Stuff from stuf

Bringing sexy back to management...

March, 2009

  • Upcoming New Zealand DPM Events

    I made a decision when I started this blog to only use it for original content and not just repost links to other site (which explains why I don't post frequently). However this one is near and dear to my heart. We have some DPM technical events coming...
  • User initiated F12 machine rebuilds with Config Mgr OSD

    One of the things I often get asked by customers is how do they make it possible for a user to rebuild a failed machine at their desk, without requiring that the machine is moved to a special collection, or other administrative input. There are several...
  • PowerPoint from DPM Events

    For those that want them, here are the PowerPoint presentations from the DPM Unplugged events that ran in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch last week. I hope that all who attended enjoyed the events, and got a lot out of them, and thanks to Peter...
  • OEM Deployment Packs for ConfigMgr

    Like I said before , I don't like to use this blog to simply mirror product announcements (although can I just say - the Windows 7 beta rocks!). I talk a lot to customers about Operating System Deployment in System Center Configuration Manager. With the...
  • Subselect syntax in Config Mgr

    I'm mostly posting this as a reminder to myself, but someone may find it useful. This is the subselect syntax for ConfigMgr queries, so you can do a query along the lines of "Show me all the machines that meet criteria X except the machines that meet...