There is an updated version of the SCCM Documentation Library ready for download... The November update contains new material and fixes to documentation problems reported after Configuration Manager 2007 was released. Refer to “What's New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for November 2007” for a list of topics that are new or updated in this version. The updated smsv4.chm will have a date of 11/06/2007 and will overwrite the existing smsv4.chm in %systemroot%\help.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=81997356-7f18-48b2-a53a-d6f995a47f35&displaylang=en&tm
Also,
There is a System Center Configuration Manager Product Quizzes for download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B9FB478A-EC98-47F2-B31E-57443A8AE88F&displaylang=en
The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 User Assistance team has created a set of quizzes to help you assess your understanding of the dependencies and requirements for key features of Configuration Manager.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
SCCM Toolkit
Remember good ole SMS Toolkit?
Well SCCM Toolkit is finally here! Hooray!!
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=948e477e-fd3b-4a09-9015-141683c7ad5f&displaylang=en&tm
Well SCCM Toolkit is finally here! Hooray!!
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=948e477e-fd3b-4a09-9015-141683c7ad5f&displaylang=en&tm
Friday, November 9, 2007
Desired Configuration Monitoring in SCCM 2007
No doubt, feature for feature sake may make a technology solution set more valuable but really how would Desired Configuration Management, aka DCM help your customers’ IT environment?
The following may help you better understand DCM.
What is DCM all about?
DCM is all about comparing a client against a given template to spot the differences. In SCCM 2007, systems (server or clients) can be compared against as many templates as useful and you will get colorful reports showing which system does not fit into which template. This helps customers to get back into compliance that might be required for various reasons. Overall, DCM can be seen as the first step to bring the SML (Service Modeling Language) to the configuration space, which is a key step in the overall Dynamic System Initiative (DSI – check out ) picture, and starts to close the integration between Visual Studio, OpsMgr 2007 and SCCM 2007.
Which configuration items are supported by DCM?
The following four configuration items are supported:
• Application Configuration item
• OS configuration item
• General Configuration item
• Software Update configuration item (you can create or edit software update configuration items with DCM as well)
Ssystems management administrators may want to identify which users are creating or modifying configuration baselines and configuration items. How would this help?
Audit status messages are automatically created for many actions when using DCM, You can use status message queries to view these messages.
The following may help you better understand DCM.
What is DCM all about?
DCM is all about comparing a client against a given template to spot the differences. In SCCM 2007, systems (server or clients) can be compared against as many templates as useful and you will get colorful reports showing which system does not fit into which template. This helps customers to get back into compliance that might be required for various reasons. Overall, DCM can be seen as the first step to bring the SML (Service Modeling Language) to the configuration space, which is a key step in the overall Dynamic System Initiative (DSI – check out ) picture, and starts to close the integration between Visual Studio, OpsMgr 2007 and SCCM 2007.
Which configuration items are supported by DCM?
The following four configuration items are supported:
• Application Configuration item
• OS configuration item
• General Configuration item
• Software Update configuration item (you can create or edit software update configuration items with DCM as well)
Ssystems management administrators may want to identify which users are creating or modifying configuration baselines and configuration items. How would this help?
Audit status messages are automatically created for many actions when using DCM, You can use status message queries to view these messages.
Internet Based Client Management... What the....??
Well, it stands for Internet Based Client Management. Broadly, it delivers a secure and reliable infrastructure to enable IT admins in Enterprises to manage computers (e.g. desktops, laptops) on the Internet. With the pervasiveness of broadband today in many parts of the country whether that’s is wired or wireless the likelihood of your customers having smaller remote offices on this, is higher today than ever. Potentially, one of the most exciting capabilities in SCCM 2007 is being able to manage computers systems which are not part of the proper LAN and WAN. So what does this mean?
For more information check out http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb693755.aspx
On top of this, please see below for potential deployment topologies.
For more information check out http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb693755.aspx
On top of this, please see below for potential deployment topologies.
Benefits of System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
I have recently spent a full month experimenting on SCDPM and found that it has several key benefits. A full list can be found here out http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680553.aspx.
To summarise, it does the following for you.
Detect server configuration “drift”
To summarise, it does the following for you.
Detect server configuration “drift”
- Approximately ½ of unplanned downtime due to configuration problems!
Improve Helpdesk troubleshooting and “time-to-resolve”
- Helpdesk represents the single largest “people cost” to IT
Regulatory compliance reporting
- Define and report against tangible configuration policies for regulatory compliance
Pre- and post-change verification
- Ensure system readiness
- Verify accuracy and efficacy of planned changes
System Center Mobile Device Manager
Hi all
Just when you thought that you have heard of the final System Center product, they have yet another.
Announcing System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008
On October 23, Steve Ballmer will announce System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM). Enterprise customers utilizing an upcoming version of Windows Mobile 6 devices in their environments will benefit from the deep mobility management capabilities (optimized for those devices) provided by SCMDM.
Within the System Center management portfolio of offerings, SCMDM will complement the comprehensive deployment, updating and asset assessment capabilities provided by System Center Configuration Manager 2007, which delivers these features across the breadth of the enterprise including to a variety of mobile devices, desktops and datacenter configurations.
For more information check out http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/mobiledevicemanager/default.mspx.
Just when you thought that you have heard of the final System Center product, they have yet another.
Announcing System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008
On October 23, Steve Ballmer will announce System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM). Enterprise customers utilizing an upcoming version of Windows Mobile 6 devices in their environments will benefit from the deep mobility management capabilities (optimized for those devices) provided by SCMDM.
Within the System Center management portfolio of offerings, SCMDM will complement the comprehensive deployment, updating and asset assessment capabilities provided by System Center Configuration Manager 2007, which delivers these features across the breadth of the enterprise including to a variety of mobile devices, desktops and datacenter configurations.
For more information check out http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/mobiledevicemanager/default.mspx.
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