August 2008 - Posts

Using the Remote Assistance task with Vista and Server 2008 computers
13 August 08 05:13 PM

(thanks to Essentials team member Stephanie for this article!) If you've tried to use the Remote Assistance task in the Essentials Computer space to connect to a Vista or Windows Server 2008 computer, you've found that the task to initiate a Remote Assistance Read More...

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Want to receive emailed reports from Essentials?
13 August 08 05:08 PM

Check out this blog post from Essentials MVP Bjorn Axell on how to use SQL Server Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition reporting services to scheduled Essentials reports to be delivered via subscriptions. http://advisec.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/would-you-like-to-be-able-to-schedule-reports-in-sce Read More...

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Moving from WSUS to System Center Essentials? Be sure to clean up your Group Policy settings!
08 August 08 04:26 PM

If you used WSUS to keep your computers secure before upgrading to System Center Essentials, you probably used Group Policy to configure the Windows Update agent settings on the computers in your environment to connect to your WSUS server. System Center Read More...

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