May, 2012

Hi everyone, Dennis Donahoe here with a couple tips on how to fix an issue you may see setting up a new install of Configuration Manager. In a new installation of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr), you may find that you cannot connect...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where using the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager CMTrace log viewer to review a log that contains a line exceeding 8000 characters causes the log to be truncated at...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where a ConfigMgr 2012 Task Sequence fails when using Stand-Alone Media. ===== Symptoms Task Sequence execution fails when using stand-alone media (USB flash drive or CD/DVD...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one describes an issue where it may seem that a change is not saved in ConfigMgr 2012. ===== Symptoms When modifying the Deployment options of a Distribution Point in the Selected Deployment...

Hi everyone, Peter Gallagher here and I wanted to talk about one of the new features in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). The feature is the ability to automatically deploy software updates to clients and it can be utilized to automatically...

Just a quick note on an issue you might see that can be a little bit confusing if you’re not aware of what’s going on. After migrating Software Update packages from System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager,...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one discusses an issue where after moving the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SQL Site Database to another drive, creating a new Software Update group, Software Update package, or creating...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one describes an issue where a PXE enabled Distribution Point will generate a large number of files under C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-18 for each PXE request that it services on the...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where WDS installation images fail and are deleted when configured for multicast in System Center Configuration Manager 2007. ===== Symptoms Consider the following scenario...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where WDS doesn’t start on a PXE enabled remote Distribution Point in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager if Microsoft.VC90.CRT is not installed. ===== Symptoms After...

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: May 1, 2012 at the top of the topic. Downloadable documentation...

As all Configuration Manager customers know, security is challenging and often requires complex setup configurations. Setting up a Certificate Authority, issuing certificates, and maintaining them can be a herculean task, and in most cases involves interacting...

We would like to inform you of the upcoming changes to the System Center Online cloud service that is used by Configuration Manager Asset Intelligence synchronization points to synchronize software catalog data. We are upgrading the catalog service and...

The new Configuration Manager Application Catalog represents a great opportunity for you to deliver self-service application installation to your company’s users. By modeling the applications and publishing them in the Application Catalog, you can...

We’re pleased to announce that you can now download the documentation for System Center 2021 Configuration Manager and you can choose from three different formats: Chm (help file) Docx (Word file) PDF Download link: Technical Documentation...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one discusses an issue where the partition name is set to the ID of the user who created it when using prestaged media in System Center Configuration Manager 2007. ===== Symptoms When...

We recently worked on an issue for a customer where WDS was not starting on a newly installed ConfigMgr 2012 remote DP that had PXE enabled. After some troubleshooting we discovered that when WDS was trying to load and initialize smspxe.dll, it could...

The Configuration Manager console has been greatly improved in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, which enhances its usability. In addition to improvements in performance and layout, the console now supports a quicker way to monitor the status...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one describes a potentially confusing status message you may see when upgrading a Distribution Point in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. ===== Symptoms You try to upgrade a shared...

You can use Configuration Manager to install the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 3.0 and subsequent configurations for applications to increase the security of applications on your managed systems. This blog walks you through the process...

If you use the Import Application Wizard and see the error message dialog box in the following screenshot that says “Cannot find any application in the specified file to import”, it might be because of one of these reasons: The zip file...

We are very happy to announce that seven of the Product Solution Centers on http://support.microsoft.com are featuring new Top Solutions sections that pull dynamically from the Top Solutions RSS feeds . The Top Solutions are usually listed on the page...

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve just published a new set of our popular quizzes for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. These 14 quizzes are a fun way to learn about some of the capabilities of the product and also to help you to...

You might see content mismatch warnings in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager when content validation runs and determines that there is a discrepancy between the expected list of packages in WMI on the distribution point and the packages in the...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one describes an issue where when performing hard-link migrations in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, the User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) state store becomes much bigger than anticipated...