June, 2012

Symptoms In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, if the Management Point is in HTTPS mode but the Distribution Point hosting the PXE server is in HTTP mode, the PXE boot may fail. Examining the SMSPXE.log may reveal the following errors: ProcessMessage...

Symptoms When creating a new Task Sequence or updating an existing Task Sequence on a parent primary site in System Center Configuration Manager 2007, the Task Sequence may not replicate down to child primary sites. Packages and other Task Sequences...

The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and the Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library have been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: June 1, 2012 at the top of the topic. We value customer...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where the System Center Data Access Service may fail to start with a Timeout error after applying the hotfix in 2677070. ===== Summary After applying KB2677070 , the System...

At long last we have the Data Warehouse move documentation! This is a follow up blog post to the one about How to move the Service Manager Database . The documentation how to do this will be added to the TechNet library once it has been formatted but...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where an Operations Manager AD Replication Monitor generates an "Invalid Script Parameter Configuration" error message. ===== Symptoms You are able to successfully...

By John Ballard (posting on his behalf) We are receiving numerous reports of people having problems with the CTP2 release of Service Provider Foundation (SPF). The cause is simple but quite inconvenient: the setup routine’s prerequisite checker is not...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where when using WEDM 2011 and trying to access the Deployments , Configuration Items , and Configuration Packages nodes under the Embedded Device Management node in...

This is a guest blog post written by Bob Roudebush, a TSP at Microsoft. Thanks for writing this up and sharing with the community Bob! Prerequisites: This walkthrough was built using the System Center demo virtual machine environment. It assumes...

There have been a couple of new blogs popping up lately that have some great content on them that I want to share with you. First is Rob Ford, a System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP from New Zealand.  His blog is at http://scsmnz.net...

By default the Query Results list is set to return a maximum of 2,000 objects.  If you want to increase that number you can easily do so by using either the IIS management console or editing the web.config file directly. If you want to use IIS then...

We have created a new TechNet forum for Service Provider Foundation.  Please share your experiences and ask questions in the forums.  Product team members and other experts in the community will participate as well to help get everybody going...

System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager The Infrastructure Planning and Design team is working on a new guide: System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager. Join the beta now. Download the System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager Beta Infrastructure...

Hello, The judges have finished reviewing the submissions for the first BlueHat Prize contest and the finalists are in! Please visit www.BlueHatPrize.com for details on the three finalists and their entries that mitigate return-oriented programming...

-Adam Kiu | Program Manager, Microsoft Application Virtualization Disclaimer: This article describes the Beta version and does not include the complete list of features in the final product. App-V 5.0 is the largest release since Microsoft...

To help you get started with using the Application Approval Workflow solution accelerator, Robbie McAlpine, one of the PMs on our team has put together a management pack that contains some sample service request templates: · Template one is...

Hi everyone, Joao Madureira here. During the course of this week we saw an increase of cases installing Knowledge Base article KB 2720211 . What follows are some guidelines we’ve established when facing some problems installing this KB. Before Installing...

Expit, one of our System Center Alliance partners in Kuwait, has updated their SCSM – Project connector to version 1.1 to support SCSM 2012’s new features for release management and service requests.  This connector allows the IT team and the project...

Microsoft’s very own Scott Rachui put together another great self-study guide for System Center 2012, this time focusing exclusively on Configuration Manager. If you’re wanting to jump start your ConfigMgr 2012 expertise then this is where you want to...

Microsoft’s very own Scott Rachui put together another great self-study guide for System Center 2012, this time focusing exclusively on Data Protection Manager and Endpoint Protection. If you’re wanting a head start in mastering these technologies then...

Check out the System Center 2012 Guided Hands On Labs!  They are a set of 14 labs that cover how to use System Center to deliver IT as a Service using a Private Cloud.  The demos span across the three pillars of System Center – Application Management...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one lists all of the recommended hotfixes for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager. Please note that the Virtual Machine Manager Configuration Analyzer (VMMCA) is currently being update...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where an Operations Manager AD Replication Monitor generates an "Invalid Script Parameter Configuration" error message. ===== Symptoms System Center Operations Manager...

Channel 9’s Symon Perriman interviewed Vijay Tewari, Principal Group Program Manager, at TechEd North America about the System Center 2012 SP1 that is currently in development.  This is a great high level overview of what is coming soon. ...read...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where a System Center Service Manager installation fails with a SQL version related error message. ===== Symptoms While either installing a fresh copy of System Center 2012...