Microsoft has updated the integration map for System Center 2012 to include the SP1 components. You can download the doc as part of the Technical Documentation Download for Technical Scenarios for System Center 2012 SP1. The download is available from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36429 The map comes in two doc types, MS Word and Adobe Reader (PDF). Here’s the example of what...
myITforum welcomes Atea as a Gold sponsor
You may have already read the press release on the wires this morning, but I wanted to formally welcome Atea to the Gold sponsorship on myITforum.com. If you attended MMS 2013, it was hard to miss their booth. And, once you stopped by to see our old friend Phil Wilcock (a founder of 1E), you were able to get a...
Managing 3rd party updates with ConfigMgr webinar replay is live!
Kent Agerlund presented a webinar with Secunia last week. The 47 minute webinar covers all aspects of managing 3rd party updates using ConfigMgr 2012, and Kent provided some awesome details and tips for utilizing ConfigMgr 2012 to keep your Windows infrastructure secure. The webinar replay is here: Managing 3rd Party Updates with Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager
Feedback on Windows Operating System Deployment Methods
Microsoft is soliciting feedback from the community, wanting to understand your needs, thoughts, and ideas about Windows deployment methods in relation to ConfigMgr. Drop out to the following link to give your feedback: http://www.instant.ly/s/BWeDY The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.
Learn about Cloud SAM through these upcoming and replay webinars
If you attended MMS 2013, you couldn’t help but notice the ATEA booth. ATEA was on-hand this year to promote the Software Asset Management in the Cloud solution. Many of you are either facing or have faced software audits, so the solution ATEA is key to understanding how technology can solve your problems. ATEA has an ongoing webinar series so...
System Center Update Publisher 2011 now supports Windows Server 2012
Microsoft has just announced that SCUP 2011 now supports Windows Server 2012. As you know, Microsoft regularly releases support information about products when major releases (like Windows Server 2012) are available. Despite Windows Server 2012 releasing last October, support for SCUP 2011 is just now being communicated. You can read all about the announcement, and read about some lingering issues...
Adaptiva and myITforum giving away a Microsoft Surface at TechEd 2013
Adaptiva sent out a press release today talking about their activity at TechEd 2013. And, I’ll be on hand helping them give away a Microsoft Surface tablet! Press Release Adaptiva to Demonstrate New IT Efficiency and PC Power Management Solution at Microsoft TechEd North America 2013 Microsoft Gold Partner to Showcase New IT Software Platform and Promote Industry-Wide...
Brad Anderson giving some of the same and more at TechEd 2013
Its great to see Brad so excited about keynoting at TechEd 2013. Just off from keynoting at MMS 2013, Brad will be presenting the IT side of TechEd 2013. You might expect to hear a lot of what he talked about at MMS 2013, but from what I understand there will be some significant announcements made at TechEd this year....
myITforum email list archives are here!
Folks have been begging for an archive solution for our famous email lists for a long time. We are excited to announce that the archives are now populating and available. You can access them over the web or subscribe to the RSS feed for each list. You can also use the Search feature to sift through and find threads that...
Cireson Notify Analyst App for Service Manager
Anyone who has ever installed and configured Service Manager knows the pain involved in setting up notification workflows for work item re-assignment. This becomes even more time consuming when setting up notifications for support group changes or reviewer changes. A large part of this pain is because you almost always need to export Management Pack XML and configure relationship subscriptions...
Amazon releases a Management Pack for OpsMgr 2012 and 2007 R2
Amazon’s investment in participating in MMS 2013, coupled with a slew of announcements from Microsoft about Windows Azure improvements, and topped-off with a heapin’ helping of rumors around TechEd 2013 announcements, Amazon is dipping its toes into the System Center waters. Amazon announced today that it has released a Management Pack for both OpsMgr 2012 and 2007 R2, allowing you...
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 Book Set to Release June 2013
Birmingham, United Kingdom, May 08, 2013 — Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager is a centralized data protection solution. DPM is used for data protection and recovery for Microsoft workloads. Data Protection Manager allows backup and recovery of Microsoft Workloads, including SQL Server, Exchange, Sharepoint, Client Computers, and Hyper-V. Enabling disk and tape-based backup methods, DPM also allows central management...
Paul Thomsen: I love RDCM too. A little unreliable when I have around 10 sessions or...
Trevor Sullivan: One of the main reasons I avoid using Active Directory site boundaries...
Daniel Ratliff: I LOVE RDCM. I used to use VisionApp and a few others but RDCM is free...
DC: I look forward to hearing Brad at TechEd 2013...
DC: I just entered. Wish me luck :)...