I finally got around testing the new Orchestrator Task in MDT 2012 Update 1 and wow is the word that comes into mind! I thought well I will do two simple tests to see how it works, now I am hooked. I added two Orchestrator tasks in my OS Deployment Task Sequence the first step…

An update to MDT 2012 Update 1 is released! Which solves an issue when used together with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager 2012 Cumulative Update 1 where you get an error when creating a new MDT Task Sequence. For more information about the update see Michael Niehaus’s blog post: http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2012/09/19/mdt-2012-update-1-has-been-updated.aspx Download is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25175

Yesterday Sp1 beta was made available for download! A very interesting blog post was also published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog regarding which versions of Configuration Manager will support Windows 8 and Server 2012. It also contains information that Sp1 will be released early 2013!!! Here is the support matrix: System Center…

System Center 2012 Sp1 beta is available for download! 😀 Some of the news from the blog post from the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Team Configuration Manager SP1 enhancements include: Deployment and management of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Distribution point for Windows Azure to help reduce infrastructure costs Automation of administrative tasks…

CMTrace.exe (former Trace32.exe) is a must have and probably one of the tools you use most as a Configuration Manager Administrator if you don’t count the Admin Console it self of course.  CMTrace is a fantastic tool to view Configuration Manager log files, it is truly a life saver. In Configuration Manager 2012 it is…

A question I am getting a lot and which has been discussed many times is: ”why should we use Configuration Manager for deploying Software Updates instead of WSUS?” or “I use WSUS today and it works fine, why should I switch?” I put together this list with some of the strongest arguments why you should move…

Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is now released! A list of fixed issues as well as the download for the CU1 Update can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2717295 The move to a Cumulative Update model is great news for all of us that work with Configuration Manager as it will be much…

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager will have a new update model, which will minimize individual hotfixes and use Cumulative Update bundles instead. The Cumulative Updates will be released on a regular basis. This is great news! as it will make it much easier to keep you Configuration Manager environment up to date. 😀 It is…