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Nomad Enterprise Webcast - March 5

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. Well I spend most of my time working with the 1E products, back when I was at ESRI I spent...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: SMS 2003, SMS Tools, Packaging, OSD, Webcast, SMSNomad Branch, ConfigMgr, SCCM, 1E

ConfigMgr SP1 and R2 Webcast

What's coming SP1 and R2...find out Wednesday Feb. 27th by attending Jeff's webcast. Register here . TechNet Webcast: Configuration Manager SP1 and R2 Overview (Level 300) Event ID: 1032369053 Register Online Language(s): English. Product(s): System Center. Audience(s): IT Professionals. Duration: 90 Minutes Start Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Event Overview Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 shipped recently, but we are not done...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Webcast, ConfigMgr, SCCM

Microsoft Deployment FAQ Online

Grab this link and bookmark it as the MD team will be updating the post as the FAQ grows. Lite Touch Installation Q: Is it possible to change the text IT Organization in the task sequence dialog box? A: Yes! You can set the variable _SMSTSORGNAME in the custom settings.ini to match the text you want to use. For example to set the text to Microsoft Corporation, add the following line to your customsettings.ini: _SMSTSORGNAME = Microsoft Corporation Q: What is the purpose of each of the task sequence...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Blog, OSD, Webcast, OSD Plus Pack, ConfigMgr, Microsoft Deployment

Desktop Management with System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft SoftGrid

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032358169&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US TechNet Webcast: Optimizing Desktop Management with System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization (Level 300) Event ID: 1032358169 Register Online Language(s): English. Product(s): System Center. Audience(s): IT Professionals. Duration: 60 Minutes Start Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) One...  ... Read the full post or  the 2 comments. Filed under: Webcast, SoftGrid, ConfigMgr

Systems Management Support WebCasts...And ConfigMgr Too

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...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: SMS 2003, System Center, TechNet, Webcast, SoftGrid, SUP, 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

Config Manager Webcasts Coming Up

Wally is going to hold two SCCM 2007 webcasts at the beginning of July. The first one on deploying SCCM, the second on deploying SCCM clients. If you haven't attended a webcast by Wally you are missing out as he is a very unique presenter, plus he knows SMS pretty well, to put it mildly. TechNet Webcast: Deploying System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Level 200) Monday, July 02, 2007 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time Wally Mead, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation http://msevents...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: TechNet, SCCM 2007, Webcast

Get A Free Copy Of Visual Studio 2005 Basic Edition

All you have to do is attend two LabCasts and then fill out the eval! Read on for more info. Microsoft is running a new campaign that allows you to get a free, complimentary copy of Visual Studio 2005 Basic Edition by attending two Visual Basic 2005 Labcasts and filling out an evaluation form for each session. If you register and attend only one session, you will get Selected chapters from Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language, 35% off estimated retail value of select Visual Studio...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: Webcast

Network Access Protection (NAP) : Come and see a live webcast of NAP and Longhorn Server Beta 3

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...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Active Directory, Security, System Center, Longhorn, TechNet, NAP, Webcast

WMI Diagnostics Tool v2

On Friday there was a TechNet webcast on using WmiDiag version 2 for troubleshooting WMI issues. I wasn't able to attend so I can provide any details, here is the introduction on the TechNet site. "The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a pervasive component of Microsoft Windows that is often useful in critical situations. Many enterprise management applications rely on WMI, so it is important that administrators know how to troubleshoot it properly. In this webcast, we explore how the WMI...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Tools, TechNet, WMI, Webcast