Just a quick heads up on a new Knowledge Base article we just published.  This one describes an issue where in some situations an administrator of System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (SCMDM) must manually request a Gateway Configuration Management...

Here’s a problem which we’ve seen a couple of times which can be caused by bad packages in software distribution. This problem can arise when Software Distribution is being used, and you notice that devices don’t seem to be getting packages, nor getting...

We’ve recently been asked a few questions about the SCMDM roadmap and future versions. Here’s a quick overview of what is to come. At the recent MMS and Tech Ed US 2009 conferences, the System Center Configuration Manager team revealed some important...

The System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) includes three templates that you can apply to MDM servers to help enhance security by disabling functionality that is not required for the servers. The SCW is an attack...

The System Center Mobile Device Manager administrative template adds Windows Mobile Settings that can be applied to Windows Mobile Devices. Although the Group Policy Object Editor does show the other Windows GPO options, these are not applicable to the...

After being enrolled for a year, a System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM) managed device may fail to renew its client certificate.  As a result it will fail to connect to the SCMDM VPN successfully. Additionally, the issuing Certificate Authority...

You’ve heard about it and read about and now you’ll soon have the chance to try it out yourself.  The System Center Online Desktop Manager beta is coming soon: The System Center Online team has been working hard in preparation for its next beta release...

When you disable the Group Policy setting Code Word by using Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Group Policy management functionality, some Windows Mobile 6.1 mobile devices may continue to use the previously set code word. This...

Last week we released a new hotfix rollup package for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 as Knowledge Base article 976623. This article describes the Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 issues that are fixed in this System Center...

I asked the FixIt team for this a while back and they have delivered.  Now if you ever run into the symptoms below the chances are good we can automatically fix it with just a few clicks of the mouse: The Symptoms: When you use the fully qualified...

We are happy to announce that we now support System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 with a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Certificate Authority.  We’ll be documenting this on TechNet in the near future but we wanted to let you all know...

When you disable the Group Policy setting Code word frequency by using Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manger (MDM) 2008 Group Policy management functionality, some Windows Mobile 6.1 mobile devices may continue to ask the user to enter a code word...

I know this isn’t Mobile Device Manager specific but I thought it was something you’d appreciate hearing about nonetheless.   The Solution Accelerator team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning...

We have a fairly new System Center Mobile Device Manager webcast available in case you haven’t already seen it. This one is about an hour long and discusses how to configure MDM so that uses can access the corporate network right from their Windows Mobile...

I know this isn't necessarily Mobile Device Manager specific but I figured that some of you may still have some old Windows 2000 or Windows XP SP2 systems running out there and would appreciate the heads up.  As the title says, Windows XP SP2, Windows...

Just a quick FYI on an issue we came across recently.  This should be a Knowledge Base article soon but I figured I’d post it here first to give all you faithful readers first notice.  If you’re trying to use the Group Policy setting “Block...

Just an FYI that we published a new Knowledge Base article for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 last week.  I mentioned this issue here last week but we now have an official KB documenting it as well: KB974680 - The Group Policy setting "Code...

As you may know, with the Service Pack 1 release of SCMDM we introduced support for virtualization of our server roles. This allows you to run the Windows Server 2003 x64 guest OS in a Hyper-V environment. We wanted to clarify that this applies to the...

Just an FYI that we published a new Knowledge Base article for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 last week.  I mentioned this issue here last week but we now have an official KB documenting it as well: KB974606 - The Group Policy setting "Code...

Here's a heads up on an error you might run into when enrolling devices.  This one comes from Will Swanda, a Senior Support Engineer up in our Washington state office: ======== Issue: When enrolling a device that is tethered to a host computer using...

What began a few years ago as an idea is now in front of you. Through the grassroots efforts and work of many, the TechNet Wiki has landed and the way we view content will never be the same. It is an experiment designed to increase the breadth, depth...

For those of you who sign-in to comment on the TechNet Blogs, there is a change coming on January 27 th 1:00 pm (PST) regarding user accounts and profiles. Please click here to read about this change. If you have questions please leave a comment on the...

As many of you probably already know, for a long time the Script Repository (a special-purpose gallery) has been an engine of great content and community engagement on TechNet.  Well starting last week it was upgraded significantly and launched as...

I know I've mentioned this here before but in case you haven't seen the TechNet Wiki or had a chance to play with it, let me tell you, you should definitely check this out.  So what makes the TechNet Wiki so different?  Well for starters it...

Here's another MDM enrollment failure issue we ran across recently that's caused by the CA not being available when the SCMDM Enrollment Service starts. Fortunately the solution to this one is pretty easy: ======== Issue: Enrollment fails and the...