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...

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...

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...

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager introduces many exciting new features for deploying software that benefit both administrators and end users. With Configuration Manager, users get a consolidated view of the software status by using Software Center...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where attempting to install System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr 2007) hotfix 2509007 along with either 977203 or 977384 via the PATCH= option in the...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one explains why in System Center Configuration Manager, when you set the Site Code of a Software Metering rule to a secondary site, that rule will not be applicable to any clients: ===== Summary...

One of the advantages of having the Endpoint Protection and Configuration Manager data integrated into a single database in Configuration Manager 2012 is that it simplifies building custom reports. Though we offer over 400 total System Center 2012 Configuration...

Microsoft’s own Eric Orman just posted a great article over on the Server and Cloud Platform blog.  In the article, Eric talks about upgrading to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and the Migration Distribution Point upgrade job: My favorite...

Hi folks, my name is Sanman Parvalkar and I’d like to share information with you regarding Group Memberships and the Delta Discovery process in System Center Configuration Manager 2007. When adding machines to a Security group you usually want them to...

Hi folks, my name is Sanman Parvalkar and I’d like to share some information regarding the creation of queries, collections and reports for Window Server 2008 Core in System Center Configuration Manager 2007. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2...

You’re up and running with the new software deployment features in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – deploying applications, software updates, package and programs, configuration baselines. But there will inevitably be a few deployments...

Hi everyone, Tyler Franke here again with one more issue I ran into recently.  Consider a scenario where you have your System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr) site database on a remote/dedicated SQL Server wherein a drive fails or has...

Hi everyone, Tyler Franke here once again with another troubleshooting tip for you.  Consider the following scenario: In an otherwise healthy and functional site you find one or more of the following. 1) SMS Site Control Manager Site status message...

Hi everyone, Somaning Turwale here. I recently went through sequencing the ConfigMgr 2007 admin console and thought I’d share what I learned with you here. When trying to Sequence (virtualize) the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator...

Hi everyone, Arvind Kr. Rana here. We’ve seen this issue come up a couple of times here lately so I wanted to give it a mention here just in case you run into it. The issue is that if you are trying to install a System Center Configuration Manager 2007...

Our colleagues over at the Configuration Manager Team Blog just posted a great article on how to troubleshoot a situation where you see a discrepancy between the completion statistics section for an error count of a deployment and the Error tab of the...

Here’s an issue we’ve seen a couple times before so I thought I’d give you a heads up here in case you happen to run across it. Symptoms The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr) SMS Agent Host Service (CCMExec.exe) may become unresponsive...

Microsoft’s very own D.C. Tardy (Senior Program Manager for Configuration Manager) has posted yet another fantastic article over on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Blog .  This one talks about hierarchy design in System Center 2012 Configuration...

Microsoft’s very own D.C. Tardy (Senior Program Manager for Configuration Manager) just posted another great article over on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Blog that talks about data replication in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. ...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where the IIS Application Folder SMS_DP_SMSPKG$ anonymous authentication settings periodically get disabled: ===== Symptoms After enabling Anonymous Authentication in...

Microsoft’s very own D.C. Tardy (Senior Program Manager for Configuration Manager) just posted a great article over on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Blog that talks about the new hierarchy design in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and...

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

Microsoft’s very own Abhishek Pathak (Program Manager for Configuration Manager) just posted a great article over on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Blog that talks about some of the new options for managing your remote offices with the upcoming...