July, 2010

Hey there everyone, we wanted to make sure you knew about the new Configuration Manager ‘Configuration Pack’ for Service Manager, that is now available here .  This Configuration Pack for DCM  helps track configuration best practices for your...

This week at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington D.C. the Release Candidate of SCVMM Self Service Portal has been announced.  VMMSSP (also referred to as the self-service portal) is a fully supported, partner-extensible solution built...

USV?  What is that?  Windows user state virtualization (USV) is a collection of Microsoft technologies that enables synchronization of user state information from individual computers to a central location. Centralized management and storage...

As some of you may have already seen on our Service Manager blog , two new releases are now available for our Service Manager customers: Authoring Tool v1.0 Release Candidate Cumulative Update 1 (KB983572) Service Manager Authoring Tool v1.0 Release Candidate...

Hey everyone, we wanted you to be aware of the new Beta 2 of the IT GRC Process MP, now available here .  The IT GRC Process Management Pack for System Center Service Manager provides end-to-end compliance management and automation for desktop and...

We are pleased to announce the release of the Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Connectors Cumulative Update 2! The following is new in this update: Support for HP Operations Manager for UNIX v9 . This update enables support for HP Operations...

Today the team delivered the anticipated Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 (FEP) public beta to customers. The successor of Forefront Client Security is built on System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 R2, allowing customers to use their existing...

Hi everyone, in case you had not seen anything on this, we have recently jointly released the Citrix connector for ConfigMgr 2007.  Through this release, the ConfigMgr SDK has been used to extend and support the management of application services...

Hi folks, Last week at the WPC , we sannounced the release candidate for the System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal (SC VMM Self Service Portal). The SC VMM Self Service Portal allows our enterprise customers set up their own private...

Hey guys, you can now get an early look at the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 beta through the CARE program. This is a combined Service Pack for both the Client and Server OS platforms.  Inside the SP, there are some changes specific to...

This is a free, online self-study resource for our partners and customers to learn more about Service Manager 2010. It is a collection of online documentation, recorded webcasts and hands on labs. Resources provided include: Articles ...

Hey there everyone, believe it or not we are already thinking about TechEd Europe in Berlin! We are currently talking about session allocation, topics, speakers, and event support.  Something we hope you know about is that as an added benefit to...

Hi everyone, I wanted to make sure you were aware of the official release of MDT 2010 Update 1.  If you  are considering a move to Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and/or Office 2010, MDT 2010 with System Center contains the tools and guidance...

Hi everybody, We are pleased to announce beta 2 availability of the IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) solution for System Center . If you remember, we'd announced beta 1 at teched EMEA (Berlin) last year. To refresh, our IT GRC solution includes...

Hi everyone, we recently managed to sit down with Brad and talk about a recent (and very exciting) acquisition. Opalis is a new System Center product, designed to provide "run book automation," which entails automating the various processes (or workflows...

Good morning everyone, we wanted to get you an update on the ConfigMgr 2007 R2 Virtual Machine Test Drive Program.  The VM that has been available up until now has just expired.  We have now gone through the process of re-arming the time limit...

Hey everyone, I wanted to make you aware of a recent post by Brandon LeBlanc on the trend of x64 architecture and Windows 7.  To pull a quote from his blog : “Are you running a 64-bit edition of Windows 7? There is a high likelihood you are. As of...

The race to create the most valuable, relevant MP extension has concluded with a number of interesting submissions and one overall winner. Congrats to the Grand Prize Winner, Raphael Burri , who will receive a $500 USD Visa gift card for creating the...

Barbara Imbert at Seagate recently blogged about Symantec’s 2010 SMB information security survey .  As a summary of the findings: 74% are Somewhat/Extremely concerned about information protection 42% lost confidential/proprietary information in the...

Happy Friday everyone, we wanted to make you aware of a new FAQ that has been released for the Service Pack Beta.  It’s actually got a great list of questions on it, so you may want to give it a quick look.  It’s too many to post here, so we...

Hey everyone, I wanted to make you aware of a new Architecture Guide now available for the Azure platform.  How do you build applications to be scalable and have high availability? Along with developing the applications, you must also have an infrastructure...

Hey everyone, in case you didn’t see the announcement, the MAP Toolkit v5 is now available .  The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 is an ‘agentless’ tool designed to simplify and streamline the IT infrastructure planning process...

Charles Joy has started posting some of his great Opalis knowledge to a new blog . On his site you can find videos and demo's on how to use Opalis and see the solutions in action. Charles has posted 4 videos to get started, and intends to keep adding...