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Great news!
Roger Zander's SMS2003 Client tools utility called "SMS Client Spy" now has english documentation.
Myself and Sherry Kissinger put some time in to translating, so as to help describe the tools powerful features, and clarify some of the more obscure.
If you haven't looked at this tool, then follow this link to install it from the web, or here to download the binary. The tool is laid out quite well, and packed with features covering the SMS2003 Clients features.
Some of the things it can do:
- Show you the state of all SMS related services, and allows you to interact with them
- Provides execution history as well as monitoring of current executions,
- Access advertisement information, and manipulate them
- Display the Inventory data, and allows you to initiate any of the inventory related processes
- A customizable event monitor that shows you sms related events taking place.
- A fully-documented automation DLL that exposes the tools features to scripting\programming languages
- All packed in to one easy to use application (or web-based) GUI!
It offers so much more, it's definately worth checking out!
I think Roger is about to change the tools name, so that it does not collide with the SMS ToolKit 2 utility CliSpy.exe.
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Technet host Virtual Labs for SMS2003, where you can get your hands dirty performing a variety of administrative tasks.
Here's the Virtual Labs for MOM2005 as well.
If you have the time, and need to know about any of the subjects covered by these Virtual Labs then i'd recommend giving it a go.
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I thought I would put together a list of available Webcasts for SMS2003 and related components. This list is not comprehensive, just what was taken from the following page on the Technet website.
Applying SMS Updates to an Advanced Client (Level 300)
Best Practices: Security Update Management with Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200)
Choosing the Right Software Update Solution for You: SMS 2003 and Update Services (Level 200)
Deploying Windows Desktops: Introducing SMS 2003 Operating System Deployment Feature Pack (Level 200)
Getting Started with Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 (Level 200)
Installing SMS 2003 from Start to Completion - Level 200
Microsoft System Management Server 2003 Technical Overview (Level 200)
Microsoft System Management Server 2003 Technical Overview (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)
Microsoft System Management Server 2003 Technical Overview (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)
Office 2003 Patch Management with SMS 2003 (Level 200)
Planning and Deploying Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200) (Version 1?)
Planning and Deploying Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200) (Version 2?)
Security Update Management with Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0 and Systems Management Server (Level 300)
Troubleshooting Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200) (Version 1?)
Troubleshooting Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200) (Version 2?)
Using Systems Management Server (SMS) in a restricted environment—Level 200
Using the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (Level 200)
This one is brand new and worth a peek to prepare for deploying Vista using SMS2003
Deploying Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System Images Using SMS 2003 Virtual Lab
There you go, stuff for beginners to advanced administrators.
Enjoy,
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I use del.icio.us quite a lot to make sites available across multiple systems, and to bookmark something I want to return to at a later date to finish up reading. It's quite a handy tool, and since I came across it i've hardly used my local favourites. Result, as my favs has grown out of control with a zillion entries and when i loose a system or rebuild it i sometimes loose all that info!
Microsoft have a similiar offering called TagSpace. I've not used it yet, but here's the spiel ...
For more information about Tagspace, see:
Screencast (direct stream): intro2tagspace.wvx
Screencast (on MSN Soapbox): intro2tagspace.wmv
Text Overview: Tagspace Beta Refresh Overview
Product Roadmap: Microsoft.Community Today and Tomorrow (...because this is just the beginning.)
Tagspace: In the News
Subscribe: RSS
(Lifted from Bink.Nu)
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Qoute from the MSDN page ...
The Architecture Journal is an independent platform for free thinkers and practitioners of IT architecture. New editions are issued quarterly with articles designed to offer perspective, share knowledge, and help you learn the discipline and pursue the art of IT architecture. The Architecture Journal reaches over 30,000 subscribers worldwide. Click here to receive a free print version.
All ten back issues are availabe for download ... makes for good reading, enjoy!
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Holy Cow! I saw this guy making an anti-bear suit not more than a year or two ago, but now he's moved on to make a gobsmacking anti-almost-everything suit that is just so cool. It's loaded with so many gadgets you just have to laugh!
A bit of background on the guy, out in the woods, attacked by a bear, faced-off and survived. This egged him on to develop and possibly return in full body armour for round 2 lol.
Now I think he's forgotted about the bear, and is making a Halo-type full body suit that would be at home in most extreme environments such as bank-robberies, crowd control or hostage take-downs!
Just check it out for a laugh!
I thought hmmm ... if this guy can knock this up with 100k of US Dollars what could the military do and why haven't they done it!!!
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Microsoft UK will be hosting the Summary of the best bits of MMS 2007 on the 1st of May.
I'll be there, as will be Cliff Hobbs of FAQSHOP fame. At the end of the day we will be hosting a chalk and talk in one of the conference rooms to discuss what a UK community can do for you, and hopefully do a quick presentation on some SMS tools I use regularly that you might have overlooked or not had the chance to review\use.
Gordon Mckenna (MOM MVP) will be presenting on MOM 2005. Gordon is right on top of MOM2005/SCOM2007, and is an experienced presenter and an all-round helpful guy. If your going and you are a MOM Admin then make sure you don't miss him.
If you are an SMS Admin, it'll be a real pleasure to meet you and I hope you can attend our meeting at the end of the day. Some food will be laid on hopefully, and we might have snagged some cool goodies from Microsoft to hand out!
Be sure to register on the following link if you are intending to go. And why not register on WMUG, and drop a comment on this entry to say Hi (I would enable anonymous posting but the spam-bots just abuse the heck out of the comments sections if I do) !
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Any self-professed admin who's worth his salt knows who Mark Russinovich is, he joined forces with Microsoft in July 2006, a union that can only help the community at large as he's closer to the code and inside the belly of the beast so to speak :>
He's been a busy bee presenting for Microsoft, and getting his hands dirty in Vista. Here is a set of articles on the Windows Vista Kernel. Pure honey for any geek that likes to know what is under the hood.
Makes for good reading, check it out.