I’ve been in denial about this for long enough: Cathy Moya, our much-loved and highly respected lead writer for “SMSv4” has left the building. She came back for the book signing party, but there’s a good reason why we haven’t seen her around for the last...

One truth I have learned since coming here to work is, it is easy to identify a bad user interface design, and very hard to make a good one. We spent the last few weeks scrubbing the UI text for smsv4 Beta 2. I won’t talk about what is in or out of the...

I am pleased to announce that the Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library November update has gone live on the Configuration Manager TechCenter. Click this link to see the updated and new content that we've added: http://technet.microsoft.com...

Yes, It's official! Configuration Manager 2007 has released to market! And, the writing team has flipped the switch on our updated web content which you will be able to access from the Configuration Manager TechCenter within the next day or two: http...

I know it's been a while since we posted to our blog. We've had a very exciting and extremely busy summer, watching how the Beta 2 and RC releases have been received by customers - and seeing our Configuration Manager library getting more substantial...

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog for the time period August 8 th – August 21 st , 2009: Recommended White Paper for Native Mode Customers: Deploying and Managing PKI inside...

This Vista search gadget from the System Center SDK UA team (and special kudos here to Chris Scoville ) is really useful, as well as cool. And it’s available for you to download from the Windows Vista Gadget Gallery. Download link: http://go.microsoft...

In my previous lifetime I was a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) living in Silicon Valley . SMS and TCP/IP were my specialties. Yeah, I like training the stuff that makes people’s eyes cross from the complexity. During the .com boom I taught a heck of...

Welcome to the new SMS Writers blog! Here we want to bring you the latest information about the content we are writing for you our customers. We'll post information about new content we publish, and updates to existing content. We'll tell you about what...

Just a quick introduction here about me. I've been working with SMS since SMS 2.0 and came to Redmond from Georgia where I was the SMS administrator for the Army at Fort Benning. For my part in documenting System Center Configuration Manager 2007 I...

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog for the time period March 27 th , 2010 – April 30 th , 2010: Updates to the Discovery Documentation Learn about the System Center Information...

Here's some background information about me, my experience with SMS, why I'm in the doc team, and what features I'm covering. I have a consultancy background in Active Directory and infrastructure services, and was first introduced to SMS 2003 three...

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog for the time period October 31 st – November 13 th , 2009: Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library Downloadable Quarterly Update...

Configuration Manager 2007 contains a whole host of new and exciting features designed to make administering computers in your organization easier than ever. However, hidden amongst all of these new features are some incremental improvements to features...

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog for the time period January 26 th , 2010 – February 26 th , 2010: Things you need to know when using Windows Embedded Standard 2009 ...

Hi Everyone! Let me introduce myself! I have been with Microsoft for almost 8 years now. I was an SMS 1.2/2.0 Support Engineer in Product Support for about a year, became the Technical Lead on the SMS team for a couple more years, and managed the support...

I am pleased to announce the many ways in which your System Center writing teams are participating at the Microsoft Management Conference (MMS) 2008 this year, and how you can engage with us to talk about your content needs and requirements! The...

I’m delighted to let you know that the ISA Server documentation team has just published How to Configure ISA SSL Bridging for System Center Configuration Manager Internet-Based Client Management . This has been a joint collaboration between the...

Here's a quick introduction. I started with Microsoft as an SMS Support Engineer back in 1998 supporting SMS 1.2 and 2.0. Yes, somehow I survived the SMS 2.0 release ... what's the old saying "if it doesn't kill you, it'll make you stronger". Those of...

The Configuration Manager writing team has published the first in a series of quizzes for Configuration Manager 2007. Initially, the following 9 quizzes are available with more to come soon: Configuration Manager 2007 Client Installation Quiz Configuration...

Hi, my name is Rob Stack and I am currently the newest member of the docs team for System Center Configuration Manager, having arrived here from the United Kingdom in early October. I have been working with SMS since the 2.0 days and managed a worldwide...

I’m sure you’re familiar with the MMS and Tech-Ed conferences, but are you in the know about the RSA Conference ? It has been described as “The most prestigious information security event of the year. It is the must-attend event for organizations that...

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog for the time period August 2 nd – October 30 th , 2009: Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 Released Announcement: Configuration...

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog for the time period May 9 th – May 15 th , 2009: Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library Downloadable Quarterly Update A Week...

My previous post recommended that you use the documentation to help you resolve problems with Configuration Manager 2007. But the Configuration Manager documentation library contains a lot of information, and it would be unrealistic to read every topic...