April, 2012

Hi everyone, Tyler Franke here again with another troubleshooting tip for you. When you’re in the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 administrative console and trying to download software updates to an update list, it may fail with an error stating...

Hi folks, my name is Umair Khan.  I am on the Configuration Manager support team here at Microsoft and I wanted to take a minute to go through transaction based replication between sites in Configuration Manager 2007.  Keep in mind that what...

We are announcing support changes for the following releases. Please look for these changes to be reflected in the Supported Configuration pages within a few months. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and R3 support Microsoft SQL Server 2012...

The latest version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit—version 2012— is now available for download. Visit the Download Center to download MDT 2012. Deploy Windows 7, Office 2010, Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server “8” Beta and Windows Server 2008...

Here’s a heads up on new Knowledge Base article/Hotfix Rollup Package we published. This hotfix rollup package resolves compatibility issues of Asset Intelligence in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) with other Microsoft...

Here’s a Knowledge Base article/hotfix we recently published. This one describes an issue where a syntax error occurs when Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 runs store procedures after upgrading to SQL Server 2012. ===== Symptoms Assume that you upgrade...

Here’s one more Knowledge Base article we published today. This one shows you how to sequence (virtualize) the ConfigMgr admin console in App-V. ===== Symptoms When trying to Sequence (virtualize) the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr...

The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: March 1, 2012 at the top of the topic. This is the official release version of this library. There are no significant...

Now that System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has released, we have some KB articles that describe a few of the things we saw during the beta that you may run into. Nothing really major, just a few tips and FYIs you may want to be aware of. If you...

The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and the Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library have been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: April 1, 2012 at the top of the topic. For those of you...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published recently. This one is a hotfix for an issue where a ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 task to install a virtual application that is located on an App-V distribution point that has streaming enabled hangs (stops responding...

In the System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Status monitoring dashboard, one possible malware- remediation status is Offline Scan Required . What does this mean, and how can you address this status? First, what this means is that a particular malware...

With the integration of Endpoint Protection into System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, it’s easy to get your clients rapidly protected from malware, and managed by System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection as part of the operating system deployment...

In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, we’ve added the capability to automatically remove software update content from distribution points when that content is related to expired updates. This process helps manage drive space on your distribution...