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ConfigMgr OS Deployment by spruitt

As I promised earlier in the mssms mailing list, I just created a set of Wiki pages to begin documenting the ConfigMgr OS Deployment process. This includes...
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Desired Configuration Management - using Configuration packs by spruitt

Microsoft and several vendors have created a variety of DCM configurations, or rule sets, checking for various security requirements. These include basic...
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Updating Desired Configuration Management Baselines by spruitt

I've been testing the new Desired Configuration Management feature, and I see it has fantastic possibilities for helping to manage a company's...
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Deploying applications as software updates by spruitt

Have you ever needed to decide how to deploy an application that requires a reboot? Has a manager ever asked if you can deploy it as a software update...
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Reboot before patching by spruitt

We've all experienced users that blame absolutely everything on patching. My personal favorite is the person who blamed us for the problem that started...
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Configuration Manager (SCCM 2007) Software Updates by spruitt

I just finished writing the initial Wiki articles about Software Updates in Configuration Manager , and hope others will contribute to it. It covers migration...
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Patching in SCCM 2007 by spruitt

Here’s a summary of some of the most significant differences I found in patching between SMS 2003 and SCCM 2007. Note that other differences I don’t list...
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Patching and Communications by spruitt

Patch Management is only partly a technical activity. Good communications are at least as important, if not even more so. No matter how well you designed...
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Patch Process Design and Communications by spruitt

Have you ever designed a patching process, only to find that users and managers complained after you implemented it, and no one supported you? Good planning...
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Recurring advertisements are required for patching by spruitt

My co-worker Shaun Cassells made an important discovery when we began patching with SMS 2003. When you advertise the patch update packages, you must always...
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Using psexec to install the SMS client by spruitt

Sometimes the easiest way to install the client may be running it with psexec. That's especially true if the machine hasn't been discovered by...
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Patch Management Process Overview by spruitt

I've seen several postings recently from people just getting into SMS patching that don't know where to start. This article is intended to help...
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Allowing selected users to postpone patching by spruitt

Someone asked an interesting question in the mssms mailing list recently. I answered it there, and thought it was worth recording in a blog as well. He...
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Identifying and selecting Office patches by spruitt

If you are preparing your first Office patches, you may have a hard time finding them in the Distribute Software Updates Wizard. Office patches are set...
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Unexpected reboots when patching by spruitt

Have you ever had users complain that their computer rebooted unexpectedly about the time you deployed patches? Maybe it gave them a brief warning, but...
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