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Newsletter Archive Now Available

Missed a previous issue of our Newsletter? Well we’ve now added archive links (by year) to previous editions to the Newsletter page so you no longer need to miss out if you never received an issue for some reason or … Continued

ConfigMgr – Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for February 2013

So my good friends in the Documentation Team have been hard at it again this time updating both the ConfigMgr 2012 and and ConfigMgr 2007 Libraries. The highlight for both of them for me is the support of SQL Server … Continued

ConfigMgr – When not to use IP Address Ranges as Boundaries in Configuration Manager

This post from Jason Adams over on the ConfigMgr Team Blog makes fascinating reading. I had always assumed (incorrectly), that IP subnet based boundaries and IP address range based boundaries basically achieved the same thing (bit of course in slightly different … Continued

MVP Summit 2013 – Another great geek week

Well last week I was very honoured to be invited to spend the week with the ConfigMgr Product Group in Redmond. This is a true “money can’t buy” experience and makes me realise how lucky I am to be a … Continued

Can you help get me to Tech Ed EMEA in Madrid?

To help encourage folks to download System Center Service Pack 1 and Windows Server, Microsoft UK have just launched a 3 month competition to see how soon they can register 15,000 click throughs for these products. The source of the … Continued

ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 2814125 Updated

Microsoft has just updated the following KB Article: Mobile Device Management installation errors on System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Management Point Symptoms When you attempt to enable a mobile device on a management point enabled for mobile devices in … Continued

ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 2793237 Released

Microsoft has just released the following KB Article: FIX: The Schedule Updates Wizard does not list content for Windows Server 2012 in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 Symptoms The Choose Updates page of the Schedule Updates Wizard … Continued

ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 2704781 Updated

Microsoft has just updated the following KB Article: [SDP 3][5ee487a8-b2ed-4bc8-80ea-457f9b683c77] System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Diagnostic This diagnostic package is designed to collect information used to troubleshoot most Configuration Manager 2012 Issues. Remote Data Collection will work if the following … Continued

ConfigMgr 2012 – System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 – Configuration Manager SP1 Version Released

The SP1 version of the System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 – Configuration Manager has just been released by Microsoft and is available for download from: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34709

“Classic” View is no more…

Well it appears that despite the efforts or myself and others to get Microsoft to re-consider retiring “Classic” view from the TechNet/ MSDN Documentation Libraries, these have come to nothing as it appears to be no more. If you consider … Continued