News
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 now Available
Consumerization is a growing challenge for IT organizations. System Center Configuration Manager 2012 helps IT empower people to use the devices and applications they need to be productive, while maintaining corporate compliance and control. The boundaries between work and life have blurred to where people expect reliable, consistent access to corporate services from wherever they are, on any device they're using.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ff657840.aspx
MMS 2011, SYSTEM CENTER 2012 AND MORE...
We’re having a great week at a sold-out MMS 2011 in Las Vegas! To say it’s a busy week would be a huge understatement. Honestly, there’s so much happening, I can’t blog about all these topics and begin to do any of them justice. So I’m going to provide a high level description with links to the details. Trust me--you’re going to want to check this out in depth. I’ll cover Target Corporations’ virtualization success, System Center 2012—including System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 beta, System Center Advisor beta, System Center Configuration Manager 2012 beta—and the release of Windows Intune.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2011/03/24/jeff-s-blog.aspx
Premier
OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT
Microsoft Premier Support UK - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/
Configuration Manager & SMS
Steve Rachui’s Manageability blog – ConfigMgr/OpsMgr
http://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/
System Center WebLog by Russ Slaten
http://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/
The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/
The Deployment Guys
http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys
System Center Configuration Manager Solutions
http://blogs.technet.com/mwiles/
Carlos Santiago's Manageability Blog - Configuration Manager
http://blogs.technet.com/carlossantiago/
Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings
http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/
Paul Thomsen at myITforum.com
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/pthomsen/default.aspx
Jeff Gilbert's Web blog at myITforum.com
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/default.aspx
Operations Manager & MOM
The Operations Manager Support Team Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/operationsmgr/
Kevin Holman's OpsMgr Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/
Jonathan Almquist on Operations Manager - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/
Jimmy Harper’s Operations Manager Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/jimmyharper/
Brian Wrenn on OpsMgr MP Authoring – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mpauthor/
Other
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/
The App-V Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/
The Out of Band Management Support Team Blog
Tweets
Operations Manager & MOM
@OpsMgr
Tweets from the Ops manager team
@MPReleases
Notification of new Management Pack Releases as they happen.
Downloads
Other
Server App-V Beta Documentation
The beta documentation for Microsoft Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) is available in this download.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=d24bbf9b-9d9c-4966-90e5-575852c9258b
Events/Webcasts
Configuration Manager
TechNet Webcast: Talk TechNet with Keith Combs and Matt Hester – Episode 24: Garth Jones on System Center Configuration Manager (Level 100)
4/22/2011 9:00 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Talk TechNet is all about discussing topics and trends in the world of IT Professionals. In this show we’ll have guest Garth Jones. Call in and join us for what promises to be a lively 60 minute session. Get some burning questions answered on System Center Configuration Manager. Presenters: Keith Combs, Sr. Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, Matt Hester, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation, and Garth Jones, Microsoft System Center MVP, Enhansoft View other sessions from Managing a Microsoft Infrastructure: Improve Reliability and Performance
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032483834&culture=en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42364#42364
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) On-Demand Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42363
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42365
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42555
Microsoft System Center Overview On-Demand Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42366
If you have questions or feedback, contact us.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032454027&culture=en-US
New KB's
Configuration Manager & SMS
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2: A System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 client cannot register to its management point after an OSD task sequence reinstalls its operating system
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2504229/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Site Component Manager may log status messages 4909, 4912, 4913, and 4915 after you install Systems Management Server 2003 or System Center Configuration Manager 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830022/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: How to customize Windows PE by using the source files that are included with the Microsoft SMS 2003 Operating System Deployment (OSD) Feature Pack
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916902/en-US
Operations Manager & MOM
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: The location of the Operations Manager 2007 Windows Client Management Pack has changed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2516418/en-US
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: Installation of System Center Operations Manager R2 Authoring Resource Kit fails on .NET 4.0 enabled computers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2518786/en-US
Other
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2010: SQL Server Management Studio may not start after you upgrade to a retail version of System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2282066/en-US