Month: June 2007

Pop along today at 18:00 UK time/ 10:00 Pacific time for a Q&A chat with the SCCM 2007 Deployment Feature team. More details on this and other forthcoming ConfigMgr TechNet Chats are available here……(read more)

Just a quick reminder about Wally Mead's " Introduction to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 " Webcast later on TODAY . There's still time to register at: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032341255&EventCategory…(read more)

There seems to be a lot of confusion over the proper acronyms/ abbreviations for Microsoft's System Center products (for example "SCCM" for "System Center Configuration Manager"). So just to make sure we're all singing off…(read more)

Just a quick reminder that today Wally Mead is presenting his "What's New in Systems Management Server 2003 SP3" Webcast. Start Date: 6/19/2007 Start Time: 1:00 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) End Date: 6/19/2007 End Time:…(read more)

Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 "Phantom" Discovery Method in the SMS Administrator Console [18/06/07] Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS] If you notice a " Phantom " Discovery Method in the SMS Administrator Console make sure…(read more)

I've lost count of the number of times (twice today already), that I've heard something similar to the following: " I have an SMS-related problem/ issue and I can't seem to find any information relating to it. I can't believe I'm…(read more)

Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 "Connect Failed" on Machines running a remote SMS Admin Console after Windows 2003 SP1 Upgrade [14/06/07] Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS] You will see this problem when users who are running a remote…(read more)

Microsoft is running a short, anonymous survey titled " SCCM Reporting of Driver Installation State " over at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=75yhaMKssvxARBx7louo_2fA_3d_3d " The Microsoft SCCM team is proposing a solution where…(read more)

I've been trying out BlogJet for the last month or so and when my trial period expired I decided to buy it. Then as is typical in life, as soon as I'd paid for it I stumbled across the beta version of Windows Live Writer which seems to do almost…(read more)

I'm delighted to see that Wally Mead is returning this month and next to deliver some GREAT Webcasts. If you've never watched a Webcast before I urge you to as you'll pick up some pearls of wisdom from the SMS/ SCCM Master himself: TechNet…(read more)