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Service Manager Test Drive Available Now
04 May 09 07:06 PM | mumeno | 1 Comments   
I have exciting news to share! We have a Service Manager Test Drive preview of Beta 2 available to try out now.  It’s on hosted VMs, so all you need to do is log in with your Windows Live ID and start playing with it. The VMs have all of the same Read More...
Desired Configuration Management Integration in Service Manager Beta 1
21 January 09 07:34 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
System Center Configuration Manager 2007(SCCM) has introduced a valuable feature, Desired Configuration Management (DCM), that enables assessment of client configuration compliance with specified configuration baselines.  With Service Manager Beta Read More...
Administering and Tracking Service Manager Beta 1 Connectors
02 December 08 10:52 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
Early feedback on Service Manager Beta 1 has highlighted that many folks would like more information around administration of connectors, especially on how to track the progress of a connector. TASKS First, I would like to point out some of the tasks Read More...
Creating an SCCM Connector for Service Manager Beta 1
02 December 08 09:44 AM | mumeno | 4 Comments   
In Service Manager Beta 1, you can create a Connector to a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 database. The SCCM Connector brings Configuration Item data about computers managed by SCCM, including Hardware & Software Inventory, Software Read More...
Servicing Offline VMs with SCVMM and SCCM
25 March 08 09:51 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
We just released a whitepaper around servicing offline VMs using SCVMM and SCCM. Download details are here: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c5abb19e-15b1-4692-b465-393584c592a0&displaylang=en Direct Download file from here: Read More...
Software Updates Management Whitepaper Published for Transition from SMS 2003 to System Center Configuration Manager 2007
31 October 07 07:12 PM | mumeno | 1 Comments   
I am pleased to announce that we have just published a whitepaper that provides guidance for customers transitioning from SMS 2003 Patch Management to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Software Updates Management. You can download the paper from Read More...
Install Updates Prior to Deadline
11 October 07 03:57 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
In SCCM 2007, we added a neat feature similar to one provided by Automatic Updates that gives managed clients the ability to install updates prior to deadline.  End users can configure this by clicking the "Schedule Installation" as shown Read More...
What are the Top Reasons for Non-compliance?
11 October 07 03:40 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
This is a very fundamental question for Admins trying to raise the level of software update compliance at their company. Traditionally using SMS 2003, the normal practice was to look at a sample of client logs and use that as a basis for guessing what Read More...
When Do Downloads Happen on Clients?
11 October 07 03:23 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
It's been a while since I added a post.  Let's start up again with a quick one. I was recently asked when do SCCM clients download updates and when would they show the notification balloon in the system tray - here is the answer: 1.  SCCM clients Read More...
SCCM 2007 RC1 is Released!
16 July 07 08:28 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
Late on Friday, we declared SCCM 2007 RC1 ready for release to the web! It is now available on connect . For the Software Updates Management feature, RC1 brings a number of improvements, including new reports for overall per-machine compliance, scan errors, Read More...
Maintenance Windows
28 June 07 05:07 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
Let's talk about maintenance windows in SCCM, a new feature for software distribution and software updates. Maintenance windows usually make sense in a server-based scenario where servers have defined service windows where they can be taken down for changes, Read More...
Update Lists
27 June 07 07:13 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
One of the most useful new objects in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is the Update List. An update list is, well, a list of software updates - that is, it is a fixed list of updates that can be created through a wizard (which also allows downloading Read More...
Things to Know About the Software Update Point (explaining WSUS Integration)
06 June 07 09:41 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
I thought I could put some thoughts down about the Software Update Point (SUP), which is a new site role within SCCM 2007. The job of the SUP is provide software update metadata to clients that are using the Windows Update Agent (WUA) to scan for missing Read More...
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