April 2008 - Posts

MMS 2008: System Center Configuration Manager "State of the Union"
Another great write up by Michael Niehaus on Bill Anderson's "State of the Union" ConfigMgr session - an MMS MUST attend session if you use ConfigMgr. It's been a busy year with exciting...( read more ) Read More...
Public Beta of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 announced
Microsoft announced at MMS the public beta release of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (formerly referred to as code name “Virtual Machine Manager vNext”) is now available. " System Center...( read more ) Read More...
Microsoft Expands Datacenter Management Offerings With Advanced Heterogeneous and Virtualization Capabilities
LAS VEGAS — April 29, 2008 — Today, before an audience of more than 4,000 IT professionals and partners at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2008, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Server and...( read more ) Read More...
New KB Articles At Microsoft 29 Apr 2008 - Weekly Summary
SQL Server 2005 951574 Error message when you update a table column that is a foreign key in SQL Server 2005: "Internal Query Processor Error: The query processor could not produce a query plan"...( read more ) Read More...
Security Compliance Management Toolkit Beta Now Available
The Security Compliance Management toolkit consists of 12 desired configuration management (DCM) Configuration Packs that you can use with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. You can use...( read more ) Read More...
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - Tell Microsoft what YOU think...
Reading Michael Niehuas' blog I noticed the post below. So like he says, here's YOUR chance to tell Microsoft EXACTLY what you think about it, where it excels, where it's absolute pants, and...( read more ) Read More...
Can't stop watching this...
I've seen some fantastic, amazing things in my life but this is right up there, I just can't stop watching it and I'm SO glad someone put it on You Tube. I bet you can't guess what the...( read more ) Read More...
More opportunities to meet and give your feedback to the SC Content Managers
Just came across this and thought some of you at MMS might find it interesting: " There's a lot planned for the Microsoft Management Summit next week in Vegas! I'll be there, as will several...( read more ) Read More...
At MMS? Do your bit and help Microsoft
MMS Focus Group are a great way for YOU to have your voice heard and one session I would have loved to have attended (had I been there), is this one tomorrow. So if you're in Vegas, pop along to this...( read more ) Read More...
New FAQShop SMS Article 28/04/08
Why do I see Status Message 4610? [28/04/08] Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS] The Schema extensions for SMS are the reason for this one... digg_url='http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/chobbs...( read more ) Read More...
Next WMUG Meeting - 13th May 2008
We are delighted to announce that the next WMUG Meeting will take place on the 13th May at the Microsoft Campus in Reading. Full details can be found on our home page ( http://wmug.co.uk ). Everyone is...( read more ) Read More...
Microsoft UK looking for ConfigMgr/ SMS or OpsMgr/ MOM Support Engineers
Here's an interesting opening for Microsoft UK based at Thames Valley Park in Reading (a HUGE campus location that's in a beautiful location). More details: http://members.microsoft.com/careers...( read more ) Read More...
The Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 Release Candidate Documentation
Carol posted this on the " Configuration Manager Writers - Announcements, Comments and other Stuff " blog so I thought I'd post it here as well: " Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 RC is...( read more ) Read More...
Microsoft Releases Latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report
Company finds use of malicious software increasingly motivated by financial gain. LONDON — 22 April 2008 — Microsoft Corp today released the fourth volume of its Microsoft Security Intelligence Report...( read more ) Read More...
Helping you stay in touch with the Community
How many times have you learnt in life the hard way that it's not WHAT you know but WHO you know that can make all the difference. To help me "network" better I've been using LinkedIn...( read more ) Read More...
RSS Feeds for KB Articles for all Microsoft products
I remember a while back discovering the RSS Feeds for ConfigMgr and SMS Knowledge Base articles but misplaced them. So off I went trawling through the Microsoft site and I came across the RSS Feed Product...( read more ) Read More...
New FAQShop ConfigMgr Article 21/04/08
Do I need to buy a ConfigMgr License for my Secondary Sites? Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS] No. As detailed in this article you do not need to buy a ConfigMgr Server license for your...( read more ) Read More...
New FAQShop SMS Article 21/04/08
Is the SMS 2003 Client supported on 64-bit platforms? Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS] Yes, the Advanced Client is supported on the following 64-bit platforms... digg_url='http://myitforum...( read more ) Read More...
System Center Configuration Manager Asset Intelligence Whitepaper
" Executive Summary Information technology expenditures comprise an increasing portion of IT budgets—IT assets can often account for more than half of an enterprise’s total asset base. With the changing...( read more ) Read More...
Cathy Moya has left the building...
I was very saddened to read on the " Configuration Manager Writers - Announcements, Comments and other Stuff " Blog that Cathy Moya has moved on to pastures new (thank God she hasn't left...( read more ) Read More...
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