September 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability
News
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Now Available
The next release of Systems Management Server (SMS), entitled System Center Configuration Manager 2007, is now available for download. With major investments in simplicity, configuration, deployment and security, Configuration Manager 2007 dramatically simplifies system deployment, task automation, compliance management, and policy based security management allowing for increased business agility.
Download a trial version here
Downloads
System Center Trial Software
With the new release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 adding to the System Center family, why not evaluate the capabilities of some of the other Microsoft System Center family of products with these downloadable trial and Beta software versions.
http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/evaluation/trial/default.mspx
Events/WebCasts
TechNet Webcast: Client Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 300)
Monday, September 10, 2007
11:30 A.M.–1:00 P.M. Pacific Time
Register Here
TechNet Webcast: Reporting with System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200)
Monday, September 17, 2007
9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time
Register Here
TechNet Webcast: Security and Enterprise Features of System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200)
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time
Register Here
New KB’s
KB940182: The Windows Update Agent version is not inventoried after the hardware inventory runs on Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack 2 or on SMS 2003 Service Pack 3-based clients
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940182/en-us
KB940181: Event ID 5102 is logged when you end a Remote Assistance session from a Systems Management Server 2003 Administrator console on a computer that has Internet Explorer 7 installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940181/en-us
KB939305: Error result when you run the Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3 Deployment Readiness Wizard: "Site Database SQL version less than 7.0 SP3"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939305/en-us
KB936465: In a three-tier SMS 2003 hierarchy, packages may not be decompressed or copied to the distribution point of the secondary site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936465/en-us
KB941440: The scan process fails when the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates tries to scan Microsoft Windows 2000-based SMS 2003 client computers for compliance
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941440/en-us
KB936200: The software inventory process may stop responding when the Delete Aged System Center Reporting task is enabled on a site server that is running SMS 2003 with SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936200/en-us
