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Archive for June, 2007
Upcomming SCCM 2007 Technet Chats
05 years ago
Deploying System Center Configuration Manager 2007Q&A with the SCCM 2007 Deployment Feature team.Add to CalendarJune 29, 200710:00 A.M. Pacific TimeAdditional Time ZonesEnterChatRoom
Operating System Deployment with System Center Configuration Manager 2007Q&A with the SCCM 2007 OSD Feature TeamAdd to CalendarJuly 10, 200710:00 A.M. Pacific TimeAdditional Time ZonesEnterChatRoom
Software Updates Management with System Center Configuration Manager 2007Q&A with the SCCM 2007 Software Updates Management Feature TeamAdd to CalendarJuly 12, 20071:00 P.M. Pacific TimeAdditional Time
More >Upcomming SCCM 2007 Webcasts
05 years ago
TechNet Webcast: Deploying System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Level 200)Monday, July 02, 2007 – 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Pacific TimeWally Mead, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporationhttp://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032343568&Culture=en-US
TechNet Webcast: Deploying System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Clients (Level 300)Friday, July 06, 2007 – 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Pacific TimeWally Mead, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporationhttp://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032343641&Culture=en-US
And both of them with my farvorite presenter:
More >System Center Operations Manager 2007 Virtual Labs
05 years ago
System Center Operations Manager 2007: Introduction – http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032343974&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
System Center Operations Manager 2007: Advanced Topics – http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032343965&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Monitoring Web Applications with the MOM 2005 Web Sites and Services Management Pack – http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032325778&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
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More >Windows Vista Pre-Build VHD available for download
05 years ago
Download the Windows Vista pre-configured virtual hard drive and get a head start on testing applications on Windows Vista.
OverviewFor organizations with complex desktop infrastructures, whether large or small, Windows Vista Enterprise is the operating system designed specifically to help realize a better return on IT investments. In this VHD, you’ll have the opportunity to road-test new and improved features including management (e.g. MUI, BDD, etc…) usability (e.g. Search, Navigation, etc…) and security (UAC, Windows Defender, etc…), enhancements to the Windows Vista platform.
System More >
Configuration Manager pre-RTM setup switch
05 years ago
If you find yourself blocked by a required prerequisite when you’re running setup to evaluate Configuration Manager 2007 Beta 2 in your lab environment (or TAP production environment) there is a setup switch than can come to your rescue: Setup /NoPrereq.
Using this setup switch will cause setup to run and skip the prerequisite checking process. This means that none of the prerequisite check rules will run during setup so I’d recommend that you first run setup with the prerequisite checking turned on to ensure that you’ve resolved as many setup prerequisites as you easily can.
This setup More >
SoftGrid for Windows Vista
05 years ago
On July 1st, MS will release an update to SoftGrid that will add support for Windows Vista. SoftGrid, a part of the Desktop Optimisation Pack (Software Assurance customers only) is an application virtualisation and streaming solution that resolves issues surrounding software deployment:
- Application compatibility issues
- Regression testing
- Self service
- Rapid deployment
For further informantion on SoftGrid, check http://www.microsoft.com/softgrid/
Windows Server 2008 Core
05 years ago
Windows Server 2008, when it ships later this year, will include an installation option called “Server Core” that allows admins to set up a minimal environment to run a handful of roles. At TechEd 2007 in Orlando, Microsoft announced that it will be adding yet another admin-selectable role option to Server Core: Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7), Microsoft’s Web server.
Windows Server 2008 (the product which was known, until quite recently as Longhorn Server) has been designed since its inception to consist of a core foundation with roles layered atop it. Instead of uninstalling More >
What are the SCCM 2007 Site System roles?
15 years ago
SCCM 2007 supports the following 14 Site System roles, with those prefixed with [NEW] being new to SCCM:
- Site Server - The server on which you install the SCCM software.
- Site Database Server - The server running SQL and hosting the SCCM Site Database (only required for Primary Sites)
- Configuration Manager Console - The interface for administering SCCM. Installed by default on Primary Site Servers this role can also be installed on workstations to allow remote administration.
- SMS Provider - The intermediate Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), layer that sits between the Configuration More >
MCP: SMS 2003
15 years ago
Today I passed the "Designing, Implementing, and Managing Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003" MCP Test.The test is 40 questing with a passing score on 700 out of 1000. My score was 936.
Hopefully this will end my focus on SMS 2003 so I can spend all my researach time on ConfigMgr 2007.
List all PCs without a DVD
05 years ago
This SMS query will, list all PCs without a DVD.
select * from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_CDROM on SMS_G_System_CDROM.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_CDROM.DeviceID not like "%DVD%"
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