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Full Title: Users cannot enumerate collection members if hotfix 955262 is installed on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 site servers
Symptoms
After you install the hotfix 955262 on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) site servers, you may encounter one of the following problems:
CSspQueryForObject::GetColumnName, Unable to find property "XYZ0000D" in class SMS_CM_RES_COLL_XYZ0000D Execute WQL =<SQL statement> Execute SQL =<SQL statement> Results returned: 0 of -1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;969529
I’ve added this to the List of ConfigMgr KB Articles on FAQShop.
Looks like Microsoft is already realising significant cost saving from Cloud computing as this video posted on the TechNet Edge website demonstrates:
“Jon Schmitz explains to Isaac Roybal how his organization, the Commercial Technical Support Labs in Microsoft Support, has put together seven "private cloud" sites around the world to realize a host of resource use efficiencies, resulting in substantial cost savings. Jon details what Microsoft virtualization solutions are involved and how they helped reduce the number of desktops support engineers had to maintain, reduce the organization's carbon footprint, and improve response efficiency, among other benefits...”
http://edge.technet.com/Media/Finding-Cost-Savings-in-the-Cloud/
In this demo Jeff Wettlaufer demonstrates how to use ConfigMgr SP2 to deploy Windows 7 WIRELESSLY using vPro. AND with Windows 7 and the new version of USMT you can do an in-place upgrade WITHOUT having to move the user data off the machine, re-image it and then squirting the user data back down to the machine again - WOW how cool is that?
PS - Check out the “Accountants” ;-)
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.. various videos including the MMS keynotes all for free and without any jetlag:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/infrastructure/videoGallery.aspx
Security Advisories Updated or Released Today * Microsoft Security Advisory (960715) - Title: Update Rollup for ActiveX Kill Bits - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/960715.mspx - Revision Note: V1.1 (April 29, 2009): Added an entry to Frequently Asked Questions to communicate that users with Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation do not need to install this update.
Summary The following bulletins have undergone a minor revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details. * MS09-013 - Critical
Bulletin Information: * MS09-013 - Critical - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-013.mspx - Reason for Revision: V1.1 (April 29, 2009): Added entry to the section, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security Update, to communicate that the Known issues with this security update section in the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 960803 has been updated. This is an informational change only. - Originally posted: April 14, 2009 - Updated: April 29, 2009 - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical - Version: 1.1
If you’ve ever tried deleting a VM from the SCVMM console but it still hangs around this post could help:
http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/archive/2009/04/29/how-to-forcefully-remove-a-virtual-machine-from-the-scvmm-admin-console.aspx
You all know by now that I’m all for a simple life which is why I LOVE people sharing their knowledge and I like to return the favour and the latest post from Carlos’ blog is a real gem:
“To check if a Management Point is up and running we have the mplist and mpcert http URLs that we can open in Internet Explorer. We don’t have such URLs to test if a Distribution Point (DP) is up. Management Point and Distribution Point servers are very different roles. The Management Point is a conduit for the clients to get information from the SQL database i.e. their cert, their machine policy, etc. That is why there is a way to use an http link to get that information from SQL through the MP. A DP is nothing but a server share. To use BITS for downloads, we expose that share through a virtual IIS directory...”
http://blogs.technet.com/carlossantiago/archive/2009/04/29/how-to-check-if-a-bits-enabled-distribution-point-is-up-and-running.aspx
From the TechNet Edge site:
“Another cool MMS announcement, this time around the R2 release of Operations Manager. Sacha Dawes took me for a quick tour around the product, showing off the new reporting and cross platform support.
Find more info and download the Release Candidate at http://www.microsoft.com/opsmgr.”
http://edge.technet.com/Media/Operations-Manager-R2/
Today’s post from TechNet Edge team is them talking to Brad Anderson to recap on the amazing announcements made during the Day 2 Keynote at this year’s MMS.
http://edge.technet.com/Media/Microsoft-Management-Summit-2009-Day-2-Keynot-Recap-with-Brad-Anderson/
Ever wondered what it’s actually like backstage at MMS? Well this short video shows you where Joey from the TechNet Edge team catches up with Jeff ahead of his demo during the MMS keynote.
http://edge.technet.com/Media/Behind-the-scenes-at-MMS-for-the-Keynote-Demo/
I saw this on the TechNet Edge site (thanks for the tipoff Peter about this site ;-) and thought it would be cool to share this video that shows the behind the scenes prep that Jeff, Wally and the gang did ahead of the MMS keynote where they upgraded 20ish laptops from XP to Windows 7. Now not only was it scary enough that they did this “on the fly” but even more amazing they were going to attempt to do it WIRELESSLEY to demo that this new feature in the upcoming ConfigMgr SP2 works.
Fascinating stuff:
http://edge.technet.com/Media/Microsoft-Management-Summit-2009-Keynote-Demo/
Summary ======= The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details. * MS09-012 - Important * MS08-076 - Important * MS08-069 - Critical
Bulletin Information: * MS09-012 - Important - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-012.mspx - Reason for Revision: V2.0 (April 29, 2009): Added an entry to the section, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security Update to communicate the rerelease of the Norwegian-language update for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB952004). Customers who require the Norwegian-language update need to download and install the rereleased update. No other updates or locales are affected by this rerelease. - Originally posted: April 14, 2009 - Updated: April 29, 2009 - Bulletin Severity Rating: Important - Version: 2.0
* MS08-076 - Important - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-076.mspx - Reason for Revision: V4.0 (April 29, 2009): Added Windows Media Services 2008 (KB952068) on 32-bit and x64-based editions of Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 as affected software. Also, added Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 as non-affected software. This is a detection change only; there were no changes to the binaries. Customers who have already successfully installed KB952068 do not need to reinstall. - Originally posted: December 9, 2008 - Updated: April 29, 2009 - Bulletin Severity Rating: Important - Version: 4.0
* MS08-069 - Critical - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-069.mspx - Reason for Revision: V2.0 (April 29, 2009): Added Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 (KB954430) on 32-bit and x64-based editions of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and on 32-bit, x64-based, and Itanium-based editions of Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 as affected software. Also added as non-affected software: Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 and Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 on 32-bit and x64-based editions of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and on 32-bit, x64-based, and Itanium-based editions of Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. This is a detection change only; there were no changes to the binaries. Customers who have already successfully installed KB954430 do not need to reinstall. - Originally posted: November 11, 2008 - Updated: April 29, 2009 - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical - Version: 2.0
“HP today announced HP Insight Control suite for Microsoft® System Center (HP ICE-SC), the industry’s first integrated management environment to lower infrastructure costs and improve uptime of HP server and Microsoft software environments.
By integrating the server management features of HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem into Microsoft System Center consoles, administrators can gain increased visibility into, and greater control of, their technology environments. This enhanced visibility into the health of IT systems enables a faster response in the event of server failure, reducing the risk of downtime. By automating server deployments and updates, administrative productivity is also greatly improved...”
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2009/090428c.html
Yet another great video from the TechNet Edge team where this time they talk to Brad Anderson to recap on the amazing announcements made during the Day 1 Keynote at this year’s MMS.
http://edge.technet.com/Media/Microsoft-Management-Summit-2009-Day-1-Keynote-Recap-with-Brad-Anderson/