ConfigMgr–Creating A Collection For All Systems Not Approved
Saw this past by on the MSSMS list today and thought it was good info. Thanks to Brandon Linton for…
ConfigMgr Software Updates and OSD (Revisited)
Fellow colleague and MVP Jason Sandy’s has written a great post on Software Updates in ConfigMgr. Read his post here.…
Windows 7 closes gap with XP, is poised to steal top market share this month
Link to Stat Original story on Engadget. Image from StatCounter.com
Changes to Microsoft Core CAL(FEP)
It appears there are going to be some changes to the Microsoft Core CALs. It appears Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection…
Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0 with Office 365: Part 2 – Configuring
In Part 1 of this post, we introduced ADFS 2.0 in relation to Office 365 and discussed environmental requirements in…
QuickTricks – How to search all MP’s in an environment using XML without exporting (#SCOM)
There are situations where the only option that I have found to track something down in OpsMgr is to export…
Install Updates Offline
As many folks know, there is a known issue with Software Updates in Windows 7 Task Sequences: http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2011/01/28/known-issue-install-software-updates-action-hangs-on-windows-7.aspx. There…
KB977384, KB978754, KB2444668
I was brought in to assist with a ConfigMgr project. In their task sequence there was a task to install…
QuickTricks–Executing pings to multiple systems
During recent CU4 upgrades we wanted to validate connectivity to the systems during the agent installation process. This is really…
Question from MMS 2011: Operations Manager Evolution- PreShow Presentation (#SCOM #PublicSpeaking)
At MMS 2009 I started my presentation early because both the audience and myself were completely bored waiting for the…