November, 2008

Here's another cool OSD tip from Frank Rojas .  If your clients are joining the domain like you expect then maybe this is what you're running into: ======== Issue: A client does not join the domain if the Computers container is specified as the Domain...

Here's another awesome troubleshooting tip sent to me by Clifton Hughes in our Las Colinas office. If you're deploying Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista and your Task Sequence bombs out with a 80004005 error you'll want to take a look at this: ...

Here's a heads up on a particularly odd issue we've begun to see with SMS. If you're wondering why your recurring advertisements haven't run since the Daylight Savings Time updates then this is probably why. Special thanks to our own Buz Brodin for his...

Here's an interesting OSD related issue I got from Vinay Pamnani, a Support Engineer in our Manageability group.  If all your Vista or Win2K8 deployments mysteriously end up on the D drive then maybe this is your issue: ======== Issue: When deploying...

Today's ConfigMgr 2007 tip comes from Buz Brodin, a top gun Senior Support Escalation Engineer who works out of our North Carolina office. If you're running into issues deploying updates to SMS 2003 clients and the "Deployable to SMS 2003" property for...

We had three updated and three new Knowledge Base articles for the week - three on SMS and three on ConfigMgr 2007.  Links and titles are below: ======== Sys Mgmt Svr 2.0 SP2 EN 294786 - SMS: How to Use a Non-Domain Administrator Service Account...

Today's tip comes from a Ryan Anderson , a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in our Texas office.  If you're getting 2407's after an upgrade to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 then Ryan may have your solution: ======== Issue: After upgrading...

OK, I know this isn't really SMS or ConfigMgr specific but it was just too cool to let slide under the radar.  Today, at TechEd EMEA 2008 in Barcelona, we announced the RTM release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit version 3.2.  ...

Hi everyone, just a quick FYI that if you're signed up for Twitter you can now receive Tweets on all the info I post here as well as some of the other sites I contribute to and monitor. Just follow MSManageability and you'll get them all. So why Twitter...

Wow, we hit the mother lode this week.  We had one new and eight updated Knowledge Base articles covering everything from SMS 1.2 to ConfigMgr 2007.  Links and titles are below: ======== Sys Mgmt Svr 2.0 SP2 EN 328386 - How to extend the Sms_def...

Just an FYI that Microsoft is offering a free second chance to pass that Microsoft Certification exam as well as a 25% discount on an additional exam.  You better hurry though as you have to sign up by December 31st.  ======== Second Shot now...