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Deploying KB2607070 on Win7 SP1 SCE managed clients
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over 3 years ago
by
Mangesh Sonar [MSFT]
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An update has been released to resolve issues where System Center Essentials updating Windows 7 SP1- based computers with locally published content may fail with error 0x80070570. Please refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2607070 for more details...
NOW LIVE: The Microsoft TechNet Gallery
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over 3 years ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
2
Comments
As many of you probably already know, for a long time the Script Repository (a special-purpose gallery) has been an engine of great content and community engagement on TechNet. Well starting last week it was upgraded significantly and launched as...
The System Center Blog Aggregator app is now available on Android
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
A few weeks back I announced the System Center Blog Aggregator app for Windows Phone 7 and today I wanted to let you know that it was now available for all you Android users out there as well. I won’t go into all the details as you can read that...
Free 3 day Office 365 Jump Start Training Event
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over 3 years ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
I know this isn’t System Center Essentials specific but I thought you might want to know about a great training opportunity we have coming up at the end of the month for Office 365. On May 24th through 26th Microsoft Learning is hosting a free 3...
A quick note on SCE 2010 support for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
2
Comments
System Center Essentials 2010 (SCE 2010) is certified to work with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Important Note – SCE2010 will not be enhanced to support configuration of Dynamic Memory and Remote FX (new features that were added in Windows Server...
SCE Quick Fix: Designating a host that is in workgroup fails with error 2912 in System Center Essentials
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
This is a repost of an article written by Milan Jajal that I put over on the Configuration Manager Support Team blog so if you follow that one you’ve probably already seen it. Back when I originally posted this I wasn’t part of the SCE blog family...
SCE 2007 Quick Fix: The admin console crashes when selecting a computer in the computers list
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
2
Comments
I ran into an interesting issue the other day and thought I would post it here in case anyone else happened to see it. The issue is that if you use System Center Essentials 2007 (SCE) to manage computers in your environment, when you select...
How to install SCE 2007 SP1 which is blocked with expired WSUS 3.0 SP1 warning
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Mangesh Sonar [MSFT]
1
Comment
The installation of SCE 2007 SP1 blocks with a warning “WSUS Valid Date”. This happens because the WSUS 3.0 SP1 image present on the SCE 2007 SP1 DVD is expired in October 2010. This blog lists the steps to download and install WSUS 3.0 SP2...
How to use the Fix Computer Group tool to rebuild computer groups deleted from Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
M. Umair Aftab
2
Comments
When a computer group is created in Essentials 2010 using Create a Computer Group in the Computers space, a corresponding group is created in the WSUS database. This can be seen in the WSUS console. Figure 1 . Computer groups in the WSUS console...
How to use the Maintenance Mode Tool to schedule weekly maintenance modes for computer groups
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPAM
3
Comments
When a monitored object, such as a computer or distributed application, is taken offline for maintenance, Essentials 2010 detects that no agent heartbeat is being received and, as a result, might generate numerous alerts and notifications. To prevent...
Resource Kit tool to view Essentials Setup log files
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Aaron Gaskill
1
Comment
During Essentials installation, Setup creates a number of log files in the %localAppData%\SCE\Logs folder: SetupSCE0.log – Unmanaged bootstrapper log file. SCESetupWizard.log – Managed bootstrapper log file. SCEMSI.log – Essentials Windows Installer log...
How to update Essentials certificates
Posted
over 4 years ago
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GPAM
1
Comment
Essentials 2010 uses a certificate for signing locally published content. The released version of System Center Essentials 2010 is designed to use an updated type of certificate. Use the UpdatePublisherCert.exe tool to replace the existing certificate...
How do I move from SCE2007 on x86 to SCE2010 on x64
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Aaron Gaskill
3
Comments
With the release of System Center Essentials 2010 and the general excitement around some of the new features like virtualization, some customers are asking about our upgrade/migration story from the previous version. SCENARIO You read about the...
Introduction to Virtualization in System Center Essentials 2010
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Eugene Polonsky
2
Comments
So, you got your copy of System Center Essentials 2010 installed, you’ve run through your initial configuration, and now want to try out this virtualization thing. This post will guide you through creating and configuring your first virtual machine, and...
Updates Management Maintenance in Essentials 2010
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
ravichin
3
Comments
Update Management Maintenance is a new feature in System Center Essentials 2010. Together with Automatic Selection of the product categories, Update Management Maintenance feature provides IT generalists with a seamless low cost update management solution...
Creating a Dynamic Group Based on Installed Software
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Richard Rundle
2
Comments
At the Dynamics Convergence 2010 conference I mentioned to several people that it is possible to create a dynamic group based on whether a piece of software is installed or not but I never went into the details of how to do it. This posting describes...
Overwhelmed by Alerts?
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over 4 years ago
by
Richard Rundle
A big thank you to everyone who stopped by and asked us questions at the Microsoft Management Summit and the Dynamics Convergence conferences during the last 2 weeks. In this post I’m going to talk about one area that we received feedback on at the conferences...
SC Essentials 2010 is Released to Manufacturing
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Jason Buffington
YES! It is finally here! We are very excited to announce the RTM of SCE 2010. You can read the official announcement at System Center Nexus , as well as the commentary from longtime SCE product manager, David Mills, at the Because Its’ Everybody...
How does Essentials 2010 stack up compared to other System Center products?
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
dustinj
1
Comment
Check out Willemjan van Laarhoven 's blog article comparing System Center Essentials 2010 with other System Center products. http://www.toolzz.com/?p=301
Troubleshooting ‘Unknown’ software and update status, ‘Not yet contacted’ and lack of hardware and software inventory
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
dustinj
1
Comment
Sorry about the long title, but I wanted to help you find this article if you’re searching for assistance with a common environment issue that affects your ability to manage computers with System Center Essentials Essentials. If while looking at computers...
Which management packs should I be using to monitor my computers and applications?
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
dustinj
2
Comments
If you've used Essentials 2007, you noticed that it monitored Windows, Exchange, SQL and Active Directory 'out of the box.' Essentials is able to do this because it come pre-loaded with management packs that encapsulate knowledge for how to monitor...
Automatic Selection of Product Categories in System Center Essentials 2010
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Anshu Agrawal
How to enable Auto-select for Microsoft Update (MU) subscriptions in System Center Essentials 2010 What is Auto-select? Auto-select is a new feature in Essentials 2010 which improves the experience and performance of managing Microsoft update content...
Essentials 2010 – UI Tips and Tricks
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Richard Rundle
Thank you to everyone who has been using the Essentials 2010 Beta and RC. Many of you may have already discovered some of the User Interface enhancements we’ve made. In this post I’d like to share 9 tips and tricks when using the Essentials console. ...
ZD Net UK review of System Center Essentials 2010
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Jason Buffington
The nice folks at ZD Net in the UK just posted their review of SCE 2010, based on the Release Candidate. Click here to read the whole review, but their bottom line was: Virtualisation is definitely the big draw for SCE 2010, but there are...
Essentials 2010 – Improving Default Monitoring
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Richard Rundle
5
Comments
The monitoring capability within Essentials comes from Management Packs, and the majority Management Packs that work with Operations Manager also work with Essentials. This is great, because it means there is a wealth of deep monitoring that is available...
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