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24 September 2008 08:41
[WMUG] Wally Mead at WMUG – 30th October
Mark the date in your diaries folks the next WMUG meeting will be on the 30th October where none other than Wally Mead will be presenting who has kindly agreed to stop off at our meeting on his way to Tech Ed. We’re still still working on the finer details...
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06 August 2008 22:46
[SQL 2008] RTM Released But ConfigMgr/ SMS 2003 Support To Follow
Today Microsoft Released to Manufacturing (RTM) SQL Server 2008 as you’ll see from the official release statement below. In terms of SQL 2008 support for SMS 2003/ ConfigMgr the Product Group will need analyse what needs to happen in order to officially...
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23 May 2008 13:24
ConfigMgr Capacity Planner Tool - Myth?
When the documentation for ConfigMgr was first released one of the glaring omissions I noticed was there was no Capacity Planner tool like there was for SMS 2003. After making enquiries to several people in Microsoft I was told no such tool existed and...
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09 May 2008 10:08
Last chance to register...
TODAY is the final day to register for the next WMUG Meeting to be held next Tuesday 13th May at Microsoft's Thames Valley Park. All are welcome and we'd love to see you there. Full details and registration information can be found on the WMUG...
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29 April 2008 11:29
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - Tell Microsoft what YOU think...
Reading Michael Niehuas' blog I noticed the post below. So like he says, here's YOUR chance to tell Microsoft EXACTLY what you think about it, where it excels, where it's absolute pants, and what can be done to improve it: " Make me regret...
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28 April 2008 10:30
Next WMUG Meeting - 13th May 2008
We are delighted to announce that the next WMUG Meeting will take place on the 13th May at the Microsoft Campus in Reading. Full details can be found on our home page ( http://wmug.co.uk ). Everyone is welcome, all we ask is that you register in advance...
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25 April 2008 15:27
Microsoft UK looking for ConfigMgr/ SMS or OpsMgr/ MOM Support Engineers
Here's an interesting opening for Microsoft UK based at Thames Valley Park in Reading (a HUGE campus location that's in a beautiful location). More details: http://members.microsoft.com/careers/international/default.aspx?loc=UKD&lang=EN&job...
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22 April 2008 09:07
RSS Feeds for KB Articles for all Microsoft products
I remember a while back discovering the RSS Feeds for ConfigMgr and SMS Knowledge Base articles but misplaced them. So off I went trawling through the Microsoft site and I came across the RSS Feed Product Index . This is basically an index of ALL Microsoft...
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18 April 2008 14:53
Cathy Moya has left the building...
I was very saddened to read on the " Configuration Manager Writers - Announcements, Comments and other Stuff " Blog that Cathy Moya has moved on to pastures new (thank God she hasn't left Microsoft completely). I was lucky enough to exchange...
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28 March 2008 12:01
1E at MMS 2008
Once again 1E will be exhibiting and presenting at this year's Microsoft Management Summit (MMS). Don't miss out on your opportunity to hear how their products solve real-world problems and to meet the team face-to-face.. To find out more...
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30 October 2007 21:18
Do you want your Advanced Clients to failover to a different MP in the event of a PMP failure?
OK folks, here's one for comment. By design if an Advanced Client cannot contact a Proxy MP it is basically dead in the water until the PMP comes back online again (or some other intervention is taken), which could potentially go unnoticed for a long...
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05 July 2007 15:35
New FAQShop Articles 5th July
System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007 What basic functions does ConfigMgr provide? [05/07/07] Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS] We all need to start learning about ConfigMgr somewhere so let's start with the basics... Systems Management...
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04 July 2007 11:40
New FAQShop Articles 4th July
System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007 How do I give Microsoft feedback on ConfigMgr 2007? [04/07/07] Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS] It's really very easy to give Microsoft feedback on ConfigMgr 2007... Systems Management Server ...
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25 June 2007 17:13
Let's start by getting the name right...
There seems to be a lot of confusion over the proper acronyms/ abbreviations for Microsoft's System Center products (for example "SCCM" for "System Center Configuration Manager"). So just to make sure we're all singing off the same song sheet below is...
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13 June 2007 11:56
Wally's back so mark the dates in your diaries...
I'm delighted to see that Wally Mead is returning this month and next to deliver some GREAT Webcasts. If you've never watched a Webcast before I urge you to as you'll pick up some pearls of wisdom from the SMS/ SCCM Master himself: TechNet Webcast: What...
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