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KB: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager client PXE boot may fail if the Management Point is in an untrusted forest

J.C. Hornbeck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:20:24 GMT

Just a quick FYI on a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where PXE boot mail fail for a client if one of the Management Points is in an untrusted forest. This is really an issue/explanation regarding how Distribution...(read more)

Logical Networks (Part V) – Network Virtualization

J.C. Hornbeck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:11:57 GMT

In this post, we complete our review logical networks by looking at the implications of Network Virtualization and Externally Defined Networks on your logical network design. Note that in the latter case, the VMM administrator has no insight into how...(read more)

June 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck

J.C. Hornbeck — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:00:00 GMT

Today we’re publishing the June 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page . We fielded three questions during the webcast, with specific questions focusing primarily on Windows Print Spooler ( MS13-050 ), Microsoft Office ( MS13...(read more)

Announcement: Cumulative Update 1 for the Configuration Manager Client for Linux and UNIX

J.C. Hornbeck — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:55:00 GMT

I am happy to announce the release of Cumulative Update 1 to the Configuration Manager clients for Linux and UNIX. This release delivers the following additional capabilities and features to the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 release...(read more)

Modernizing Your Datacenter with Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

J.C. Hornbeck — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT

Last week there was a flurry of information and activity around TechEd North America. So many announcements and sessions , so little time. Several of the product groups posted information on what they have been working on, and we wanted to make sure and...(read more)

Now available: Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 clients for Linux/UNIX

J.C. Hornbeck — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:12:58 GMT

~ John Thekkethala | Senior Program Manager I am happy to announce that we have released Cumulative Update 1 to the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 clients for Linux/UNIX. This release delivers the following additional capabilities...(read more)

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 support in previous System Center products

J.C. Hornbeck — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:05:13 GMT

We get a lot of questions regarding support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 in the previous versions of our System Center products, and while this information is published in the TechNet Library it’s fairly spread out and at times difficult to find...(read more)

KB: Removing an Operations Manager server from the All Management Servers resource pool causes the server to become grayed out

J.C. Hornbeck — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:28:47 GMT

Just a quick FYI on a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where a management server turns gray after being removed from the All Management Servers resource pool in the OpsMgr 2012 admin console. You can get all...(read more)

ConfigMgr 2012 support tip: Clients never reboot even when required in a deployment

J.C. Hornbeck — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:28:16 GMT

- Adeel Mohd | Configuration Manager Support Engineer I recently came across an interesting issue that I had never witnessed before in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr 2007) and while troubleshooting I learned it had to do with one...(read more)

Improved cryptography infrastructure and the June 2013 bulletins

J.C. Hornbeck — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:00:00 GMT

It was just over one year ago, May 28, 2012, to be exact, that I transitioned from running active MSRC cases and writing bulletins to my current role managing software security incidents. A lot has changed in that year - and I’ve dealt with some...(read more)