Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 Beta 2 is now available! During the second half of 2011 Microsoft will release the next version of System Center Configuration Manager 2012 and in near future after that a new version of FEP will also be released. The new version of FEP will be integrated with SCCM 2012 so you…

I have run into the fact a couple of times at customers that there is no valid backup of SCCM that can be used, so I thought it was time to share it. When doing backup of a SCCM primary site there is only one supported way to do it and that is using the…

In March me and Stefan Schörling, www.msfaq.se hosted a Livemeeting in Swedish(!) with the topic “SCCM 2007 Tips och tricks”. We did it for the System Center User Groups Sweden members. More events are planned in the future by the user group, be sure to check them out at www.scug.se The recording is now published…

When installing the required hotfix for Configuration Manager 2007 R3 you are probably faced with the challenge that you need to install more the one SCCM client hotfix. Installing them in the normal way would require three packages, programs and advertisements which need to be installed. I wrote a script which will install all hotfixes placed…

The support statement for Configuration Manager 2007 is released that it now supports Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 2008 r2 SP1.  The following software update is required to add Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 to the Supported Platforms list: KB 2489044 – Update rollup for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 to…

Call to Action! Microsoft needs our feedback on the upcoming 70-243 & 70-242 certification exams that will cover System Center Configuration Manager 2012 and System Center Operations Manager 2012. Wouldn’t it be great with two tests per product? one for day-to-day admins and one for IT-Pros? Tell Microsoft your opinion using this 5 question survey…

During today’s keynote the announcement we all were waiting for was made – System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 available for download now! Beta 2 is also feature-complete which means that all features which will ship in the finished product are now in there. I can’t wait to start playing with it. I encourage…

SCCM 2012 will support managing Unix/Linux During the “Configuration Manager – State of the union” breakout session which as always is a highlight at MMS, a Super-secret announcement was made that it is now official that Configuration Manager 2012 will support managing Unix/Linux. The focus is to manage the server side of Unix/Linux not the…