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A few days ago , I explained in this blogpost “ http://scug.be/blogs/sccm/archive/2010/08/10/configmgr-connecting-primary-child-sites-to-central-primary-parent-site-in-and-out-of-same-domain.aspx “ on...
Format: wmv Duration: 80:12 Since its first debut System Center Configuration manager and its predecessors have been relying heavily on the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) architecture. WMI is...
Hi All, Just received confirmation that I will have a speaker slot again, for the 4th year in a row at the Belgian Techdays. So me, and the rest of the Belgian SCUG team will be present to talk to you...
Issue: After the upgrade was done from SMS 2003 SP3 , we had a lot of “failure audit” events on the remote sql server (every 20 min). Warnings are logged for an account that wants to access the SQL server...
I just needed to find a list with Keyboard variables to customize my Windows XP Build in SCCM. It could become handy for people needing them when building international images. ["Keyboard Layout"...
The technet forums have received a new update, with a new interface. The Server 2008 and vista forums have been using the new interface for a while, and today the configmgr forums were move to the new...
Place the "NO_SMS_ON_DRIVE.SMS" file on the drive you want ( aka c:\ ) to prevent that SMS/SCCM places any components on one of the forbidden drives in the future. Simple but effective Thats...
Configuration Manager 2007 inventories hardware information about clients based on the contents of two Managed Object Format (MOF) files stored on the primary site server in the <ConfigMgr install directory>...
Within SCCM SP1 there is a new branch called "Asset Intelligence". You want this to work within your company , How do we do it . First of all we need to enable the asset intelligence into the...
Today I was working at a customer that is still using symantec ghost instead of the OSD from SCCM .They are on the way of going from ghost to OSD and SCCM but during the inventory scan we have noticed...
Hi All, I received a couple of remarks on my blog post about customizing the Configmgr 2007 admin console with additional actions . Remarks ranged from, Hey, this is fabulous, through tell us something...
Hi All, Let's start by saying that this blog post is probably more OpsMgr related, but all topics are valid for a remote SQL Install for Sms, SCCM or any of the other System center products, so I guess...
The work that needs to be done in the Configuration manager 2007 admin console is often spread out amongst different team members. Not all of these team members require access to the full admin console...
A test lab is one thing , production another.... I was implementing a multisite Configuration Manager/OSD enviroment and ran into multiple errors while doing OS deployments into my lab. As the customer...
Hi All, Just got back home from the Mvp summit in Seattle last week, and it has been a thrilling and exciting event all over again. For those of you that don't know how the summit works, I 'll...
Hi all, As introduced during my presentation at the belgian techdays I will be teaching a custom training class on how-to upgrade you sms 2003 admin skills to SCCM 2007. This class is mainly aimed at current...
Hi all, I delivered my session at the Belgian Techdays, and I promised on my blog and during the session that I would share the scripts with all of you. So here they come. Most of these scripts were used...
Hi All, I will be speaking at the Belgian Techdays for the second year in a row. The session is aimed at current SMS 2003 administrators that are looking at transitioning to SCCM 2007. The session is scheduled for Thursday the 13th of March running from...
Configmgr 2007 comes with a totally new way of deploying software updates. The new method offers some great advantages over the old one(s) available in Sms 2003. It didn't take me too long to see the benefits the new architecture brings, but it did...
It's been a while since I posted something, and I'll try to be more productive again in the next couple of weeks/months. This post is a summary of the newly available resources that I deem as important. When I started this blog, I promised myself...
In following the instructions on how to better search the Configmgr 2007 documentation library as described over at the Sms writers blog I created a search provider for my personal favorite search engine. Add Live Search Sccm 2007 docs search provider...
Hi all, Let's have a show of hands, how many of you like/love the new Configmgr 2007 aka SCCM 2007 admin console? You can lower your hands again now. But I can only assume that a lot of you waved enthusiastically, because the new console is a wonderful...
This week someone in the newsgroups asked a question about how to create a collection excluding members from another collection. The answer to that question is based on the knowledge that every collection you make in Sms or Configmgr 2007 aka Sccm creates...
Hi all, UPDATED: Removed DP Decommision, this was apparently fixed from what I can see in my lab, great job. As you probably have read on several blogs Configmgr 2007 has Rtm'ed in line with the always publicly announced Summer 2007 release date....
Hi all, Everyone that has ever done an sms roll-out should know that planning is critical to the success of the project. Now one planning part that might easily get overlooked is planning some portions of the PKI infrastructure. And an important part...
Systems management products often require you to be an administrator on several machines. Sms 2003 and SCCM 2007 are no different in this respect. Microsoft's systems management product requires administrative privileges on the servers to roll them...