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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...
Count of Configuration Items in Service Manager Beta 1
15 January 09 06:47 PM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
If you would like to get a count of Configuration Items for Service Manager Beta 1, there is a quick way to do this.  The steps are below in the picture.  Go to the Configuration Items workspace, click on a node and open any CI form.  Go Read More...
Users in Service Manager Beta 1
10 December 08 08:39 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
Quick points on users for Service Manager Beta 1: 1.  You can automatically populate users in Service Manager by creating an Active Directory connector. 2.  It may not be obvious, but you can view users in the Administration workspace under 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...
Service Manager Beta 1 Basic Setup Walkthrough
02 December 08 09:10 AM | mumeno | 2 Comments   
I am going to write a series of posts about using Service Manager Beta 1, adding some tips that we have learned during our time leading up to the release. For this post, I will start with a walkthrough of the Setup for the basic Service Manager server, Read More...
System Center Service Manager Beta 1 is Released!
23 November 08 06:29 AM | mumeno | 0 Comments   
System Center Service Manager Beta 1 has shipped! You can download the Beta from Connect: https://connect.microsoft.com/SelfNomination.aspx?ProgramID=2733&pageType=1&SiteID=446 Read More...
System Center Service Manager Beta 1
06 November 08 05:15 AM | mumeno | 1 Comments   
It’s been a while since I posted as we have been feverishly working on the Beta 1 for System Center Service Manager.  Now that we are getting close to shipping Beta 1, I will start blogging again. Beta 1 has a number of great features, including 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...
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