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Oct
17
2007
17
2007
Microsoft Webcast: Network Security Management with Visio Professional 2007 (Level 200)
Aug
1
2006
1
2006
Download details: The WMI Diagnosis Utility
Overview
WMIDiag.vbs is a VBScript script designed to help you ascertain the current state
of the WMI service on a computer. The download package includes the utility itself,
a ReadMe file that discusses how the tool works (and how to best use it), and sample
spreadsheets that provide information about the default WMI configuration on various
versions of the Microsoft [...]
Jul
19
2006
19
2006
Microsoft Completes Acquisition of Softricity
REDMOND,
Wash. — July 17, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has completed the acquisition
of Softricity Inc., a leading provider of application virtualization and dynamic streaming
technologies. Virtualization is a key technology for reducing the cost and complexity
of IT management, and the addition of Softricity is another step in Microsoft’s ongoing
strategy to make virtualization more broadly [...]
May
2
2006
2
2006
Microsoft System Center Reporting Manager Released
Microsoft System Center Reporting Manager 2006 delivers a rich platform for enterprise
analysis of management data so that IT administrators and managers can query, report,
and forecast IT operations for higher service quality at a lower price. The foundation
of System Center Reporting Manager 2006 is a new data warehouse that integrates multi-management
groups from MOM and multiple SMS [...]
Apr
28
2006
28
2006
Required NTFS and Share Level Permissions for the SMS Source Directory
Source: SMS Server
Component: SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER
Message ID: 2306
The source directory “\\<remote server\packages$\source”
for package “BG100030″ does not exist. The operating system reported error 5: Access
is denied.
Solution: Make sure you have specified a valid package source directory on the
Data Source tab in the Package Properties dialog box in the SMS Administrator console.
If you specify a local path, it [...]
Mar
27
2006
27
2006
Duncan McAlynn’s Microsoft Management Blog : SMS 2003 Client Log Descriptions
From Duncan
McAlynn’s Microsoft Management Blog The following is a complete list of
the SMS 2003 Client Logs and corresponding descriptions, as assembled and updated
by the Systems Management MVP community. Please use the contact me option if you’d
like to make comments or suggestions for updating.
Duncan
McAlynn’s Microsoft Management Blog : SMS 2003 Client Log Descriptions.
Feb
26
2006
26
2006
SMS V4 Beta Available
If you are signed up for the SMS Version 4.0 Beta, the first download was made available
on 2/25. It is the beta 1 release.
If you are not a part of this beta, there is a public
beta available at Microsoft for SMS R2. Not a lot of major changes in this release
that I could see. They [...]
Feb
22
2006
22
2006
SMS 2003 SP2 Released February 13th
Excerpt:
What’s New
•
SMS Administrator Console Changes
•
Locate management points and distribution points by Fully Qualified
Domain Name (FQDN) rather than by NetBIOS
•
Instead of using the previously required 15-character NetBIOS computer
name, you can now enter an FQDN value for site server name
•
Support for using Active Directory Security Group Discovery methods
has been added under Discovery Methods
•
Software Updates node now allows [...]
Feb
4
2006
4
2006
Microsoft User State Migration Tool
USMT
2.61 has been Released to Web
Microsoft® Windows® User State Migration Tool (USMT) version 2.6.1 migrates user
files and settings during large deployments of Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP.
USMT captures desktop, network and application settings as well as a users files,
and then migrates them to a new Windows installation.
Feb
4
2006
4
2006
SMS Desired Configuration Tool
This was released in November, but I wanted to get a link up so I could remember to
test it. This tool allows you to set a desired configuration for a server or computer,
then see all the computers that do not match the configuration.
From the website…
Define desired configuration models and enable SMS 2003 to proactively monitor [...]