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I'm Rob Marshall, a consultant who specialises in the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager product. I like to share, i do so by blogging and helping out when I can in the MS SMS newsgroups and participating in the ConfigMgr MVP program.

I was awarded and joined the program in 2009. It'd be an understatement to say it has to be one of the best experiences an IT engineer can have, if they really enjoy specialising in a product.

My biggest weapon for troubleshooting is, my formidable knowledge, no, only joking, you, the community. I find if I cannot answer a question, then I can usually find the answer from using Bing\Google, pouring over the documentation, and if that doesn't work, tinkering in mine or someone elses virtual lab.

The blogs pretty much about ConfigMgr, but it is also a platform for me to express my random urges to display something I've stumbled across, and that I imagine would entertain you or what not as equally as it did me.

 

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  • Quest non-windows agent extensions

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    Quest have been filling a niche for a long time now, giving us the ability to extend ConfigMgr (SMS) to non-windows based platforms. I landed on their agent-less extensions page earlier and thought I'd blog it because it surprised me how much OS...

  • WQL Sub-select queries

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    For those of you with a slight interest in WQL queries for your ConfigMgr collections ... Jeroen Erkelens writes up a good introductory guide to sub-select statements in WQL queries

  • Diving videos

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Thought I'd throw this out there for those of you interested in diving An underwater video forum thread that is growing on the Yorkshire Divers website (UK) http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/forums/underwater-video-photography/62859-ydtv-your...

  • Coolest group costume

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Had to blog this, the main picture made me smile :-) http://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/coolest-homemade-lego-minifigures-group-costume-18.html

  • Supernets in A/D Sites used as Site Boundaries

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    Interesting read on the ConfigMgr Team blog about Supernets in Active Directory Sites being used as site boundaries ... Known Issue: Supernets in Active Directory Sites Used as Site Boundaries We have recently updated the Configuration Manager...

  • ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 - ICP1 released

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    The ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 ICP 1 has been released, ICP2 should follow in the next 45-30 days ... International Client Packs (ICPs) contain international-language clients to use with System Center Configuration Manager (SC Config Mgr) 2007 SP2. ICP downloads...

  • Software Distribution package won't be accepted by site server

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    I had to rebuild a few Secondary Site servers recently (over 10) and each had to use a different server name but same sitecode. This is beyond normal, as we usually expect the server name and site code to be reused. After rebuilding, copying the SMSPKG...

  • SCUBA Xmas

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    I've been waiting over a month and a half for this puppy, and it should arrive this week: Mine is entirely black :-) And this tech-sexy open source dive computer is on my shopping list for 2010: And a new PADI speciality called Side...

  • BranchCache Design Guide

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    We'll be seeing a lot more of BranchCache over the coming years, check out the BranchCache overview here to get tooled up on what this new tech does and how it does it. Then check out the BranchCache Design Guide for great info on getting it all implemented...

  • Forefront Client Security hotfix 976668 released

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    A new hotfix KB976668 was released to deal with issues with Forefront Client Security and W2008 and W2000 [ Read More... ]

  • ConfigMgr 2007 Documentation Library - Downloadable quarterly update for December 2009

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Keep those ConfigMgr 2007 local help files up to date with the downloadable Documentation Library updates for December 2009 The Configuration Manager doc team just announced the December 2009 Documentation Library update over on the ConfigMgr product...

  • How to properly set up a Task Sequence to deploy Windows 7 images captured via an SCCM 2007 Capture CD

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Over on the ConfigMgr Support team blog they have a write up on how to setup a TS to deploy Win7 images http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2010/04/12/how-to-set-up-a-task-sequence-to-deploy-windows-7-images-captured-via-an-sccm-2007...

  • Upgrade to ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 may break App-V File Type Associations

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    Posting over on the App-V team blog reports that applying ConfigMgr 2007 SP may break App-V file type associations ... When you upgrade a computer that is running the App-V 4.5 client to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2, it may break all...

  • ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 MP for OpMgr 2007 R2

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Now the ConfigMgr MP for OpMgr 2007 R2 supports ConfigMgr SP2 ... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a8443173-46c2-4581-b3b8-ce67160f627b&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A...

  • Microsoft acquires Opalis Software ...

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    Microsoft Acquires Opalis Software Hi, Everyone, Great news for enterprise, government and service provider customers who use System Center. I’m excited to announce that Microsoft has acquired Opalis Software , a Toronto-based private company...

  • New SCVMM 2008 R2 book out - Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    The SCVMM Team blog announced a new book for SCVMM 2008 R2 Greetings, I am pleased to annouce the availability of Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. The book is available for purchase on Amazon . Authors Michael Michael and Hector Linares...

  • Round-up of New Posts on the ConfigMgr Team Blog - Nov 14th - Dec 11th 2009

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog for the time period November 14 th – December 11 th , 2009: Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for...

  • How to build and maintain a tiered WSUS infrastructure

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Good article over on Ars Technica on how to Build\Maintain a WSUS Infrastructure to control the patching in your environment (if you don't already have a patching solution such as ConfigMgr) Windows updates have historically been a constant annoyance...

  • TechNet Webcast: Building a Private Cloud with the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    Over on the VMM team blog, I just saw this post about a webcast this Friday on how to use Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, VMM and the MS Dynamic Data Center Toolkit to build a private clould infrastructure ... how cool is that! You can build the foundation...

  • December 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletins

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    Very small patch cycle for me this month, keep in mind that I'm only covering the Security Updates in these monthly blog reports. There was a re-release of MS08-037 (KB951749). Also, if you held off from deploying the MS09-056 patches that broke...

  • Directions for using the SCVMM MPS Reporting tool

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
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    Some good info on using the SCVMM MPS Reports tool over on the VMM Team Blog I noticed this weekend that the directions for the SCVMM MPS Reports utility are incomplete. The only instructions that come with the utility are the ones on the download...

  • Configuration Manager Support Announcements for November 2009

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Interesting write up over on the ConfigMgr Team Blog Up until now we have released support announcements on the ConfigMgr Support Team blog from our very own Customer Support Services. Moving forward, we will be announcing support for new configuration...

  • ConfigMgr 2007 Documentation Library - Downloadable quarterly update for October 2009

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Keep those local help files up to date with the downloadable Documentation Library updates for October 2009 http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/archive/2009/11/06/configuration-manager-2007-documentation-library-downloadable-quarterly-update-for...

  • Free WSUS tools (and some pimping of EminetWare products)

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    I was just having a look through the EminetWare website, EminetWare cover Update and Configuration Management. If you're using WSUS (without ConfigMgr) to patch your environment, then check out their WSUS Extension pack. They also have some...

  • Roger Zander released an updated version of his awesome SCCM Client Center tool

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Roger Zander blogged that he has released version 2.0.2 of the SCCM System Center tool This is my No1 fav ConfigMgr tool. You can visit Rogers blog here to get more info, but I've been cheeky and lifted the updated feature set so you can read...
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