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…
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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:…
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…
Microsoft has just released information about System Center Configuration Manager R3. Configuration Manager 2007 R3 will release as a beta at the end of October 2009, with a targeted release of late Q1 calendar 2010. You can read more about it right here: http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2009/09/08/announcing-system-center-configuration-manager-2007-r3.aspx
This scenario is NOT supported, but I did it anyway, and so far everything seems to be running just fine. This upgrade was done in test environment and I don’t recommend doing this in production, unless you’re a TAP customer. Uninstalling Windows Automated Installation Kit Before running setup, you need to uninstall the previous RC version of Windows AIK. Click Start, and type Programs and Features, and press Enter. Select Windows Automated Installation Kit, and click Uninstall. Click Yes. Click Allow. Click Yes to restart the server. Log in as Administrator. Installing System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 RC Click…