October, 2012

Microsoft released an update for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) on Tuesday the 10th of October 2012. This update will allow servicing of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 which require more secure signatures. Due to this...

Here’s a hotfix for ConfigMgr 2012 that we published a few weeks ago but it doesn’t seem like I ever got around to mentioning it here. This is a hotfix to correct an issue where attempting to deploy a client agent by using System Center 2012 Configuration...

The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: October 1, 2012 at the top of the topic. There are no significant updates to the Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation...

With the release last week of Windows 8 and Windows RT, developers are excited to take advantage of these new platforms, creating rich and immersive applications. For many, the Windows Store (and/or the Windows Phone Store) is a great way to publish apps...

Now that Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 are available, we want to provide an update to our previous post on the plans for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 support in System Center Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection. System Center Configuration...

Looking for a good overview of DRS initialization in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager? If so then check out this blog by Microsoft’s own Sudheesh Narayanaswamy: DRS Initialization In Configuration Manager 2012 This one will make you a DRS expert...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where a Microsoft Application Virtualization MSI run from a mapped drive fails to install the virtual package. ===== Symptoms Consider the following scenario: - You have created...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA) returns 0x5 ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED when deploying Windows Update .msu files through Windows Remote Management. ===== Symptoms...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one details the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) file versions currently available. ===== This article is a quick reference to determine Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) file...

Hi ConfigMgr users, Radu Tomoiaga here with some details on extending the Active Directory Schema for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. There are a couple of topics in TechNet that reference this information which I have highlighted in the body...

Heads up!  A new System Center 2012 – Service Manager book has been authored by some of our MVPs and other SCSM experts: * Sam Erskine * Andreas Baumgarten * Dieter Gasser * Anders Asp * Steve Beaumont     This is the first 2012-generation...

Antoni Hanus (a Premier Field Engineer) has just posted this great guide found here:   http://blogs.technet.com/b/antoni/archive/2012/08/13/service-manager-101-part-1-incident-management.aspx   In Antoni’s own words : This guide includes “ many...

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The IP can be downloaded from download center IP user guide is located on Technet The Integration Pack includes the following activities: Azure Certificates - the Azure Certificates activity is used in a runbook to add, delete, and list management and...

Problem : The interest level in Service Manager is through the roof since we released System Center 2012. I’ve had so many customers lately through various channels asking to speak with other customers that have deployed SCSM. They want to understand...

A while back we blogged about a solution to quickly apply a template to an incident using the task pane instead of opening the template picker dialog. http://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager/archive/2011/09/08/incident-quick-templates.aspx Well, now...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where installing or upgrading Reporting in System Center 2012 Operations Manager fails with error 0xffffffff. ===== Symptoms When installing or upgrading to System Center...

Hello I am Dipti Goyal and I am a part of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager Team. System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012) Service Pack 1 can now be configured with SQL 2012 Availability Groups and I am summarizing that process below...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where reports do not populate in the OpsMgr 2012 Reporting Pane, or Report data does not update. ===== Symptoms Reports do not populate in the System Center 2012 Operations...

Following the recent Beta release of the Service Management Portal and API for Windows Server , a couple of our hosting solutions field guys in Europe reported issues getting the portal to successfully register SPF as the System Center provider for IaaS...

Hi everyone, Arvind Kr. Rana here. I recently ran into an interesting issue and wanted to give it a mention here just in case you run into it. The problem is with the ccmeval task that is moving the CCM clients to provisioning mode, and what happens is...

Update Rollup 3 was recently released and is a little different than previous updates because we distributed the updates through Microsoft Update.  Stefan Stranger, a Senior Premier Field Engineer (PFE) at Microsoft, has written up a thorough blog...

I was working on a customer’s System Center 2012 Operations Manager, which was failing to register their application, even when they were using the steps provided in KB2699998 . Symptoms Using the steps  referenced in KB2699998 , the PowerShell hangs...

Overview ​The System Center Management Pack for Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) monitors events that the AD FS 2.0 Windows service records in the AD FS 2.0 event logs, and it monitors the performance data that the AD FS 2.0 performance counters...

Overview This management pack provides an early warning to administrators on issues that could affect services so that administrators can investigate and take corrective action, if necessary. The management pack helps to simplify the administrative environment...