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  • Blog Post: Unix/Linux Support in ConfigMgr 2012 Updated

    The ConfigMgr product team has just released an update to the Unix/Linux client. This update adds support for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris 11, CentOS, Debian, Oracle Linux and Ubuntu. It also introduces a new common Open Management Infrastructure CIM server (OMI version 1.0.6.5), along with simplified common...
    on11 Jun 2013

  • Blog Post: ConfigMgr 2012 Client Cache – Part 1: Overview

    ConfigMgr 2012 Client Cache – Part 1: Overview I’ve been asked a few times lately about how the Client Cache works in Configuration Manager, where is it, what size it should be set to, how it behaves etc. so I thought that maybe it was time for a blog! I’m intending for this to...
    on7 May 2013

  • Blog Post: ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 and UNIX/Linux Clients - Part 2: General Operations and Inventory

    So finally I got around to writing up part two of this three part series on managing UNIX and Linux clients with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1, which is going to cover general client operations and inventory. So first things first, as we’re talking UNIX and Linux management it’s important...
    on3 May 2013

  • Blog Post: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Client Network Traffic Estimates (Series, Part 1 of 3)

    These postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The following information is for example purposes only. Do not rely on this information for a production deployment. These are meant to show the areas you should test for when evaluating ConfigMgr client activity impact...
    on22 Apr 2013

  • Blog Post: ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 and UNIX/Linux Clients – Part 1: Introduction and Client

    UPDATE (saudm, 08/05/2013): Part 2 of Adam's series on Linux mgmt is now available here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/manageabilityguys/archive/2013/05/03/configmgr-2012-sp1-and-unix-linux-clients-part-2-general-operations-and-inventory.aspx At a number of internal conferences recently I, along with...
    on11 Apr 2013

  • Blog Post: MMS 2013 UDB-338 Additional Content

    Hi, Thanks for attending or watching my session at MMS 2013 on reporting in Configuration Manager. The session video is posted here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MMS/2013/UD-B338. The following are resources related to the session or you might find interesting: T-SQL Statements along with...
    on11 Apr 2013

  • Blog Post: A subnet by any other name...

    There has been a lot of discussion recently around boundaries in Configuration Manager...do you use ranges or subnets? All ranges or all subnets? What about AD sites? The ConfigMgr product team as put out blog on this here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2013/03/01/when-not-to-use-ip...
    on2 Apr 2013

  • Blog Post: Hotfix 2801987 is out for 0x800b0101, but the cert expires in March

    Hi All, As hopefully most of you are aware we released KB article 2801987 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1. This update provides a new version of MicrosoftPolicyPlatformSetup.msi (a prerequisite for CI-related activities, in case you were wondering such as DCM, AppMgmt and so on)....
    on15 Jan 2013

  • Blog Post: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Untrusted Forests

    We had an interesting thread internally on Untrusted Forests and hierarchies in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. As part of that thread we discovered that Neil Peterson has a series of posts covering the various options. These are definitely worth reviewing if you're in the situation where you...
    on5 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: Install Software step: Multiple Software sample script

    Hi All, One more quick one for you. This script shows how to use a CSV file as a data source and map to assign software to a given user role or department using a Install Software step in ConfigMgr. The step allow you to simplify and condense your task sequences. The description on TechNet Script...
    on25 Aug 2012

  • Blog Post: Migrating from WSUS to Configuration Manager

    Hi Everyone, This is our first post in a long while, we've had our heads down ramping up on System Center 2012 and helping the first wave of early adopters. As part of some of the work we've done, we found one common scenario where customers are looking to migrate their server patching from WSUS to...
    on25 Aug 2012

  • Blog Post: Disabling User Program Notification for Virtual Applications

    I’ve been sitting on this for a little while, partly due to getting confirmation I wasn’t doing anything unsupported, partly because I haven’t had time and partly a couple of other reasons I won’t go in to! The good news is I have finally found the time to write it up and...
    on21 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Testing SLP Availability

    Hi all, A quick one from me. Ever had site discovery issues on your client machine? You can stick one of the following into your web browser to confirm that the Server Locator Point is up and running: If you use AD Sites for boundaries http://<slp>/ sms_slp/slp.dll?site&ad...
    on30 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: HELP! Where did the disk space on my Management Point go?

