of paid subscription. Today, Microsoft released a Beta version of the Outlook Connector Beta for Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007 on Windows XP or Vista. With Outlook Connector Beta, you can use Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Windows Live Hotmail or Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages and contacts for free . Main features include: -Outlook...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Beta, Microsoft, Office 2007

System Center Desktop Reporting (Added)

Microsoft has added a fifth piece to the Desktop Optimization Pack, System Center Desktop Error Reporting. From the looks of the brief description this doesn't add a whole lot of detail but since they modified the MOM licensing to make you pay $20 per hook into the db we can't complain too much. The Vista compliant SoftGrid client is also going to be out this summer, don't recall if I mentioned that before or not but a co-worker had asked several weeks ago and I got a reply but forgot...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: System Center, News, Microsoft, SoftGrid

HTC Unveils iPhone Competitor » InsideMicrosoft - part of the Blog News Channel

I gotta say this looks a LOT like my Treo 750 with SBP today plugin and a couple more other their apps. While I can't flick me finger to scroll the screen I can use my finger to scroll and open. Not that this isn't a great looking phone! HTC Unveils iPhone Competitor HTC unveiled its hinted-at iPhone competitor (I even talked about it in my video blog last week), the HTC Touch . The Touch is a Windows Mobile device with a touchscreen, fewer buttons, and a gesture-based UI overlaid on Windows...  ... Read the full post or  the 2 comments. Filed under: Microsoft, Gadgets

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