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System Center News |
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System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 has gone RTM! |
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by Rod Trent - 2/20/2008 |
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System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM) 2008 has gone RTM! |
System Center Configuration Manager |
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How To Get MVLS Info Into ConfigMgr SP1 AI |
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by John Marcum - 7/2/2008 |
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Okay I finally got my MVLS data imported into ConfigMgr SP1 AI. Here's what you have to do... |
SMS 2003 |
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VBS Script To Export SMS WQL User Resource Queries To Microsoft Word |
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by Don Hite - 7/2/2008 |
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This Vbs script will take an SMS site server name and site code from an input box and then enumerate all of the User queries on that server and read their corresponding WQL Queries. It will then write them to a Microsoft Word document that you can save for future reference. |
SMS 2.x |
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SMS Exclusions By MAC Address |
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by Don Hite - 8/16/2007 |
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In SMS 2003 as well as SMS 2.0 you can exclude resources from being discovered by adding the machine names... |
SMS 1.2 |
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Microsoft Systems Management Server Lifecycle Support Calendar |
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by Don Hite - 7/26/2007 |
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Here you will find information about the lifecycle support for Microsoft Systems Management Server. |
App-V (formerly SoftGrid) |
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Forum Stories: sequencer workstation requirements |
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by Rod Trent - 6/30/2008 |
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It is suggested to sequence on a machine that is the lowest common denominator for the target client. Do we need to keep Windows security updates updated on the sequencing machine? |
System Center Operations Manager |
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Operations Manager Utility: MPViewer 1.6 - Exporting to Excel |
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by Scott Moss - 7/2/2008 |
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This is so sweet! This new version of MP Viewer allows you to export data to Excel in addition to the existing HTML format that was available before. |
MOM |
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Mom 2005 Database Migration Migraine |
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by Scott Moss - 6/2/2008 |
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Prior to MMS 2008 we migrated our production MOM 2005 environment to a new SQL 2005 cluster. A week and a half after the migration we noticed that our nightly maintenance mode scripts were starting to fail. |
System Center Essentials |
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Intel Active Management Technology Management Pack for Essentials 2007 |
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by Gwen Zierdt - 6/2/2008 |
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The Intel® Active Management Technology Management Pack for Essentials provides support for Intel AMT Technology version 2.0 and later. |
Scripting |
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VBS Script To Export SMS WQL User Resource Queries To Microsoft Word |
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by Don Hite - 7/2/2008 |
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This Vbs script will take an SMS site server name and site code from an input box and then enumerate all of the User queries on that server and read their corresponding WQL Queries. It will then write them to a Microsoft Word document that you can save for future reference. |
Windows PowerShell |
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How To: Remotely Show Machine Advertisement Information for a ConfigMgr Client using PowerShell |
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by Greg Ramsey - 6/25/2008 |
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Here's a quick example for how to query advertisements from a remote (or local) system. |
Software Management |
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Security Certificates, Trusted Publishers, and ClickOnce Apps |
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by Sherry Kissinger - 6/24/2008 |
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We needed a way to automatically get the cert into the "Trusted Publishers" store. Since this solution took several people in my team, the Internal Development team, and a call to MS, we're blogging this. |
SMS Installer |
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Export Active Directory Lists - updated |
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by Dave Ferraro - 6/9/2008 |
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Pretty easy to export a single list from AD using VB and LDAP calls. But what about nested lists and users in those nested lists? |
Patch Management |
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VBS Script Installed Updates Using The Like Function |
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by Don Hite - 6/10/2008 |
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This VBS Script will allow you to list the installed updates for a specified machine name. It will write the following: Hot Fox name, Vendor, Version and installed date. |
Security |
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Windows Vista - Numerous Security Advantages over XP |
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by Harry Waldron - 7/2/2008 |
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In searching early this morning, I ran across this link which highlights numerous security advantages that Vista has over XP. |
Windows |
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Windows Vista - Numerous Security Advantages over XP |
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by Harry Waldron - 7/2/2008 |
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In searching early this morning, I ran across this link which highlights numerous security advantages that Vista has over XP. |
Windows Mobile |
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Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM Updates are here! |
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by Marco Nielsen - 6/5/2008 |
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In case you have missed the news so far the last week or so.. Things are slowly starting to pick up with all the promised upgrades for specific models announced in October 2007 and April 2008. |
SQL Server |
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SQL Query To Count The Number Of Client Machines With McAfee Virus Scan Installed |
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by Don Hite - 7/1/2008 |
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This SQL query was written as a request from a reader wanting to know how to count the number of machines that have McAfee VirusScan Enterprise installed by using the Add And Remove Programs applet. |
Exchange Server |
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PowerShell cmdlets to work with Distribution group in Exchange 2007 - Becareful the difference between AD and Exchange |
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by Ying Li - 5/13/2008 |
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Here are a few cmdlets to work with distribution groups in Exchange 2007.
