Patch Tuesday Status All catalogs were released at 10am today! (Yes including the one for ITMU!) Here are some highlights for this month’s release: · 9 new security bulletins · 1 re-release (MS07-038) (detection logic only, no binary updates) o Customers that have already deployed...

Last month we ran a series of TechNet web chats on some of the features in ConfigMgr 2007. The transcripts to those chats have now been posted to TechNet. The best way to get to them is via the new ConfigMgr TechNet Tech Center's community page. The link is right at the top: http://technet.microsoft...

I am happy to announce that as of last Friday evening, SMS 2003 SP3 is now offered to SMS 2003 Admin consoles via WSUS, Microsoft Update and Automatic Updates. It will also be included in the MU offline catalog that ITMU consumes when the next version of the catalog releases in conjunction with...

**Update**** I have received feedback that some folks are having problems with the below link. I will work with the connect folks to figure that out, in the meantime, I have attached the file directly to the blog. Hopefully, that will help. ******** When preparing to deploy SCCM 2007 in your...

Steve Pruitt has created a great blog post this topic. Check it out: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/spruitt/archive/2007/07/19/patching-standards-or-objectives.aspx

RC1 of Configuration Manager 2007 has just been declared and is now available on Connect: http://connect.microsoft.com . Look under Available Connections for Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007. Note you must be registered and signed in to Connect to see this Connection. Spread the word.

Due to an internal issue with our web publishing system, the scan tool catalogs were delayed in thier release. They all finally went live about 2pm PST. Patch Tuesday Status Today is Patch Tuesday. Here are some highlights for this month’s release: · 6 new security bulletins · 1 re...

Check out Wally's Webcast on SMS 2003 SP3: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032341248&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Over the next few weeks the SCCM product team will be hosting a collection of TechNet web chats focusing on the following features: · Deployment · Operating Systems Deployment Software Updates Management · Desired Configuration Monitoring · Internet Based Client Management and Native Mode...

For those of you that are using the SUIT with SMS 2.0 or SMS 2003. From the newsgroup post: MSSECURE.XML Data Version 2007.07.20.0 for use with MBSA 1.2.1 (SMS 2.0 or 2003 with Software Update Inventory Tool (SUIT)) was last modified today, June 20, 2007, and is now available for all supported...

I recevied some feedback that I didn't include information about the ITCU when I did my post about the SMS 2003 scan tools. So, here you go: Inventory Tool for Custom Updates (ITCU): This scan tool ships as one of the features of SMS 2003 R2. It operates similarly to the other scan tools in that...

Hello everyone! My name is Dan Conley and I am a Program Manager on the SMS/SCCM Sustained Engineering team. One of the many areas I am responsible for is the monthly "Patch Tuesday" processes for the SMS team. This means that my team tests and validates that all of the SMS Patch tools can successfully...