Complete List of Configuration Manager Related KB’s
Cliff Hobbs has put together a nice list of Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) related KB’s. http://faqshop.com/configmgr2007/trobshoot/tskbs.htm
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Automatically remove computers from a collection and reset the last PXE advertisement flag after a Deployment has finished
Maik Koster posted a nice blog discussing the removal of computers from a collection after OSD has completed. This is especially handy if you are using his web service to drive your OSD process. Read the full post here. Two of the administrative tasks you often have to do after a SCCM based Deployment has…
Applying Updates to Exchange 2010 SP1 (including DAGs)
Now that the first Update Rollup for Exchange 2010 SP1 has released, it is a great time to review the proper way to apply updates to Exchange Servers including DAGs. First off, the recommended order to apply updates to Exchange roles are as follows: Edge Transport CAS (apply to Internet facing sites first and back-up…
Houston Techfest Follow Up
Thanks to the folks who turned out for the Techfest presentation. I’d post my slide deck, but honestly it just had a picture of me and the agenda, and I can’t imagine that being of much interest. Instead, I’ll go ahead and post the references to the material discussed for further in-depth review. Manual Tasks…
The Product Owner Advocate – Part 4
This is the final post in a series introducing the Product Owner Advocate as a beneficial role on a project using scrum. Especially if your product owner doesn’t have the time to commit to scrum. Here is how we defined the role briefly: The product owner advocate is a role that allows a business…
SQL Query To Show Program Flags
Thanks to John Nelson for this query: DECLARE @ProgramFlags TABLE ( BitFlag INT PRIMARY KEY, Meaning VARCHAR(128), Description VARCHAR(512) ) INSERT INTO @ProgramFlags VALUES (2 ,’USECUSTOMPROGRESSMSG’,’The task sequence shows a custom progress user interface message.’), (16 ,’DEFAULT_PROGRAM’,’This is a default program.’), (32 ,’DISABLEMOMALERTONRUNNING’,’Disables MOM alerts while the program…
Houston Techfest Presentation Tomorrow
If you’re in the vicinity of the University of Houston on Saturday 10/9, come on by and attend my presentation on new features in Microsoft Project Server 2010. The event is free and worth checking out. I am in the coveted after lunch spot from 1:15-2:15 PM. Topics on the agenda: TFS integration, BI (including…
Resource Analysis Under the Hood: The Baseline Calculation (Part 1)
My goal for the last couple of posts has been to introduce the features of the Project Server Resource Analysis component of the Portfolio Analysis module with the help of an Excel mockup. Why Excel? Because counting with your fingers only works for low CMMI organizations. To give you coming attractions, this post is where…
Embedded Click to Call with Lync
I am sure there will be more, but this is a great side effect of using Lync (a co-worker tipped me off to this). Lync will embed click to call functionality within websites. Third parties created some add-ons in OCS for this, but it is nice to see that it is now native to…
The Product Owner Advocate – Part 3
This is the third post in a series introducing the Product Owner Advocate as a beneficial role on a project using scrum. Especially if your product owner doesn’t have the time to commit to scrum. Here is how we defined the role briefly: The product owner advocate is a role that allows a business…