    Recently I was working with a customer and we found that their ConfigMgr Management Point had an unexpectedly low amount of disk space left. When we looked at this machine we found that there were lots of IIS Logs in the %SystemDrive%\inetpub\logs\LogFiles folder. Eagle eyed administrators will spot...
    on27 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: What Accounts Should I Be Using?

    Something which I have seen recently on a few occasions is that customers using the same credentials for ConfigMgr Client Push account and the Network Access Account. Sometimes, for simplicity sake the account is even a member of Domain Admins. It’s actually really important that these two needs...
    on21 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: Useful ConfigMgr Resources (Updated)

    A while back (2 years to be precise) Saud posted a list of resources to do with ConfigMgr. Below is a well overdue update to that list: ConfigMgr Resources/Information: Learning : TechCenter on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/default.aspx Features (Technical Content...
    on13 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: Improving ConfigMgr Console Performance - Removing the Action Pane

    Sometimes I find that the console in ConfigMgr does not perform as quickly as I would like. My last blog post on this topic showed how we can speed up the boot time for the SCCM console by turning off a web check, but how about when I am in the console itself? Well, the MMC 3 console is doing quite...
    on6 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: Are My Backups Really Taking Place?

    Something which I have seen as a recurring theme a few times with customers is with backups failing and them not realising. While, of course we would always recommend that you have a test environment with some Hyper-V images where you can always test restores, for some customers this is not possible...
    on24 May 2011

  • Blog Post: Fully Automating P2V Migration for Software Assurance in ConfigMgr

    I ’ve had this topic on my to-do list for a few months now. I presented on P2V Migration at a customer day we hosted at Thames Valley Park in February. My hesitation came from not really knowing how much to cover in terms of the blog. I’m going to try and keep it short and sweet and focus...
    on9 May 2011

  • Blog Post: PKI – It’s a trust Thing!

    Part 4 of what currently still stands at a four part series. But I have high hopes for further posts. I was going to start off the intro to this blog by congratulating Jason on avoiding falling into the cliché trap of using Bob & Alice and all their cryptographic friends but you will quickly...
    on3 May 2011

  • Blog Post: How to get a report with Friendly scan errors

    Hi Everyone, I haven’t posted anything in ages so I thought I’d post something simple but hopefully useful.  We publish a list of all custom Configuration Manager 2007 errors in TechNet (it’s up here in case you haven’t seen it http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632794.aspx ).  Now...
    on21 Apr 2011

  • Blog Post: PKI – Let’s make it Secure

    Post three of what currently stands at a 4 part introduction to Public Key Infrastructure from my colleague Jason Wallace. Jason is laying the foundations to cover some ConfigMgr related certificatary (I know that's not really a word, but it's the end of a very long hot day and I need to amuse myself...
    on18 Apr 2011

  • Blog Post: Deploying Office Environment Assessment Tool (OEAT) with ConfigMgr

    I was approached by a colleague who specialises in Office about this particular tool and thought I would post my findings from playing about with it in my test environment. It will probably be fairly obvious from reading this post that I know very little about Office; in fact I'm a pretty basic user...
    on17 Apr 2011

  • Blog Post: PKI - Let's Keep it Secret

    Over here in Thames Valley Park, myself and a few colleagues attended a brilliant session on Intel vPRO, in particular, playing about with AMT (Active Management Technology) which integrates with Configuration Manager under the Out Of Band Management banner. One of the upshots of this session was...
    on8 Apr 2011

  • Blog Post: Preventing PXE Boot on Servers and Other Critical Client Systems Using MACIgnoreListFile

    Following on from my last post here’s another method you can implement to protect specific clients in your environment. There is a documented but seemingly little known setting in the registry of the PXE Service Point Role in Configuration Manager. MACIgnoreListFile allows you to have a list...
    on24 Mar 2011
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