Ever wonder what's needed to setup and configure an RMS on a Win2K8 cluster?  If so then check out the doc that Arnab Mitra was kind enough to put together for us: ======== How to Configure/Setup RMS on a Windows 2008 Cluster. 1. On each RMS cluster...

Looks like the updated MP for Biztalk is now live in the catalog.  We're now at version 6.0.6411.0 and changes include: Addressed an issue where discovery was not fully working when host instances had multiple parent hosts. Addressed an issue where...

Have you ever wanted to use deploy operating systems to computers using a PXE service point without first adding the computer to the Configuration Manager database?  Well now with Configuration Manager 2007 R2 you can and the famous Steve Rachui...

We had seven new Knowledge Base articles for the week: Two on SMS 2003, one on MOM 2005, one on System Center ConfigMgr 2007 and three on System Center Operations Manager 2007. The links and titles are below: ======== Sys Mgmt Svr Ent Ed 2003 EN...

The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has been working on a new guide - Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 with R2 . This guide targets key information to bring your infrastructure up to date, thereby enhancing user experience...

We had three new Knowledge Base articles for the week: One on System Center ConfigMgr 2007 and two on System Center Operations Manager 2007. The links and titles are below: ======== Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007 EN 956423 - The connection settings...

NOTE: For the latest version of this article see the following: http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2011/01/05/troubleshooting-the-pxe-service-point-and-wds-in-configuration-manager-2007.aspx ===== Having PXE or WDS issues and...

We had four new Knowledge Base articles for the week: One on Mobile Device Manager 2008, two on System Center ConfigMgr 2007 and one on System Center Operations Manager 2007.  The links and titles are below: ======== Sys Center Operation Mgr 2007...

There may be times when you want to monitor an agent computer that resides in a domain which is not trusted by the domain where the RMS or MS server resides.  You may also not want to use the Gateway Server option because you only have one or two...

Here's a cool tip from Michael Sadoff, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in North Carolina.  If you're seeing Health Service Modules throw 10801 events then this may be your issue: ======== Issue: When you upgrade a custom management pack in System...

Mark your calendars now because there's a new webcast coming up next month that you won't want to miss.  The title is "How Microsoft IT Developed a Business Case for System Center Configuration Manager 2007".  Details and a registration...

The day may come when you find that you need to move the package share (SMSPKGC$) to a different drive - say from the C: drive to the D: drive, and you don't want to have to recreate any existing packages or advertisements.  Should that day come...

Here's another issue that a couple folks seem to be running into every now and then.  Thanks go to Clifton Hughes, a Senior Support Engineer in our Las Colinas office for writing this one up. ======== Issue: In the Configuration Manager admin console...

Note: The information below does not apply to Windows Server 2008. Do not run these steps on a Windows Server 2008-based computer. Here's an issue we're starting to see every now and then. This one comes from Ryan Anderson, one of our top Senior Support...

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Service Level Dashboard Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 v1.1 (new graphical SLA display). Available for download on TechNet . This is an updated version that includes additional summary reports...

Here's a great tip on troubleshooting agent installation problems where you're getting Event ID 10005's.  This is a cool one because the basic process can be used any time you're troubleshooting an issue that references a file already being in use...

We had twelve new  Knowledge Base articles for the week: Two on SMS 2003, six on System Center ConfigMgr 2007 and four on System Center Operations Manager 2007.  The links and titles are below: ======== Sys Mgmt Svr Ent Ed 2003 EN 954347 - You...

Earlier today I posted that R2 is now available but I inadvertently left out one minor detail - The posted download is the eval version only.  It clearly states this on the site but I probably should have made that more clear in my post.  Sorry...

Today's troubleshooting tip comes from Clifton Hughes, a real life Senior Support Engineer from our Las Colinas office.  If you're having trouble getting the ConfigMgr 2007 admin console installed and running then you'll want to take a look at this...

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED ----- The Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Eval released on Friday so if you haven't downloaded it yet there's a brief description and a link below: ======== Brief Description Configuration...