The Strange Case of the partially-functional OpsMgr RMS (#SCOM)
You know it’s been a bad couple of days when as an Operations Manager administrator you find yourself looking back…
Introduction
Lego Mindstorms Lego Mindstorms is a programmable construction toy. In 1998, Lego created the first generation of this product called…
The Minimalist Development Movement
Over the past 11 years, .NET technology, fueled by Microsoft’s ability to deliver sophisticated development tools, has arguably ruled…
Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Power Management – Part1 “Overview”
There is a new series on the TechNet forums that will be going through the R3 Power Management piece. Read…
Embedded Quality – Development Team
When I’ve introduced Embedded Quality to the developers on a project, a common reaction is fear and loathing. They often…
Silverlight 4 – implicit styles don’t propagate consistently into templates
Prior to Silverlight 4 implicit styles (styles that weren’t given a key) didn’t exist and all styles had to be…
Active Directory System Discovery Method with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Hotfix
Read the full post and request the hotfix here. Consider the following scenario: You enable Active Directory System Discovery or…
ConfigMgr Client IP Check Script
Nice by Jason Sandys for identifying stale systems in AD, read the full post and download the script here. Troubleshooting…
Microsoft Management Summit 2011–MDT Integration with ConfigMgr Session
My session for MMS has been accepted. I’ve always been very passionate about the BDD/MDT solutions and am very happy…
Build and Capture and Software Updates (revisited)
Recently at a client in production and in my home lab, I ran into the an issue where the…