Just wanted to let you know about a new Knowledge Base article for ConfigMgr 2007 that we published today. This one talks about a fairly rare issue that you may run into if you modify the properties of a maintenance window right after creating a new software...

We published a new hotfix today for ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 to correct the following issue: You have a Management Point installed on a site server in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2. In some cases, such as scenarios that involve...

System Center Update Publisher (SCUP) 2011 supports Windows Server 2012 System Center Update Publisher 2011 now supports Windows Server 2012. The following are known issues: Compatibility issue – WSUS 4.0 with WSUS 3.0 (with or without...

Consider the following scenario: You have Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed. You install a stand-alone primary site server or a hierarchy in the ConfigMgr environment. You create...

We are announcing support changes for the following releases. These changes will be reflected in the Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Supported Configurations and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Supported Configurations topics within the next month...

The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: April 1, 2013 at the top of the topic. There were no significant updates to the Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation...

Looking to integrate your virtual application management with App-V 5.0 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1)? If so then Microsoft’s own Thamim Karim has you covered. You can read Thamim’s post on his blog here: http://blogs...

We published a new hotfix today for ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 to correct the following issue: Consider the following scenario: You enable the Upgrade client automatically when new client updates are available option on a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration...

We published a new hotfix today for Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 to correct the following issue: Consider the following scenario: You create a package in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2). You assign...

Buz Brodin | Senior Support Escalation Engineer Hi everyone, Buz Brodin here. I recently had an interesting AMT provisioning case with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager where we hit multiple issues so I captured some of the various symptoms and...

We published a new hotfix today for Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1 to correct the following issue: Consider the following scenario: You configure a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) primary site and a System...

As you may be aware, after our recent announcement regarding the Microsoft Anti-Malware Platform Update, the two stand-alone releases (KB2831312 and KB2831316) were temporarily removed from Microsoft Update on April 10. This was because of a detection...

Just wanted to let you know about a new KB article we published today. This one is a Configuration Manager article that documents an issue where the ConfigMgr CMEnroll tool fails on a Mac client computer if the user has the special characters  "&"...

Just a quick tip to let you know that we just published a new KB article on MBAM and ConfigMgr that explains an issue where the MBAM installer fails during the prerequisite check with the following error: S ystem Center CM Objects Already Installed You...

We are pleased to announce that we’ve just published a new quiz in our popular series of quizzes for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. This new quiz tests your knowledge of many of the new features and functionality in Configuration Manager...

The anti-malware platform will be updated Tuesday April 9, 2013 across multiple products. These products include Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 and System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection SP1 standalone clients, and the managed versions of both. ...

Most customers who want to manage Mac computers using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 will use the enrollment tool, CMEnroll. This tool allows users with an Active Directory account to install the Configuration Manager client and automatically...

We’ve got a great lineup of Unified Device Management sessions at MMS 2013 covering both System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Windows Intune. Dive into feature areas such as managing heterogeneous devices, mobile device management, advanced...

Anurag Shukla | Support Engineer | Manageability - Microsoft Corporation Hello everyone, I wrote a blog post some time back that explained how to move the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr 2007) site database from a SQL 2005 to SQL 2008...

We are pleased to announce that the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Upgrade Assessment Tool (UAT) has been released and can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center here . The Upgrade Assessment Tool (UAT) is a feature download...

Cumulative Update 1 for Configuration Manager SP1 is now available as a hotfix download via KB 2817245 . In addition to various issue fixes, this update also includes the following: New and revised Windows PowerShell cmdlets: KB 2817245 contains...

The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: March 1, 2013 at the top of the topic. We also released a Windows PowerShell for Configuration Manager help update...

In the Service Pack 1 release of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, we’ve made some significant changes to software update points, and I want to talk about those here. So what’s changed with software update points in Service Pack 1...

In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1, we've added the ability to set multiple software update points per primary site. This change allows for placing software update points cross-forest, and providing fault tolerance without requiring...

Welcome to installment #2. In case you missed installment #1 - Getting Started – here’s the link . With the Getting Started blog, you tried a few basic Windows PowerShell cmdlets. I hope you took a bit of time to explore what other cmdlets...