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Author: Ronni Pedersen
Ronni Pedersen
My name is Ronni Pedersen and I'm currently working as a Cloud Architect at APENTO in Denmark. My primary focus is Enterprise Client Management solutions, based on technologies like AzureAD, Intune, EMS and System Center Configuration Manager. I'm is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Mobility.
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ConfigMgr 2012 was officially announced at MMS 2012 in Las Vegas earlier today. If you want to start playing around with the product, you should take a look a Johan Arwidmarks updated version of the Hydration Kit to install a virtual test lab (Fully automated). Both VMware and Hyper-V is supported. Learn more and download the Hydration Kit here: http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Blog/tabid/62/EntryId/57/The-Hydration-Kit-for-ConfigMgr-2012-RTM-is-available-for-download.aspx
Friday morning I’m leaving for the Microsoft Management Summit 2012 (MMS) in Las Vegas. This is one of the biggest Management events in world for IT Pro’s. At MMS some of the most skilled IT Professionals from around the world meet to increase their technical expertise through deep hands-on technical training, sharing of best practices and interaction with innovators and pioneers in desktop and device management, datacenter, and cloud technologies. As a Configuration Manager MVP, I’ve been looking forward to this event for past 3 or 4 years. Later this year all System Center 2012 products will be released, SQL…
Grab the hotfix from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2552033 Content provided by myITforum. Read the rest: http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/02/28/building-a-configmgr-2012-site-server-dont-forget-kb2552033/ Getting ready to roll out System Center 2012 Configuration Manager? Stay up to date with the available Microsoft KB’s on the topic. Add the RSS Feed to you favorite reader: http://support.microsoft.com/common/rss.aspx?rssid=1060 Also don’t forget to install the KB2552033 hotfix before installing a new CM 2012 Site Server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Server. Without this hotfix, the server may crash intermittently and result in the following error: STOP: 0x00000044 (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4) MULTIPLE_IRP_COMPLETE_REQUESTS Get the hotfix here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2552033
Were you unable to register for MMS before the record-breaking sell out this year? The MMS team has made it possible for everyone to join the event virtually! Watch the Keynotes LIVE Brad Anderson, CVP Management and Security Division will be presenting: Microsoft Private Cloud. Built for the Future. Ready Now. April 17 | 8:30AM – 9:45AM A World of Connected Devices April 18 | 8:30AM – 9:45AM Learn more about the keynotes and Brad Anderson HERE, and then tune into the www.mms-2012.com to watch live on April 17th and 18th! Watch Sessions On Demand MMS offers over 175 breakout…
OS Deployment and patch management has always been big challenge for many admins around the world. Not just the testing, but also to get the customer image patched made many ConfigMgr admins a lot older . One of the new features in ConfigMgr 2012 allows you to apply updates to an OS image that’s been imported to the ConfigMgr 2012 library. This feature only supports “Component Based Servicing” (CBS) updates, and can be applied to Windows Vista and above. To use this feature, navigate to Software Library -> Overview -> Operating Systems – Operating System Images, select the Image that…
Before you start adding drivers to Configuration Manager, you should spend a few minutes to decide where and how you wish to structure your drivers. There is no “one-size fits all”, but this model should fit most customers. The Driver Source The driver source, is the path where the drivers are imported from. The source files should always be placed on at network share, that can be accessed from the Configuration Manager Site Server. I always prefer to use DFS, as it provide me the flexibility I need when migrating ConfigMgr or the file servers hosting the source files. This…
Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) in the community technology preview (CTP) of System Center 2012 SP1 provides the following new features: Network virtualization VHDX support Support for file shares that use the Server Message Block (SMB) 2.2 protocol Live migration enhancements Network Virtualization VMM in the CTP release of System Center 2012 SP1 provides support for the network virtualization capabilities available in Windows Server “8” Beta. Network virtualization provides the ability to run multiple virtual network infrastructures, potentially with overlapping IP addresses, on the same physical network. With network virtualization, each virtual network infrastructure operates as if it is the only…
The built-in migration tool in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is a great tool to help you in the process of migrating from Configuration Manager 2007 to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. It can migrate all your content like packages, drivers, Task Sequences, OS images etc. But if you’ve integrated the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1(MDT) in your current environment, the Task Sequence might have steps that can’t be migrated to the new version. To migrate an MDT 2010 Task Sequence, you need to integrate MDT 2012 with the ConfigMgr 2012 site. But the wizard can only migrate MDT…