Random helpful stuff that I have found along the way

This site will primarily serve as my place to store links and info that I refer to alot as I work with MS customers.

August, 2010

  • looking for strong SMS/ConfigMgr or MOM/SCOM resources

    we are hiring. if you are very strong in SMS/ConfigMgr and/or MOM/SCOM, are willing to travel (but still maintain work/life balance) and are looking for a new job opportunity, shoot me an email breben@microsoft.com
  • The Service Manager (SCSM) floodgates are opening....

    have gotten pinged several times by TAMs about SCSM, so this product is about to take off. Been ramping up and I'm begining to understand it. It's a complex product and has lots of moving pieces but seems to work well. I think the self-service portal...
  • ConfigMgr (aka SCCM) Health Check/Risk Assessment Program

    I was asked to update an old post that referenced the health check when it was launched so may as well create new blog post referencing the RAP. Microsoft PFE has had a ConfigMgr Health Check available for almost two years and we have delivered health...
  • ConfigMgr R3 release date?

    Still planned to occur before end of calendar year 2010. The Release Candidate was released a couple weeks ago. go to connect.microsoft.com to download it.
  • 7403 error and SRS is working fine?

    I've seen this a couple times. The full error message is "SMS SRS web service is not running on SRS Reporting point server "xxxxxxxxxx". However, the SRS is working fine, delivering reports, etc etc. So why does this error still happen? This is a bug...
  • configuring the 'reset password' link on the scsm portal page

    unless you follow steps to configure it, users will click that button and nothing will happen (other than refresh the page). There are a few scripts floating that will handle but one supported method is to use Forefront Integration Manager (FIM) to handle...