Martin Buckley - on systems management : Service Pack

SCCM 2007 SP1 single server installation to Windows Server 2008

martinbuckley — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:10:36 GMT

I’m working on a doc that walks through installing SCCM 2007 SP1 onto Windows Server 2008. There are a few hoops to jump through – mostly around getting IIS up to shape – but it’s close. I’m trying to use a PowerShell script to get the IIS pieces in place....(read more)

Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Eval

martinbuckley — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:15:26 GMT

Interested in testing out the latest bits in SCCM 2007 SP1? Here’s a link to the download of the full evaluation which includes Service Pack 1. It’s still 1GB in size – but this should let you install cleanly and successfully on Windows Server 2008. This...(read more)

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1

martinbuckley — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:32:00 GMT

Service Pack 1 for Configuration Manager 2007 was released a few days ago.

You can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5AAE62E8-4B7F-4AF7-BE01-AEFAA4BF059A&displaylang=en

It’s a 1GB download – so be aware of that.

New features and enhancements are detailed in the overview; the highlights are:

Support for Windows Server 2008
Support for Windows Vista SP1
Asset Intelligence - Enhanced inventory and asset management capabilities

accurately identify software assets from Microsoft and other vendors
customise your local Asset Intelligence catalog with your own in-house applications
identify and report on hardware changes
software license management
reporting on CAL and KMS usage in Microsoft License Statement format

I’ve heard a few reports that the pre-requisites for installation mean you have to jump through some hoops; in a later post I’ll give a detailed list of what is needed to install a fresh SCCM server onto Windows Server 2008.

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