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February 2009 - Posts

Requesting an AMT Provisioning Certificate with Windows Server 2008 CA

[Today's post is provided by Carol Bailey ] With the December documentation update for the Configuration Manager library, we posted a new step-by-step guide for out of band management, to help customers deploy the PKI certificates with a Windows Server Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:18 PM by Configuration Manager Team | 3 Comments
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Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for February 2009

[Today's Post is provided by the Configuration Manager Writing Team .] The Configuration Manager documentation library ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680651.aspx ) has been updated on the Web. All topics that have been updated have Updated: Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:55 PM by Configuration Manager Team | 3 Comments
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The Fallback Status Point: Prerequisites, Verification and Troubleshooting

[Post contributed by Carol Bailey ] Thanks to a recent Configuration Manager TechNet forum posting, I realized that we hadn't documented the prerequisites for the fallback status point, apart from saying that it required IIS. When we released Configuration Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:34 PM by Configuration Manager Team | 3 Comments

Using IPsec to Secure an Internet-based Child Primary Site

[ Carol Bailey has provided today's post] At first glance, dedicating a whole primary site to running Internet-based client management can seem very attractive when you're deciding on site and server placement in your Configuration Manager hierarchy. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:14 PM by Configuration Manager Team | 4 Comments
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Screencast: System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) Installation

Jason Lewis one of our team members has just posted a new screencast to his blog. The topic is System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) Installation. System Center Updates Publisher is a stand-alone tool that enables independent software vendors or line-of-business Read More...
Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 2:12 PM by Configuration Manager Team | 1 Comments
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Monitoring Configuration Manager 2007 with Operations Manager 2007 in a 64-bit Environment

[Today's post is provided by My Phuong Le ] Some users have encountered 32-bit limitations in monitoring System Center Configuration Manager with Operations Manager. This post is intended to clear up confusion about what is currently supported and why. Read More...
Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 2:26 PM by Configuration Manager Team | 5 Comments

How to Renew the Site Server Signing Certificate (Microsoft Certificate Services)

[Today's post is brought to you by Carol Bailey ] Have you tried to renew the existing site server signing certificate for a native mode site, and wondered how to do this without creating a new certificate? This post provides a procedure to do this that Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:06 AM by Configuration Manager Team | 3 Comments
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How to Specify the Container Name on the Web Enrollment Page for Certificate Services

[Today's post is brought to you by Carol Bailey ] I'm going to share some information about an option on the Certificate Services advanced Web enrollment page, because I couldn't find it documented anywhere and it took me a long time to work it out. However, Read More...
Posted Monday, February 09, 2009 1:47 PM by Configuration Manager Team | 5 Comments
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Deploying Certificates and Potential Timing Issues

[Today's post is contributed by Carol Bailey ] A number of certificate deployment issues I see are down to timing issues. Like other distributed systems with many moving parts, Microsoft Certificate Services often requires more time and patience to do Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:31 PM by Configuration Manager Team | 7 Comments
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Need the Latest Configuration Manager 2007 Help File?

[Today's post is contributed by Jeff Gilbert ] Because the Configuration Manager 2007 documentation library on the Web is updated on a regular basis, the Configuration Manager help file installed with the product can become out of date. In an effort to Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:29 PM by Configuration Manager Team | 8 Comments
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Your Writing Teams Win Content Awards!

[Today's post is provided by Steve Kaczmarek ] This past week, 4 content products created and driven by your Configuration Manager writing and SDK teams received awards in the annual content competition sponsored by the Society for Technical Communication Read More...
Posted Monday, February 02, 2009 2:36 PM by Configuration Manager Team | 7 Comments
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