Released – Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (KB976932)
Microsoft released SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 today. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda
Approving Windows Updates in an MDT 2010 Standalone Environment from a ConfigMgr Software Update Point
Here is a great post over The Deployment Guys Blog. A client actually sent this to me today and I hadn’t read it before. This was one of the main pain points when building your images with MDT Lite Touch. Read the full post here. You’ve no doubt read some of the benefits around using…
Configuration Manager-Reporting Services Access Denied When Running R3 Power Management Reports
Ran into an issue at a client this week that I haven’t run into before. When trying to access the new R3 power management reports, we were receiving an access denied. The errors we received were the following: An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted) Query execution failed for dataset ‘DataSet2’. (rsErrorExecutingCommand) For more…
Failed to render control: The post ID is invalid in the CKS EBE
Recently one of our bloggers (Adam Rafels, check out his great blog) noticed that he was getting this error After doing some extensive web searches for the answer, I was unable to find a satisfactory resolution. However, Adam did notice a few clues. 1. If he was authenticated then he could see the post,…
Configuration Manager–Configuring SQL Reporting Services (SRS)
Here is a great step by step for configuring and setting up SRS with ConfigMgr: http://blogs.technet.com/b/mwiles/archive/2009/02/19/east-setup-of-srs-with-config-manager-r2.aspx Here is a great article that details setting up the required permissions for SRS: http://scug.dk/blogs/configurationmanager/archive/2009/08/13/configuring-sql-reporting-services-user-permission-for-configuration-manager-2007.aspx Here is the SRS tag on Steve Thompson’s blog, lots of great posts here: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/sthompson/archive/tags/SSRS/default.aspx
Social Media | Top 10 reasons every business should engage in social media
I have had a number of conversations lately with business owners and professionals who do not see the value in investing in social media. To me, this is amazingly short-sighted. All of the social media channels that you know and use on a regular basis is where the conversations are happening… about your business, your…
Importing Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 (FEP) xml policies on a client
Here at Catapult a few of us are working on multiple infrastructure projects for the same client. I’m responsible for migrating from their current antivirus to FEP. The person responsible for migrating from an older version of Exchange to Exchange 2010 asked about FEP exclusions. It appears the Exchange 2010 servers will be up…
ConfigMgr 2007 Post-SP2 Hotfixes
Fellow ConfigMgr MVP Jason Sandy’s has created a nice post on post SP2 hotfixes that are a good idea to install on your servers. Read the full post here.
ConfigMgr: Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Supportability
Pulled this off of the Configuration Manager Team Blog at Microsoft… …[Windows 7 SP1 and/or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1] it is NOT certified and therefore NOT SUPPORTED for Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 R2 or R3 yet by the Product Group. If you already use it in production , don’t expect Premier Support to…
Outlook 2010: Adding Holidays to Your Calendar
Sometimes it’s the little things that you bring to the table that really makes all the difference in the world. Recently I overheard a client of mine discussing the need for him to have holidays on his Outlook 2010 calendar. Since I’ve already been down this road before, I immediately jumped up to show…