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Congratulations! You have been selected to participate in Tech·Ed Europe 2010 as a Microsoft Product Expert in the Technical Learning Center (TLC). That was the words, from Microsoft, in the mail I’ve just received. Last year in Berlin, was my first time as a Microsoft Product Expert (Ask the Experts), and I’m really looking forward to get the chance again. So if you get the time, please drop by the System Center Configuration Manager booth, and talk to us See you in Berlin!
What is better than spending a moment to kick off a completely automated process to redeliver an existing operating system as a virtual machine within a new build of Windows 7? Answer: Making the entire process "zero touch" without necessitating a visit to the target computer or manually initiating the migration! P2V Migration for Software Assurance can now be implemented using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Operating System Deployment as well as native Lite Touch Installation with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. Computer refresh, replace and restore task sequence templates for Configuration Manager are included and documented in this Beta…
The Adobe Flash Player team has just released a new SCUP catalog. The catalog contains the newest update for the Adobe Flash Player 10.1. This catalog should be available from the Microsoft Partner catalog soon, but in the interim you can find it here.
Keep up to date with the recent KB articles for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 System Center Configuration Manager 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/common/rss.aspx?rssid=12769 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2: http://support.microsoft.com/common/rss.aspx?rssid=13876
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 and SP2 now support Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 as a Configuration Manager 2007 site database. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services. No software updates are required. Source and more Configuration Manager Support Announcements for June 2010 here.
Hi everyone, in case you had not seen anything on this, we have recently jointly released the Citrix connector for ConfigMgr 2007. Through this release, the ConfigMgr SDK has been used to extend and support the management of application services through XenApp. Very cool indeed. Some resources for you: Jointly authored whitepaper is available here A Video Demo can be viewed here Read the full story here.
The Configuration Manager v.Next Beta is planned to release in May 2010 and will be available to download on Connect. You can now join the Open Beta. As a member of the Open Beta, you will receive an announcement informing you of when the download package is available for your review. System Center Configuration Manager v.Next gives IT a powerful, user-centric way to provide seamless work experiences for people – from anywhere, on the devices they choose – while helping to reduce cost and complexity of delivering those services through a unified management infrastructure. Please use the following link to…
The Beta version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1 is now available for download on connect. MDT 2010 Update 1 includes Office 2010 support, the ability for users to initiate and customize their own deployments using Configuration Manager (codename Modena), key enhancements in Windows 7 driver support, and much more. Download the beta here: https://connect.microsoft.com/site14 Enjoy.
Today I got a call from a customer that wanted me to add a new network driver for a Lenovo ThinkPad T410, to the boot image in ConfigMgr. The driver was a Windows 7 only driver, so I needed to apply the KB978754 hotfix first. When I first tried to apply the hotfix I got the following error: Software Update for ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 (KB978754) Setup Wizard ended prematurely. The hotfix is a standard MSI, so I added the log switch (SCCM2007-SP2-KB978754-X86-ENU.msi /l d:kb978754.log), and tried again. The setup was unable to stop the “tmlisten” service (Trend Micro OfficeScan NT…