In some scenarios where the users have need of running say Windows 7 and Windows Vista/Windows 7 locally on different partitions it is fully possible to do this using Configuration Manager 2007. The user could be local admin on the second partition, useful for software developers, engineers e.t.c. However you will not be able to…
Author: Jörgen Nilsson
SCCM 2007 hotfixes – June 2010
Thought it would be a good idea to share the list of hot-fixes I normally apply when installing a new SCCM system, it can save you a lot of headache and troubleshooting after you install a new SCCM environment. User state migration fails on a SCCM 2007 SP1 client or on a SCCM 2007 SP2…
Report: Advertisement status for a specific adv. and collection part 2
As a follow up and as I promised in a previous post here are both reports which makes it possible to track advertisement status per collection and to link it to the next report, All system resources in a specific collection for a specific advertisement in a specific state. These both reports makes it possible…
SCCM V.Next Software Portal
SCCM V.Next Public Beta 1 includes a Software Self Service Portal which is a great thing! It looks really nice already in beta 1 easy to setup, works like a charm. Using the software portal it is possible for users to install applications themselves and also request them if the administrator have selected that approval…
Best-of-MMS event in Stockholm 28-29/9
Best-of-MMS 2010 (in Stockholm, Sweden) promises to be the Microsoft System Management event of the year in Sweden. Sessions will cover new technologies like SCCM V.Next Beta, Service Manager, System center essentials 2010 and many more exciting new products and solutions. There will aslo be a more non-technical track during these days focusing on organisation, cost-savings and many…
Report: Advertisement status for a specific adv. and collection.
Another report ;-)! There are many scenarios where I found that it would have been great to be able to track advertisement status for a specific advertisement per collection. For instance, if a manager places a service request that 40 computers at that department should have Office 2010 installed, it would be great to have a report showing the result per collection. …
SCCM V.Next beta 1 Supported Configurations
Finally got the time to install the beta 1, i strongly recommend having a look at the Supported Configurations document and the release notes (available at Connect) before starting the installation. For peparation of the site server it is still the guide on Technet that is refereed to in the online documentation “How to Configure…
WMI stability hotfixes for Windows 2008 R2
Ran into a problem where WMI stopped responding on a Windows 2008 R2 server which we use to host a Primary Site server. Applied these two hotfixes on the Windows 2008 R2 server which are both related to WMI memory leaks, and now the system is running as a dream! KB981314 – The “Win32_Service” WMI class leaks memory in…