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Small Business Server |
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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices Analyzer |
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by Rod Trent - 10/17/2007 |
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The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices Analyzer examines a server that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003 (Windows SBS) and presents a list of information and errors that administrators should review. |
Web Technologies |
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HTA Script To Retrieve Network Operating System Information For XP Workstations |
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by Don Hite - 6/26/2008 |
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This HTA script will allow you to enter a site server name and three letter site code into input dialog boxes and will then gather the following information for all of the XP workstations in your database |
Sharepoint |
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Why I can't open my sharepoint site on sharepoint server - Local Access Permission in DCOM |
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by Ying Li - 5/5/2008 |
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Recently I am working on to build a SharePoint staging environment for my company. This is a brand new staging environment. So I created the AD accounts and did all those setspn, account delegation stuff. Created the sites/site collections following our build docs. |
Active Directory and Group Policy |
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How to Add domain accounts to Local Administrators Group using GPO |
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by Richard Dixon - 6/19/2008 |
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There are a lot of questions in newsgroups, forums etc. about how to use Restricted Groups in the right way so I wanted to post a how-to for people to read. |
Microsoft Office |
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Access 2007 Runtime Now Available |
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by John Gormly - 4/17/2008 |
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If no end-user customization is required (including report modifications), you can choose to distribute Access 2007 solutions so that they run without requiring a full installation of Access 2007. |
Macintosh-Apple |
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PowerPoint 2008 for Mac |
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by Joseph Hinkle - 2/20/2008 |
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I just finished up sanitizing a presentation about basic SMS software distribution troubleshooting that I created for our help desk at work. |
Hardware and Gadgets |
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Restore your Zune Marketplace purchases |
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by Rod Trent - 6/17/2008 |
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The Zune app keeps a record of all of the purchases you have made in Marketplace, and allows you to restore all of your purchased items to your computer. |
Networking |
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NetMon 3.2b is out |
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by Paul Strain - 6/19/2008 |
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... and it rocks. Some quick initial testing shows that this tool finally has real value on a Windows system. |
Support Management |
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ITIL V3: A Set of Best Practices for Managing Your IT Services |
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by Alan Koch - 5/6/2008 |
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Looking for ways to enhance customer service and cut waiting times for responses, ITIL V3 has emerged as a vital methodology for businesses looking to revamp their service processes. |
Miscellaneous |
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Sysinternals Live beta available |
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by Ying Li - 6/12/2008 |
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If you are a fan of the Sysinternals tools, check out the beta |
SMS Alliance |
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Grant Thornton LLP chooses Sybase iAnywhere to manage 3000 mobile devices |
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by Rod Trent - 4/30/2007 |
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US Member Firm of Global Accounting, Tax and Business Advisory Organization Leverages Information Anywhere Suite to Streamline Desktop and Mobile Laptop Management. |
Altiris |
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Getting the Most of Altiris Notification Server Part II - Randomize Weekly and Monthly Inventories |
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by Reed Porter - 9/4/2007 |
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In Part I we randomized daily inventories so they ran randomly within a 4 hour window. In Part II we'll take that a step further by randomizing which day Weekly or Monthly inventories run and give them a 4 hour window. |
Virtualization |
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Microsoft Application Virtualization |
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by Paul Strain - 6/12/2008 |
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One of the most compelling technologies to come down the pipe from Microsoft is Application Virtualization, formerly known as SoftGrid. |
Microsoft Deployment |
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Using Task Sequence Variables to customize deployments |
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by Ronni Pedersen - 7/1/2008 |
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Living in a non-english speaking country like Denmark, I often have to deal with deploying English versions of Windows XP and/or Windows Vista, with other Regional Settings, Keyboard Settings, Time Zones etc. |
System Center Mobile Device Manager |
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New Free SCMDM Tools |
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by Marco Nielsen - 6/4/2008 |
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These new tools can really be useful when trying to use and troubleshoot your SCMDM 2008 installation. Check them out and feel free to give me some feedback on how they could be made even better! |
