October, 2012

We've had a couple of questions around support by Virtual Machine Manager for Windows Server 2012 so I wanted to post a quick update to let you all know where to find the information you’re looking for. For full information on what's supported for each...

Security Compliance Manager 3.0 (SCM 3.0) is now available for download! SCM 3.0 is a free tool from the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team that enables you to quickly configure and manage both desktops and servers using Group Policy and Microsoft System...

We released some new management packs (MPs) last week for Operations Manager to monitor Windows Server 2012. REMINDER: Windows Server 2012 can only be monitored by an Operations Manager 2012 or 2012 SP1 agent please refer to this blog post for more information...

This article describes an update is available to support Alternate Content Provider in Task Sequence in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. In an Operating System Deployment scenario, Distribution Point locations that are stored in task sequence...

Consider the following scenario: - You have a Branch Distribution Point (BDP) in a Microsoft System Center 2007 Configuration Manager site that uses slow network links. - You try to distribute a large package (for example, a 5.7 gigabyte package) or several...

I’ve heard people asking about why they get this error occasionally lately.  I’ll try to explain it here and tell you how to work around it.   This is the error message: A discovery data item was rejected because the item is already bound to...

Today we’re providing advance notification of the release of seven bulletins, one Critical and six Important, for October 2012. The Critical bulletin addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word. The six Important-rated bulletins will address issues...

We are pleased to announce that the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Upgrade Assessment Tool (UAT) Beta has been released to Microsoft Connect and can be downloaded here . The Upgrade Assessment Tool (UAT) is a feature download that provides...

Hello everyone, some of you may remember my posts over the past few years here regarding System Center, and Client Management topics. I wanted to post a brief update here on this blog about where I will be blogging moving forward. After an amazing year...

Today we revised Security Advisory 2755801 to address issues in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10, in conjunction with Adobe’s update process. Customers who have automatic updates enabled will not need to take any action because protections...

The System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for Power Management enables you to monitor and manage the power consumption of computers running Windows Server 2012. This Management Pack provides: Visibility into power consumption Visibility and control of power...

We're happy to announce that MMS will return to Las Vegas, NV, April 8-12, 2013! In order to be one of the first to know about the opening of MMS 2013 registration, send mail to mmsnotfy@microsoft.com to subscribe to MMS News & Updates.   http...

    Thursday, October 18, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM (EDT) Attend Event Share this event: Service Level Objective (SLO) management functionality is a key part of getting business value out of an IT service management system. SLO functionality...

As previously mentioned in the Advance Notification blog on Thursday, today we’re releasing seven bulletins, one Critical-class and six Important-class bulletins. Before we discuss those releases, let’s take a closer look at the Security Advisories...

As a WSUS administrator, you may experience the need to approve an increased amount of updates. Please be informed that the increase number of updates may be related to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2749655 . For more information, please see this post...

We are pleased to announce that System Center 2012 Update Rollup 3 (UR3) has been released.  Keeping with our currently schedule of releasing update rollups quarterly, Update Rollup 3 provides updates for issues that have been reported to Microsoft...

As a WSUS administrator, you may experience the need to approve an increased amount of updates due to yesterday’s security announcement. Please be informed that the increased number of updates may be related to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2749655...

Imagine a scenario where you need to monitor a folder for specific file extensions so that when all of the file extensions you are expecting are present, the next action in Orchestrator will be kicked off. Opalis had the capability to perform this as...

Looking for some information on Package Conversion Manager in ConfigMgr 2012? If so then here are a few links you’ll want to check out: Analyzing Packages in PCM Using Fix & Convert scenario in PCM Targeting:  Using PCM’s Collection Query Migration...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where MSDPM.EXE crashes during Garbage Collection causing DPMDB growth in DPM 2007. ===== Symptoms Every day at midnight, System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM)...

System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34607 App Controller – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34781 Operations Manager – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www...

If you have tried editing knowledge in OpsMgr 2012 with Office 2012 you are likely to have run into this error “Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word” or as shown in the image below. Working with our support...

Orchestrator – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34778 System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34607 App Controller – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft...

Virtual Machine Manager – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34779 Orchestrator – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34778 System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta http:/...

Operations Manager – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34780 System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34607 App Controller – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www...