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It is not often I blog about 1E, I think it has only happened once before actually. Even before I got an offer from them they told me they didn't want me to blog about them or their products because they didn't want my blog to turn into PR for 1E. And over the last year I have not talked about the products at all. But as you may have noticed the number of posts I put up have also dropped dramatically...

The SoftGrid connector will be deprecated in the near future and replaced with Windows Installer Application Virtualization Extension or WIAV. The reasons they are moving away from the SMS Connector is due to future plans and interoperability with old and new products. What is it? Yes, you in the back, you have a question? Ah, yes what is it he asked. It is essentially a tool to take your sequenced...

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...

You can download the BETA 2 version of ConfigMgr's SDK from the Connect site. Details of SDK are copied and pasted below. I got to sit down with several of the Tech Writers for ConfigMgr today at lunch and there was some very interesting conversations. The most important of which was probably that they have plans to release many more of the SuperFlows, I don't know if you have seen the one...

Systems Management Server 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Update Brief Description SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates is an add-on to SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) that enables customers to use the SMS 2003 Software Update Management feature to update their Dell servers. SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Update includes the following components: Setup – Windows Installer based setup that allows SMS...

Very nice info in this KB – Great job guys! http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3bEN-US%3b925282 How to troubleshoot Advanced Client Push Installation issues in Systems Management Server 2003 View products that this article applies to. function loadTOCNode(){} Article ID : 925282 Last Review : December 6, 2006 Revision : 1.0 On This Page SUMMARY INTRODUCTION MORE INFORMATION Pre...

A new version of the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates is available. This version is required to support the new catalog of updates from Dell. Overview SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates is an add-on to SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) that enables customers to use the SMS 2003 Software Update Management feature to update their Dell servers. Customers will be able to deploy BIOS, firmware...

1E has a host of free tools for SMS, most of these tools have been around for a while but maybe you have forgotten about them or never seen them. In either case, here is a list of the free tools and what they do. Client Builder A simple SMS 2.0 client installation method run from the client. It is a command line tool which removes and re-installs SMS client components. It can be used to repair faulty...

From the forums: http://www.myitforum.com/forums/m_142866/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#142884 Original source: VBScript & SMS packaging? - 9/27/2006 10:05:05 PM No New Messages jsichak Starting Member Posts: 25 Score: 0 Joined: 5/26/2005 Status: offline Does anyone know if there is a good way to pass error codes from an MSI or other external application from a VBScript to SMS? We have done several packages...

Don always has some great info on his blog, in case you don’t visit his (WHY?), here is a repost of the SMS Console tools. Original source: SMS Console Version 1.3 out of Beta Stuart Watret and company at Offshore-IT have released the SMS console Tools version 1.3 after a lively beta run. This version is a single MSI based executable and provides you with all your favorite SMS context menu tools...

Released today , is version three of the Dell Updates tool for SMS. Also released by Dell today was a notification that a small number of drives with the following part numbers: FD457 - Model 8K036L0021451 - 36GB 15K 68 pin CD809 -Model 8K036J002135E - 36GB 15K 80 pin GD086 -Model 8K073L0041452 - 73GB 15K 68 pin FD458 - Model 8K073J004135F - 73GB 15K 80 pin YC951 - Model 8J073L0020851 - 73GB 10K 68...

This includes example configurations and SMS reports for you to play with in your free time . If you choose to register you can’t get out of it without actually subscribing to a newsletter. Original source: This accelerator automates the configuration management audits between desired or defined configuration settings and actual configuration settings. Overview Microsoft Systems Management Server...

SMS 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring 2.0 get it here . There is a .NET 2.0 version and a .NET 1.1 version so make sure you get the correct version for your server. Original source: Overview Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) 2.0 now supports configuration monitoring of desktops and servers. The accelerator allows the user to define desired hardware...

Original source: My BDD 2007 Standard Edition Advanced Training Guide Released! I just completed my BDD 2007 Standard Edition Advanced Training Guide. It included Windows Deployment Service, SMS 2003 OSD Update and Office 2007. You can use it as an additional reference of my previous BDD 2007 Training Guide.! Management Solution : My BDD 2007 Standard Edition Advanced Training Guide Released! . '>...

Overview The Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Device Management Feature Pack is an add-on feature to SMS 2003 that enables device discovery and management. The Feature Pack provides SMS administrators with the following SMS features and capabilities when using devices running Microsoft Windows CE and Windows Mobile software for Pocket PC operating systems: · Hardware inventory... More Posts Next page »