January, 2013

Hi everyone, my name is Kerim Hanif. I am a Program Manager in the Configuration Manager team responsible for content distribution. In Configuration Manager SP1 we introduced two new distribution points, the Cloud-based Distribution Point and the Pull...

The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: January 1, 2013 at the top of the topic. This month’s publication sees the official release of the documentation......

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 adds support for deployment of Windows 8. The Operating System Deployment (OSD) feature builds on existing functionality to make deployment even easier than before, while also taking advantage of...

Hi everyone, Arvind Kr. Rana here with another Configuration Manager support tip for you. I’ve run across this a couple times and thought it would be worth mentioning here in case you happen to run into the same issue. What happens is that we try to install...

The installation files for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the associated Endpoint Protection for Linux OS and Macintosh OS were refreshed on January 25, 2013. The SP1 media was updated across all distribution channels...

This article is designed to cover troubleshooting Configuration Manager unhandled exception  logs (i.e. crash log files) and discusses tips for troubleshooting crashes that occur in the different Configuration Manager components. What is an unhandled...

We just published a new hotfix that addresses an issue where hardware Inventory doesn’t inventory Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) applications in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2). You can find all the...

I just ran across a great article written by one of our PFEs (Premier Field Engineer) talking about Antivirus Exclusion issues around OSD and Boot Image related activities with ConfigMgr 2012 SP1: With the release of Service Pack 1 for System Center 2012...

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 lets you manage Windows Phone 8, Windows RT, iOS, and Android devices by using the Windows Intune service over the internet. Although you use the Windows Intune service, management tasks are completed by using...

We have discovered that when the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 client is published to WSUS via the ConfigMgr console, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 clients may be unable to install the client from WSUS via Windows Update. This can occur...

We just published a new KB article about an issue where Mac clients fail to register in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 due to a client certificate problem. You can find the article here: KB2806021 - MAC client fails to register in System Center 2012 Configuration...

Here’s a new KB article we published today. This one describes an issue where users see a blank screen after refreshing the browser view of the Configuration Manager Application Catalog when viewing it with IE10 if compatibility mode is turned off. You ...

Hi everyone, Arvind Kr. Rana here with another support tip for you regarding System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. When attempting to install the Application Catalog website on custom website, you may run into an issue where it fails with the following...

We’ve posted a few KB articles for System Center 2012 SP1 and since they were timed to go out with the release of the SP1 bits I didn’t want to dedicate a separate post for each. Instead I’ve listed them here just so you’ll be aware of what they are....

This morning we announced the availability of System Center 2012 SP1.   You can read more about the release on the System Center blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2013/01/15/system-center-2012-sp1-is-generally-available.aspx...

We have a new article out that lists System Center Configuration Manager public hotfixes and KB articles that are included in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1). You can check it out here: 2801420 - List of public KB articles...

Looking for some guidance on upgrading to ConfigMgr 2012 SP1? If so then this article we just published should be just what you’re looking for. It contains a quick description of steps to follow to upgrade Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager...

We recently published a new hotfix/KB for Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 that fixes an issue where installation fails with the following error in the Ccmsetup.log file: Couldn't verify 'C:\WINDOWS\ccmsetup\MicrosoftPolicyPlatformSetup.msi' authenticode...

Here’s a new KB article for Configuration Manager that we recently published. This one talks about an issue you might see when you change the decimal separator from “.” to “,” in your regional settings, After doing this, the link in Software Center to...

Just a quick FYI on a new KB article we published today. This one talks about an error you might get when running the ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 beta prereq check so if you’re not using the SP1 beta builds then this probably won’t be an issue for you. 2794128...