What’s in a Heartbeat
Questions often come on the forums about Heartbeat Discovery including how often should they be configured to run or…
70-681 Deploying Windows 7 and Office 2010
Today I passed my 22nd Microsoft exam since I took my first one on June 10, 1999. I think…
If you build it…they WON’T come–SharePoint Marketing
Those of us who watch movies are all familiar with the story from Field of Dreams (the second best Costner…
QuickTricks: Detailed item moving in Savision Live Maps (#SCOM)
In the Savision Live Maps Authoring utility you can highlight a single (or multiple items as shown below) and move…
Using ZTIWindowsUpdate.wsf To Install Updates In A System Center Configuration Manager Task Sequence
There are instances were you may want to install updates during a ConfigMgr Task Sequence without using Software Updates…
Modifying the LiteTouch Wizard in MDT 2010 – Sample 1
Our friend The Deployment Bunny has a fantastic post up over on his blog about modifying the default MDT wizard. …
Building A Windows XP Reference Image, Typical Customizations Examples
Nick Moseley has a nice post on some typical XP customizations that are done to your reference XP Image. He…
QuickTricks: Getting the URL for a Savision Live Map (#SCOM)
On a NOC view it is preferable to have a specific Live Map display instead of the full Live Maps…
Using #ConfigMgr to deploy OpsMgr CU4 updates to manually installed agents (#SCOM)
Kevin Holman provides a great article on how to upgrade OpsMgr to CU4 which is available at: http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2011/02/01/opsmgr-2007-r2-cu4-rollup-hotfix-ships-and-my-experience-installing-it.aspx One item…
A SharePoint 2010 Farm Primer
As anyone who works with SharePoint for a while knows, there is a sort of standard progression of farm architecture. …