New TechNet Virtual Lab: Installing and Configuring the System Center Configuration Manager Dashboard
After completing this lab, you will be better able to install and configure System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Dashboard, create…
Using Retention Policies in Exchange 2010
Since a lot of folks are now taking the upgrade plunge to Exchange 2010, I have decided to write…
Displaying Near Critical Path Activities in Microsoft Project
One of the schedulers I support was asking me this question the other day, and it seemed like it…
Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) Beta Limit Processor usage
A new feature in Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) Beta gives the FEP Administrators to limit the amount of processor…
Improving Your Image: Sector-Based, File-Based, and Sysprep – What Makes the Most Sense? Part 2: The Pros and Cons.
Jeremy Chapman has created the second blog in a series on the benefits of using package based imaging tools. Read…
Client Push and Discoveries at Secondary Sites
This is always a good article to review for explaining whether you should enable client push and/or discoveries at Secondary…
Changing the OpsMgr Data Warehouse retention periods & Using reports to assess impacts to Data Warehouse sizing
One of the requirements for an environment I am working with was to be able to provide performance information for…
Understanding USMT 4.0 Behavior with UEL and UE
Great article by Ned here that discusses the use of /UE and /UEL with USMT 4.0 http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/11/30/understanding-usmt-4-0-behavior-with-uel-and-ue.aspx
Digging deeper into the Exchange 2007 MP: Tuning the Failure DSNs total alert
When working through some Exchange 2007 alerts, I ran across the “Failure DSNs total” alert. I’ve seen this in previous…
MDT/ConfigMgr – UDI – Having Multiple Configurations For the UDI Wizard (UDIWizard_Config.xml)
By default the UDI based task sequence will use the UDIWizard_Config.xml contained in your MDT 2010 Update 1 toolkit…