Search results matching tag 'Microsoft'

Zune Market Place!

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

What give is it? I just don’t get it. I understand their need to block some content based on your location and the rights that they have within the locations. BUT why block FREE contact that is OPEN to everyone!!!! WHY MUST I change regional setting? I swear they are all smoking in the Zune product group!

MS wants to make ZUNE number one but I can sign-in to the istore and browse all the content that I want (free or not). It is time for Zune team to wake up and smell the coffee (Tim Hortons too)!

So you going to say Garth what couldn’t you do? Well the answer was simple. I found a podcast that I wanted to listen too on my trip tomorrow in the market place. I click the link to download the podcast. I was forced to sign in, using my Live ID. OK a pain but I’m fine with that. Ultimately I told I can’t access the content because my regional setting not match and are not in the US. I say “What does it matter, this is a FREE podcast!”

It gets better!

In the market place page, I see that there is a link to the website for the podcast! I click the link, I can access the website. Right there on the home page is a link to all of the podcasts that I want! WOW, I can download all of the “Protected” podcasts! It is no wonder why istore/ipod/ipad/etc. is kicking MS …! Until they get their act together, they will never beat Apple!

On a side note: I have the podcast installed on my Zune but maybe I should borrow Ellen’s ipod instead, since it is easier to get content on it!

Moving The MDT Wizard Off The Boot Disk

cnackers — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jason put together a nice post that discusses moving your custom files off the boot disk to a network share, so that you can update your files and not have to create new a boot image every time.

Moving The MDT Wizard Off The Boot Disk

cnackers — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jason put together a nice post that discusses moving your custom files off the boot disk to a network share, so that you can update your files and not have to create new a boot image every time.

HTA To Verify ConfigMgr Backups Have Run

cnackers — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Nice little HTA by Sherry Kissinger that will check your primary sites to verify that backups have run and give you the status. Basically just reads the logs for you and displays the results instead of you having to read the logs on each site server.

Looks like this:

And returns the results like this once ran.

File is attached below.

HTA To Verify ConfigMgr Backups Have Run

cnackers — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Looks like this:

And returns the results like this once ran.

File is attached below.

WM 6.1/6.5 Device Patch for SCMDM Slow Down Issues

mnielsen — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Some of the folks over at the SCMDM Forum have been discussing device issues after they are enrolled in SCMDM. Several customers opened Microsoft Support tickets on the issues and Microsoft has now a hotfix to hopefully get rid of the woes. Some customers are already stating good success with the patch.

You can find the patch information here and download it:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=979220

I would highly recommend testing it on specific models that are having the problem before deployment en-masse to all your enrolled devices.

BTW, There was also another hotfix rollup patch released for SCMDM 2008 RTM last month to fix 4 specific issues. You can find it here if you haven’t already upgraded to SCMDM 2008 SP1: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=976623.

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WM 6.1/6.5 Device Patch for SCMDM Slow Down Issues

mnielsen — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

You can find the patch information here and download it:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=979220

I would highly recommend testing it on specific models that are having the problem before deployment en-masse to all your enrolled devices.

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MDT and Single-Instance Storage

cnackers — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Article in the January 2010 issue of Technet:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee914607.aspx

SQL Server Reporting Services and System Center Configuration Manager

cnackers — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Article in January 2010 Issue of TechNet:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee914611.aspx

“Reporting is a crucial ability for most organizations—and the ability to provide robust reporting of various Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) functions is no exception. Reporting is a feature that hasn’t changed much over several versions of Systems Management Server and SCCM. With the release of SCCM R2, reporting has undergone one significant change—the ability to interface and take advantage of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). This one change brings with it the ability to make use of the many robust features SSRS provides. Like any new technology, there is a learning curve associated with SSRS—but the benefits are well worth it. This article will discuss the integration between SCCM and SSRS and walk through a very simple example of building a report in SSRS and publishing for use in SCCM.”

SQL Server Reporting Services and System Center Configuration Manager

cnackers — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Article in January 2010 Issue of TechNet:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee914611.aspx