March 2005 - Posts
For those of you who were asking when Windows 2003 SP1 was going to be released... today is a reality. For the rest of you who are asking why to apply it in your current environment, here are some reasons which could help to take this decision: Reduce
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Recently I was involved in troubleshooting a client discovery issue, sometimes becomes a nightmare troubleshoot the SMS logs if you don't have a clear understanding of the components and SMS flow. To help us with that, MS has released the troubleshooting flowcharts package which includes the complete flow of the most common scenarios based on the following categories:
- Discovery Methods
- Clients
- Inventory
- Setup and Configuration
- Software Distribution
- Software Metering
- Server Components
- Software Update Services
I found this information very useful to understand how SMS works and reduce the time invested in researching the Components involved in a particular situation. You can download this material from the following location:
Systems Management Server 2003 Troubleshooting Flowcharts
Microsoft has just announced the acquisition of Groove Networks; with this initiative MS is complementing its collaboration products by improving the services offered to mobile workers and remote offices. As part of this acquisition Ray Ozzie , Groove
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For those of you who are looking for an answer to this question, I recommend you to review Network Traffic Statistics on Exchange 2003 results, you'll find this document very useful. Year to year this document is reviewed and updated by Christophe Leroux
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