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April 17, 2008
This is not a part of ConfigMgr, this this a separate management tool that does a ton more than what you can do with mobile devices in ConfigMgr. You can get a 120 day eval of Mobile Device Manager (MDM) from Microsoft's TechNet site here . What is MDM you ask? "The goal of MDM is simple: Enable Windows Mobile powered devices to become managed and authenticated members of the IT infrastructure of an organization. The Windows Mobile platform is the ideal platform for this solution. The features...
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Filed under: System Center, TechNet, Downloads
December 31, 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...
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Filed under: SMS 2003, et. all, System Center, Vista, News, TechNet, Microsoft, myITforum, SCOM, MMS 2007, Blog, OSD, SoftGrid, ConfigMgr
December 19, 2007
Merry Christmas... This is a whole list of Systems Management WebCasts that go back as far as 2000 with some SMS 2.0 stuff, here is some newer SMS 2003 WebCasts, and here is a search string for ConfigMgr WebCasts, I couldn't find a page that just listed all of them. Past Support WebCasts Support WebCast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Latest trends in vulnerabilities, malware, and potentially unwanted software - Level 300 - Wednesday, 07 November 2007 The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003...
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Filed under: SMS 2003, System Center, TechNet, Webcast, SoftGrid, SUP, ConfigMgr
October 06, 2007
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...
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Filed under: Packaging, Patching, System Center, TechNet, Microsoft, SCCM 2007, OSD, SUP, BDD, ConfigMgr, Configuration Manager, SCCM, Podcast
September 15, 2007
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...
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Filed under: System Center, News, TechNet, Microsoft, myITforum, SCCM 2007, Blog
September 08, 2007
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...
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Filed under: System Center, News, Microsoft, PowerShell, Virtual Labs, Virtual Server
August 30, 2007
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...
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Filed under: Active Directory, System Center, Beta, Vista, Longhorn, News, Microsoft, SCCM 2007, NAP, ConfigMgr, Server 2008
August 27, 2007
Overview System Center Configuration Manager – previously Systems Management Server – represents a tremendous advance over its well-regarded predecessor, now providing the control necessary to more effectively manage change in today’s dynamic IT infrastructures. Manage the full deployment and update lifecycle with, streamlined, policy-based automation; with enhanced insight into, and control over, assets and systems compliance; and with optimization for Windows – particularly Windows Server 2008...
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Filed under: System Center, News, SCCM 2007
August 22, 2007
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...
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Filed under: SMS 2003, SMS Tools, Scripting, Tools, System Center, TechNet, Microsoft, WMI, VB Script
June 08, 2007
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...
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Filed under: System Center, News, Microsoft, SoftGrid
May 07, 2007
Speaking of a NAP, I am finally getting used to the time difference over here in London and I got up at 4 AM today. BTW you can get a sense of what site I have seen over the weekend by checking out my pics here . Get a look at NAP from more than what you have read in the SCCM docs during this Webcast. Jeff is the release manager of NAP and this is the same presentation given at the MVP summit. Come and see a live webcast of NAP and Longhorn Server Beta 3 Published 07 May 07 01:00 PM | MS NAP Team...
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Filed under: Active Directory, Security, System Center, Longhorn, TechNet, NAP, Webcast
May 06, 2007
Still in London, all of you should be asleep still, maybe just getting up on the east coast. System Center Essentials RTM With System Center Essentials 2007 being released you can now download the English version as a Trial . What is System Center Essentials 2007 (SCE 2007)? It's our new management solution to manage mid-size customers with up to 30 servers and 500 clients. This tool is going to lower the management costs for the mid-size businesses because today most of them cannot afford a...
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Filed under: System Center, News
March 27, 2007
Rodney Sherwood starts off the keynote again this year with this comedy and a video of interviewing the stars at MMS. Senior VP Server and Tools, Bob Muglia was the keynote speaker. He started out with the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI). One part of the DSI is Virtualized infrastructure which consists of Virtual Server 2005 R2 and SoftGrid. Virtualization, OS virtualization "Viridian" Longhorn or Windows Server 2007, VPC, VS 2005 RS. Application virtualization is SoftGrid, focus now is on the client...
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Filed under: SMS 2003, System Center, Vista, News, SCCM 2007, SCOM, MMS 2007, Virtual Server, SoftGrid, SUP
November 14, 2006
Bill gets interviewed at TechEd in Barcelona, based on his comments it doesn’t sound like we will be getting a new SMS at MMS this year. Watch the video here http://www.mseventseurope.com/TechEd/06/pre/live/videoITF6.aspx?id=1#an1 '> Listen to this article
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Filed under: System Center, SCCM 2007
May 02, 2006
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/mgmtsummit/material.mspx Press Releases • Microsoft Announces Industry-Leading ISV Support for Management Technologies (April 26, 2006) • Microsoft’s Bob Muglia Details Progress in Delivering Self-Managing Dynamic Systems (April 25, 2006) Feature Stories • Kirill Tatarinov Discusses Innovations in Microsoft's System Center Family of Products (April 25, 2006) Executive Keynotes • Bob Muglia Keynote Webcast (April 25, 2006, Windows Media file, 1 hr., 16 mins...
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Filed under: SMS 2003, MOM, System Center, News, Microsoft, MMS 2006
April 21, 2006
System Center Essentials is a product designed to deliver a complete solution to solve the systems management pains of small and medium sized customers. To get into System Center Essentials Beta, Visit connect.microsoft.com and complete the survey. [Via MSMVPS.COM ]
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