Blogs

The Best of MMS UK registration is closed now and there will be an epic amount of folk there as well as partners. I’ll be attending so if you see me and want to say hi just pull me up, always happy to chat and meet. http://blogs.technet.com/b/uktechnet...

Having passed this exam a number of different Microsoft exams myself, I thought some people may find it useful to get some feedback and guidance from someone who’s been there and done it. Now obviously I’m not going to give away any answers or suggest...

I fell foul of this problem this week where I had been installing a System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 site server. This was a new build Windows Server 2012 but as I began the installation a handy error message alerted me to the existence of...

I was at a customer site recently and they were simulating a data centre failure as part of their Disaster Recovery plan. They replicate the Site server as a VM across to another data centre in real-time and fail over to it when the main Site server is...

One of the great features of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 is the ‘Pull distribution point’. This allows you to specify certain distribution points (DP’s) in your Configuration Manager environment to pull content from others....

I’m running a session on Software Updates Management on the 23rd of May between 19:30 to 20:30 using LiveMeeting. This is an online event that does not require an invitation, just turn up on the scheduled date and time. Here’s the link the Events page...

The Hydration kit is a fantastic way of saving time when building your own test lab, but as I prefer to use my own lab domain I needed to make few changes. Hydration Kit for ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 can be downloaded from here: http://www.deploymentresearch...

So, Tech.Days UK starts tomorrow and runs through until the end of Friday, and it is all available online. Take a look at the session schedule here, https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032543696&Culture=en-GB&community...

Hi All, This week sees the start of a new MVP Speaker Series covering Windows Server and System Center technologies. Many of the presentations will be sessions that couldn't be accommodated at MMS, and others will be brand new, but they will all...

The SCCM 2007 HealthCheck Toolkit was initially developed by dotNetwork. dotNetwork was the brand used by Raphael Perez, MVP in Enterprise Client Management, to perform consultancy and training. During 2012, dotNetwork was taken down and re-branded to...

I wrote a little article for TechNet UK as a guest post where I go over the new Email Notifications mechanism in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1. Check it out here

Lots of chatter out there on the web on this, Microsoft has pulled a patch, KB2823324, that is reportedly causing Windows OS’s not to boot properly or for application to not function correctly. If you haven’t got this out into production yet, think it...

Hi All, today is the last part of the secunia csi integration after the installation, open the SCCM console as administrator navigate to software library (note that there is a new node called Secunia) expand the node and click configure and...

Our very own WMUG representative is at this years most awesome MMS 2013, Simon Skinner, CDM MVP, who will be tweeting and such like across the week, letting us know all the exciting stuff taking place. Check out the WMUG MMS 2013 dedicated page . We link...

Hi all, today we'll set up the CSI SCCM Plugin. To do this, you need to download it from http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/sccm_plugin/ Once you have downloaded, execute it (I'm doing it on the SCCM Server itself). On the...

Another WMUG webcast, this time from Satisnet and Secunia, click through to get more information on the event and how to register. Overview: Secunia CSI provides highly detailed software inventory including both programs and plug-ins. This inventory...

One of the features I love in the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions is IncludeFileContent. This feature enables you to include script files into a management pack, without needing to write the script with the relevant XML tags such as <ScriptBody>...

WMUG is proud to announce a virtual meeting with Satisnet/Secunia, presented by John McCann and Morten Stengaard and hosted by Raphael Perez Overview: Secunia CSI provides highly detailed software inventory including both programs and plug-ins. This inventory...

UPDATED: Script modified to log results Spam. Spam. Spam. Here at WMUG we see a lot of Bots trying to register an account with us so they can get in and spam the site silly. For most website administrators it is an on-going chore separating out the...

The winner of the Infront Consulting Group Full MMS Conference Pass giveaway has been announced by Rory McCaw in a video on Facebook. Get over there now to see if you’re the lucky winner, http://www.facebook.com/InfrontConsulting . David

Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 has been released. This release is heaving with updates covering the Administrator Console, Site Systems, Device Management, Software Updates, Client and PowerShell. As usual...

Enter to Win One Full MMS 2013 Conference Pass from In f ront Consulting Group Hello everyone, In f ront is pleased to give away one full conference pass to MMS 2013 worth $2195. We would love to give it to an individual who really...

Issue with function is that they tend to be DBMS specific. Only few are supported by all popular DBMS. Although function is the same the implementations is not. Therefore they are not portable. Portable: Code that is written so that it will run on multiple...

Want to know all the OpsMgr sessions that are going to be on this year at MMS, well here they are. http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2013/03/12/system-center-operations-manager-sessions-microsoft-management-summit-2013-4-8-4-12.aspx The listed...

There has been a very useful TechNet Wiki page posted that lists all the currently available management packs, and the relevant links to download them. The page also includes all management packs currently in pre-release that are due for release in the...