April, 2011

@   Adam (Bomb) of TechNet Edge made some GREAT Videos during MMS, Check them Out: The Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) and TechNet Edge have a great relationship – their audience is a dedicated, specialized IT Pro audience, and Edge has been on...

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2, R2 and R3 now supports the Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 operating systems for client installation. The Configuration Manager console and branch distribution point are supported on these platforms...

In this video, Jeff Wettlaufer, a Sr Technical Product Manager for System Center at Microsoft demonstrates Configuration Manager 2012. In this demo, Jeff shows how to improve IT effectiveness through new efficiencies for both the Administrator and the...

Hi Service Manager fans! A while back I facilitated a series of Service Manager Deep Dive sessions for partners and customers on specific capabilities within Service Manager.  Enjoy!  I’ve also now fixed the broken links. Incident & Problem...

Hi everyone One of the things that we promote as being easy to do and incredibly powerful is the Opalis Quick Integration Kit (QIK) and how it can be used to create your own Integration Packs and compiled .Net code. Well, this morning I did this for the...

On March 22nd at MMS 2011 this year, we announced the Beta for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 . Our customers are telling us it is about the “Service”. They want to better manage their infrastructure while providing more levels of self-service...

Hi Folks - here's a re-post of Ed Anderson's piece which went out on the virtualization blog today. I thought it was a good read for System Center blog as well. Enjoy. In speaking with folks interested in deploying virtualization, I tend to hear two...

Hey everyone, the PM’s are blogging again , this is a really solid topic as well.  We wanted to make you aware of it over here on this blog.  Their intro: In the last blog we covered Distribution Point Groups and the new ways to distribute and...

Our resident video blogging extraordinaire, Charles Joy has posted another great video demo and instructions on how to use Opalis to automate the updating of Hyper-V Integration Services after you update to 2008 R2 SP1. From Charles post: Today’s Video...

Hey everyone, the OS Deployment guys have blogged a new topic, this one is about offline servicing.  Check them out here . “…..In previous posts we have discussed changes to PXE and the Distribution Point, as well as new ways to manage and monitor...

In this video, Jeff Wettlaufer, a Sr Technical Product Manager for System Center at Microsoft demonstrates Configuration Manager 2012. In this demo, Jeff shows how to reduce costs by unifying IT management infrastructure. Jeff Wettlaufer Sr Technical...

Based on your feedback, Microsoft is excited to announce we’re shifting Tech·Ed Europe back to the summer timeframe, resuming in 2012. Mark your calendars: the next Tech·Ed Europe will be held the week of June 25, 2012 at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition...

In this video, Jeff Wettlaufer, a Sr Technical Product Manager for System Center at Microsoft demonstrates Configuration Manager 2012. In this demo, Jeff shows how to empower people to be productive from anywhere on whatever device they choose. Jeff Wettlaufer...

Hi everyone, a few weeks back we posted a survey where you could provide feedback on the User Experience research we are working on.  This survey has recently closed, but for those who did take the time, THANK YOU, we really appreciate it.  ...