Microsoft is currently building the update to System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr07) 2007 titled Service Pack 2. The ConfgMgr Technology Adoption Program (TAP) team is pleased to announce that we are now soliciting participation in the System Center Configuration Manager Service Pack 2 Product Validation program. What’s New? ConfigMgr07 SP2 will include new OS support along with improving on the Intel AMT integration. New Operating System Support Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Vista SP2 *Branch Cache a new Windows and Windows Server 2008 R2 feature for peer to peer content distribution will be supported…
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During the last couple of days Microsoft has been migrating, the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 forums to a new and updated version. The forum migration is now completed and I encourage you all to try the new forum. So far it everything seems to be both faster and more reliable. Microsoft TechNet Forums http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories/ System Center Configuration Manager 2007 – Forum list http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/configurationmanager/ Here is each individual one if you are interested in only a single one: General – http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrgeneral/threads/ Announcements – http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrannouncements/threads/ Admin Console – http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgradminconsole/threads/ Asset Intelligence – http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrai/threads/ Backup and Recovery – http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrbackup/threads/ Desired Configuration Management…
Date: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 includes integrated provisioning and management support for Intel vPro/Active Management Technology (AMT) hardware management technologies. This integration provides a strong solution for enterprise management of both desktop software and hardware platforms within a single unified administration console. Join this webcast to learn how to provision and use vPro to extend the capabilities of System Center Configuration Manager to incorporate secure hardware and power management for a truly green managed enterprise desktop solution. Topics include: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Intel…
Download the evaluation copy here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7376214F-CBA3-4E0D-81FE-AD52488BE3A3&displaylang=en System Requirements: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 Evaluation (you cannot install this version on a Volume License or MSDN installation).
The R2 release of System Center Configuration Manager is released today. Lots of people is already blogging about this new add-on to ConfigMgr. I haven’t played with all features yet, but the Client Status Reporting or “Client Health”, is one of the features I can’t wait to show to my customers. They will love it… Another great feature is the support for Unknown Clients without using the MDT add-on. I’ve never been a big fan of MDT, so I really enjoy this update. Version 5 is not around the corner so I wonder what will happen next… An R3 version…
The SMS 2003 Toolkit tool Package Loader Tool has been updated to support Configuration Manager 2007. The Preload Package Tool (PreloadPkgOnSite.exe) is used to manually install compressed copies of software distribution package source files on Configuration Manager 2007 sites. After package source files are installed, a status message is sent up the site hierarchy indicating the presence of the new package source files. This avoids sites higher in the hierarchy from copying package source files over the network when distribution points at child site are selected to host software distribution package content that has already been preloaded on them. The…
In the Introduction to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 – Part 1, we learned how to prepare Active Directory and how to configure Windows Server 2008 for hosting the Site Server role. In this part we’ll learn how to install and configure the Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) and finally System Center Configuration Manager 2007. Installing and configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2005 In this test lab, the Domain Controller, the database and the Site Server will be installed on the same virtual machine. I wouldn’t recommend this in production, but for a testing scenario it’s just…
Introduction When people that are new to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, start playing around with the product in a test lab, they often want to start with a simple OS deployment setup. But if you are new to the product and wants to deploy Windows XP, getting started could be a bit challenging. This article (not sure how many parts it will contain yetJ), will be a guide through the basic steps, that needs to be configured in order to successful deploy Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Enterprise with Service Pack 1.…
I’ve just got an email from Microsoft, saying that I’ve received the Microsoft MVP Award on System Center Configuration Manager. I’m truly honored… Thanks to my lovely wife and to my son, for being so patient when I spend (too much) time working for the Danish IT community.
Living in a non-english speaking country like Denmark, I often have to deal with deploying English versions of Windows XP and/or Windows Vista, with other Regional Settings, Keyboard Settings, Time Zones etc. In the past I’ve created a VBScript to modify the sysprep.inf or the unattend.xml, after laying down the image on the client. The values were configured with Collection Variables or Computer Variables. The script collected the value during deployment, and replaced the value in the sysprep.inf or unattend.xml file before restarting into mini setup. This year at TechEd in Orlando, I attened a great session on Windows Deployment…