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…
Rereleased: Exchange 2010 SP1 Update Rollup 3
The Exchange Team pulled the initial release of Update Rollup 3 for Exchange 2010 SP1 very soon after its release. …
#ConfigMgr Query for computers with the OpsMgr Console executable (#SCOM)
Are you looking for a quick way to find out what computers in your environment have the Operations Manager console…
ConfigMgr Program Rerun Behavior
So what exactly do each of these options do in an advertisement? The TechNet documentation is actually pretty sketchy…