Microsoft is currently preparing for an update for MDT 2010 that will add some new enhancements to the product. One of the most exciting ones is the new “user-driven OS deployment task sequence template”, which will enable “self-service OS deployment” with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2. The idea for user-driven OS deployment was first developed by Microsoft IT under the codename “Modena” (http://blogs.technet.com/osd/). Modena was first “announced” to the public at Microsoft Management Summit 2009 (MMS) in Las Vegas, where Chris Adams delivered one of the best presentations I’ve ever seen at MMS. According to several rumors and now…
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.
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Dashboard lets customers track application and operating system deployments, security updates, the health status, and IT compliance with key regulations—with an easy to use, customizable Web interface. Because the Dashboard is built on Windows SharePoint Services, IT staff can access information without using the Configuration Manager console. Overview IT Challenges IT administrators and IT support staff need easier access to key information about software and operating system deployments, client health, and compliance with regulations. They must ensure that their systems and software meet the configuration requirements established for the organization. And they need the…
From today, Monday April 5th, the Schedule Builder tool on the MMS 2010 Communications Network (CommNet) allows each attendee to reserve a place in up to six Instructor-led Lab sessions. This limit was previously three reservations per attendee. As attendees from previous years may remember, the Instructor Led Hands-on Labs (ILLs) at MMS are very popular and as space is limited many lab sessions will be fully booked well before the event opens. This is especially true for the lab topics hosted on the opening day – Monday April 19th. http://www.mms-2010.com/public/Headlines.aspx Source: http://twitter.com/mmsteam
Microsoft has released an updated version of the HealthCare pack for the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT). This guide is really great and can be a great for inspiration even if you’re not in the Health Care Business :o), or if you’re using ConfigMgr/ZeroTouch, so I would highly recommend reading and testing this guide. This guidance brings together the proven deployment approach of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010, with current best-practice specific to healthcare organizations. The result is Healthcare MDT 2010, a customized addition to MDT 2010, which can be used by healthcare organizations that wish to produce a client…
Last Year in November System Center User Group DK and SE hosted a joint event held in Copenhagen. Wally Mead from The product Group in Redmond and Anders Ravnholt where invited speakers for the event and around 100 user group members showed up for this full event day. The event was very popular and successful lots of great feedback. Our Agenda 09:00 – 10:00 Breakfast and Registration 10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and introduction to SCUG.DK and SCUG.SE (Ronni Pedersen, Kent Agerlund, Stefan Schörling) 10:15 – 11:15 Introduction to System Center Service Manager (Anders Ravnholt) 11:15 – 11:30 Break 11:30 –…
The IBM Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) is used to configure IBM hardware components prior to deploying Windows using Microsoft SCCM. This kit extends Configuration Manager 2007 by providing a convenient integrated user interface that will be familiar to SCCM administrators. The Deployment Pack completes the end-to-end deployment scenario in environments where IBM-specific configuration steps are required including RAID, IMM, RSA2, BMC, and BIOS/UEFI. Key features include: IBM-specific drivers, agents, and firmware Scriptable hardware configuration tools for the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) Sample configuration files and scripts, including sample Sysprep and Unatted.txt files Download here.
Microsoft has released a new compatibility pack for SMS 2003 SP3 that’s adds Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as supported clients. However since main stream support for SMS 2003 has already ended I would highly recommend that you start migrating to Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 ASAP, and only use this update as a "workaround" until you everything migrated. More info and download: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974014 Enjoy.
Service Pack 2 for Configuration Manager 2007 delivers new platform support for Windows 7 client, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. In addition, Service Pack 2 delivers continued innovation with Intel vPro technology, support for Branch Cache enabled environments, and continued development for 64 bit architectures. Feature Summary New Operating System Support Windows 7 Windows Vista Sp2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 New Features in Out of Band Management In addition to providing feature parity with SP1 and AMT firmware versions 3.2.1, 4.0 and 5.0, the following new features are supported:…
You’ve properly heard about it and soon you’ll have the chance to try it out yourself. The System Center Online team has announced the upcoming beta release of System Center Online Desktop Manager, expected to be released this year. Register to be notified when the Desktop Manager beta is available here. Here’s what will be included in the upcoming release: Updates Management Workload: Manage the Microsoft updates from a web-based console. Review available updates, choose updates and deploy to selected computers or groups of computers. Imagine WSUS from the cloud. Policy Workload: Provides the ability to configure operational settings of…
If you want to migrate settings and data when migration from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7, you need to use the User State Migration Toolkit 4.0 (USMT). USMT is a free download that is part of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK or WAIK) for Windows 7. Windows AIK for Windows 7 is included in Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 RC, so if you’ve installed Service Pack 2, you don’t need to download and install Windows AIK. The Windows AIK for Windows 7 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=696DD665-9F76-4177-A811-39C26D3B3B34&displaylang=en In previous versions of USMT, you needed to create…