Awesome! I’ve been selected to participate in Tech·Ed North America 2011 as a Microsoft Product Expert in the Technical Learning Center (TLC). This is is my 3th TechEd where I get the chance to staff as a Microsoft Product Expert (Ask the Experts) in the Configuration Manager booth. I’m really looking forward to get the chance to talk to customers and show them all the great features in Configuration Manager 2012. So if you get the time, please drop by the Configuration Manager booth, and talk to us. See you in Atlanta!
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If you need to deploy Internet Explorer 9 using the Configuration Manager OSD Task Sequence, this is the command line that you should use: ie9_package.exe /quiet /norestart /update-no You should use the /update-no command-line option to prevent the Internet Explorer 9 package from checking for updates. If you do not use the /update-no command-line option, the Internet Explorer 9 package will require an Internet connection during installation. To uninstall Internet Explorer 9.0 (unattended), run this command twice from an command prompt (cmd.exe) with admin rights: FORFILES /P %WINDIR%servicingPackages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-*9.*.mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w…
Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, the next version of Forefront Client Security, is now RTM. Download is expected be available from the volume License site (VLCS) on December 29th. Forefront Endpoint Protection builds on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and R3, allowing customers to use their existing client management infrastructure to deploy and maintain endpoint protection. Learn more. Technorati Tags: ConfigMgr,Forefront Endpoint Protection,FEP,SCCM
December 10, 2010 Each day in December, you can test your knowledge in a daily quiz for Danish IT Professionals, and I’ve got the honor to host today’s question. The quiz does not start until it has been publicly announced by Bjarne, so no need to start sending mails until it’s been announced… If you think you know the answer, send it to ronni.pedersen@eg.dk, after Bjarne Dollerup has announced the question on his Blog or on Twitter (@ bdollerup). The first to send the correct answer will win one of the great prizes sponsored by Microsoft TechNet Denmark, so don’t…
With the release of Acrobat and Reader X, managing updates and patches is easy. Adobe will soon supply a System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) catalog so that administrators may more easily deploy and manage Acrobat and Reader X clients across the enterprise. Read the full story here. Read SCCM-SCUP Deployments in the Enterprise Administration for the Acrobat Family of Products document for more details.
Looking to get a head start on System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (aka Configuration Manager v.Next)? If so then you’ll be happy to know that nominations for the ConfigMgr 2012 Beta 2 Technology Adoption Program (TAP) are now open. You can find the nomination for the ConfigMgr 2012 Beta 2 TAP here. Read the full story here.
If you wish to deploy Windows 7 32-bit using Configuration Manager, and you need to enable AERO during deployment, you needs to add a “Run Command Line” step to the Task Sequence with the following command: WinSAT.exe formal If you do the same while deploying Windows 7 64-bit, the step will fail. The is due to the File System Redirector, and the fact that the Tack Sequence is running in 32-bit context. To workaround this minor issue, make sure that you select Disable 64-bit file system redirection, on this step.
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (Beta 2) has a new cool feature where you can “View Relation Ship” on a specific Application. This will automatically build a Visio drawing that documents all the dependencies that the application has. This is really great new for all the admins out there that don’t have the required time to create the necessary documentation for all their application.
As expected, the name for the next release of ConfigMgr, will be System Center Configuration Manager 2012. This was announced today during the session MGT202 at TechEd:Europe in Berlin. The product is currently in Beta 1, and Beta 2 is expected be released around MMS next year. System Center configuration manager 2012 is expected to be released around TechEd:Europe 2011.
Sunday morning I’m leaving for TechEd Europe in Berlin. One of the biggest Microsoft events in Europe for IT Pro’s. As a Microsoft MVP, I’ve been invited to work as a Microsoft Product Expert in the System Center Configuration Manager booth. This is a true honor for me and I’m really looking forward to get to work in the booth again. When I’m not working in the booth, I plan to see some of the great Deployment, ConfigMgr v.Next and Forefront Endpoint Protection sessions, presented by some of my favorite speakers. Here are some of the sessions I’m really looking…