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Suite of 7 tools including: 1. Management Point Ping (mpping.exe), 2. Site Information (siteinfo.exe), 3. Package Information (pkginfo.exe), 4. Distribution Point Mod (dpmod.exe), 5. Site Control File Check (scfcheck.exe), 6. Site Services (sitesvc.exe), 7. Collection Membership (cmember.exe). For more info see: http://netplantation.com

Use the troubleshooters to help identify problems with clients. visit http://www.myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/gramsey for more information.

Use this utility on a TEST SCCM 2007 site to help you identify the desired GUID required to extend the SCCM 2007 console.

Restart all the systems in collection.

This is the first of several Windows Vista SideBar Gadgets for providing SMS\SCCM information. This gadget, once configured will provide SMS Site Status.

A small util to add blank files to the program files dir and remove permissions for local administrators, everyone and users groups and then add domain admins and whatever group you would like to add as well.


Dell Client Configuration Utility (DCCU) is an application that you can use to obtain or configure BIOS settings. You can also restart or shut down the system or flash the BIOS with DCCU.

Create Visio drawings of any combination of ConfigMgr 2007 and SMS 2003 Site Servers. Source: Tondware

The ConfigMgr 2007 Toolkit contains 7 downloadable tools to help you manage and troubleshoot ConfigMgr 2007.

SCUP 4.0 allows customers to import software update catalogs, create, modify, and export software update definitions, and publish software updates.

Provides a number of capabilities to improve your level of integration and synchronization with Active Directory.

Inventory Manager (INVMAN) allows administrators to easily extend, customize and edit asset inventory for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and SMS 2003.

BDPAdd is a tool that will bulk add protected branch distribution points to a ConfigMgr 2007 (SCCM) hierarchy. There is currently not a way, in the ConfigMgr console, to add multiple protected Branch distribution points at once. This tools attempts to address that problem.

This tool will bulk add boundaries to ConfigMgr sites.

The purpose of this application is to facilitate the deletion of multiple driver objects from a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) database.

SMSTorrent is a Peer2Peer AddOn for SMS2003/SCCM2007 Clients. SMS/SCCM Clients are able to share the local Package cache with other Clients using the BitTorrent filesharing protocol.

  • MIFCheck - MIFChecker allows you to verify a .MIF file (SMS 2.0 inventory file) for errors.

This utility is developed based on many years of experience with Microsoft System Management Server now System Center Configuration Manager. Our mission is to streamline every aspect of the package creation process thus making the daily administration of the system smarter. In the latest version you’ll also find functionality to prestage computers and configure variables used in the image deployment process.

Right click on a computer or user and see what collection that resource is in as well as what maintanence window is associated with it.


The SCAP Conversion Tool for DCM converts Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) files into DCM Configuration Packs and indicates gaps in a log file that can result from the conversion process. Use the Configuration Packs in combination with the desired configuration management (DCM) feature in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to monitor compliance with the SCAP baseline.

  • WQL Analyzer - Browse classes, properties, qualifiers; run WQL queries (locally or remotely); save results as XML or HTML; connect to remote computer; export class description to XML or HTML; automatically generate the "SELECT" query (double click on class name).



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VBScript Function for creating NOIDMIF files for SMS ad-hock inventory.






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ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy that helps save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. The ENERGY STAR guidelines for computers cover both the hardware devices and the power management features expected of the operating system and applications.



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ConfigMgr (SCCM) 2007 Visio Stencils with example drawing.

This package will update the Asset Intelligence Configuration Manager SP1 catalog to fix the MPC issue, correcting the LU_MSProd table.

Here is an updated Capacity Planner to work with SCCM 2007. This is not fully completed as it is a work in progress. But it has updated terminology and hardware recommendations which may be helpful to some people. The bandwidth used calculations are not updated although you can manipulate the data to give an estimation.

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