March, 2009

Out of band management feature support in Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 provides powerful management control for computers that have the Intel vPro chip set and Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) firmware versions 3.2.1 or later. Out of band...

Just a quick FYI that it looks like HP released their Server Updates Catalog for System Center Configuration Manager 2007.  If you have any ProLiants in your environment then this is probably one you’ll want to check out.  I have their overview...

Over on Jeff Gilbert’s myITforum blog he has a great article on automating the IIS 7 installation task to support Configuration Manager 2007.  He walks through how he developed the script and includes plenty of screen shots and code samples. ...

Just an FYI that the Configuration Manager Team blog posted an announcement concerning the Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 beta that’s scheduled for May 2009.  Included are some of the new features so if you haven’t seen it you’ll want...

I just got back from a week long vacation and I’m still trying to get caught up, so if you’re wondering what happened to all the posts you’re used to seeing around here then that’s why it’s been pretty dead lately.  It may continue to be slow for...

We had 3 new KB articles publish last week:  One is about expired user state stores not being deleted on a State Migration Point, one is about a situation where client status reporting may fail with multiple discovery and the last is about an issue...

Carol Bailey had another great post over on the System Center Configuration Manager team blog yesterday.  This time she’s discussing tips and tricks for using Internet-only client management on the Intranet.  I have the intro and a link below...

Just an FYI that over on the techlog blog they posted an article on troubleshooting Task Sequences in System Center Configuration Manager.  This looks like a good one too so if you do a lot of work with ConfigMgr and OSD then you may want to bookmark...

If you’re looking for details on which versions of SQL Server are supported for ConfigMgr 2007 then the System Center Configuration Manager team comes through again.  Yesterday they published a post that not only discusses the various versions but...

Ken Pan is the driving force behind the System Center Configuration Manager team. As the Principal Product Unit Manager, he is responsible for all engineering and product development functions associated with the product. In December 2008, on one of his...

We had 3 new KB articles publish during the week of 3/15 –> 3/21:  One is about an odd scheduling issue with recurring advertisements, one is about the time required by the Distribution Manager to check things after a site reset, and the third...

We had one new Knowledge Base article published last week.  This one about a hotfix for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Client Status Reporting that fixes an issue where it fails with a SQL error.  The link and title is below: KB967491...

We had 2 new KB articles publish last week:  One is about shared folders that may be removed on branch DPs and the other involves package failures if a file name within the package contains an ampersand (&) character.  Links and titles are...

The System Center Configuration Manager team blog has another great post, this one on requesting an AMT provisioning certificate with a Windows Server 2008 certificate authority.  I have the intro below but you can read the entire post here .  ...

Remember when I mentioned that Microsoft User Research was conducting a study focusing on design ideas for the next version of System Center Configuration Manager from March 11 to March 16, 2009 ?  Well it’s starting soon and we still have a couple...