February, 2011

UPDATE as of March 21- 2011. This survey is now closed. Our System Center Configuration Manager User Experience research team is conducting a short online survey and your participation would be most appreciated. The survey should take about 10 minutes...

A common question every year at MMS is ‘Where’s Wally?’  You wont find him at the tables, slots, or the bars, pools, or even the Blue Man Group.  As a foundational member of the event, Wally is deep in sessions all week, running no less than...

Hi everyone, we are only a few weeks away from MMS, and we wanted to get you the list of ConfigMgr 2012 Breakout sessions we are running. Each session is a link to the session details, speakers etc. This list does not include partner owned sessions, Instructor...

Hi everyone, we are only a few weeks away from MMS, and we wanted to get you the list of ConfigMgr 2007 Breakout sessions we are running. Next post is the similar list for ConfigMgr 2012.  Each session is a link to the session details, speakers etc...

Looking for Identity and Access content at MMS?  Our teammate Brjann posted this over on his blog ….. Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas , March 21-25, will host breakout sessions and a ask the experts booth on Identity and Access for the first...

There are several locations where you can find useful Opalis information.  Your first stop should be the Opalis Resources site ( http://msft.it/opalisresources ) which contains many links to other resources.  There are also several top level...

Hi everyone In addition to the Opalis sessions that we (the Product Team) are running, there are also a number of other sessions that feature Opalis.  It is AWESOME to see our MVP’s and other IT Pro’s who are out there in the real world stepping...

Hi everyone With MMS just round the corner, I wanted to let you know that we have a great set of Opalis sessions for you!  All new sessions, all new content, all new demo and a fantastic crew to deliver these outstanding topics. We have 7 Opalis...

Hi everyone, in case you haven’t seen our MMS Facebook page yet, its worth checking out.  There are regular wall posts, links, and informational tidbits worth catching! You can join the Facebook page here .           Jeff...

Hey everyone, we had a chance to speak with Brad and briefly talk about the MMS 2011 keynotes that he is involved in this year.   There are 2 related keynotes this year.  Day 1 is focused on the Cloud, and the Day 2 is focused on Consumerization...

Hi everyone, recently we had the chance to talk with  eWeek’s Cameron Sturdevant about ConfigMgr 2007 R3.  Cameron has now published his review here . Microsoft SCCM 2007 R3 Streamlines User Management Some key quotes from the article : “The...

Hello everybody I am very excited to announce the extension of the Opalis use rights grant to cover client management scenarios! We are granting a fully-licensed version of Opalis to customers who are licensed for the System Center Client Management Suite...

Hey everyone, we have had a lot of feedback about 3rd party patch, Software Update Management and the SC Update Publisher Tool.  This week the System Center team in conjunction with Adobe is really excited to release their first SCUP Catalogs. ...

Hi Service Manager Fans, Travis Wright from the Service Manager Engineering team has compiled a list of Service Manager demos that are publicly available for you to see.  Check out the following blog post for links to a number of service manager...

Hi everyone, we wanted to make you aware of a new whitepaper that has just been published.  Our partner Verdiem has released a whitepaper that highlights the integration between their Surveyor product and ConfigMgr .  An example of a best of...

Hello everyone, we are extremely pleased to announce that the most recent Gartner Magic Quadrant for PC Configuration Management Life Cycle Management Tools has recognized ConfigMgr as a Leader amongst the industries top competitors. Configuration Manager...

In December 2010, Gartner released its latest Magic Quadrant for IT Event Correlation and Analysis (ECA) . Microsoft was very pleased to see that in consideration of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, Gartner placed Microsoft in the Leader Quadrant...

Hi everyone, we recently got a chance to sit with Brad again and talk about the upcoming MMS event in Las Vegas , the week of March 21-25.  This year is going to be an amazing event for everyone, we really hope you can attend.  An unprecedented...

Hey everyone, a date has come and passed, and we wanted to make sure readers of this blog were aware of it.  As of January 11th, 2011 ConfigMgr SP1 Support has ended .  The most current Service Pack organizations should be on to remain fully...

Hey everyone, the ConfigMgr extensions for SCAP have been re-reased, and are now available here .  Some may have seen Jason’s blog here, but we wanted to make sure all of you saw it as well. Why the release?  Why the new version number? ...