Event – Empowering people-centric IT

Event – Empowering people-centric IT

As part of a week long cloud event organised by Microsoft UK and the UK and Ireland MVP Program, next Thursday (12th) is a day dedicated to “Empowering People-Centric IT” where I’ll be presenting a session on Unified Device Management with … Continued
ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 2713467 Updated

ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 2713467 Updated

Microsoft has updated the following KB article: A PXE enabled Distribution Point that uses a self-signed certificate will generate many files in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Summary: A PXE enabled Distribution Point will generate a number of files under … Continued
ConfigMgr 2012 – TechNet Virtual Labs Updated to SP1

ConfigMgr 2012 – TechNet Virtual Labs Updated to SP1

Just a quick “heads up” courtesy of Wally that Microsoft has just posted SP1 version of the ConfigMgr 2012 Virtual TechNet labs which you can find (19 at the time of writing) at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs So head on over and try … Continued
ConfigMgr 2007 – OPML File for TechNet Forums

ConfigMgr 2007 – OPML File for TechNet Forums

In case you weren’t aware, the official Microsoft Support Forums for ConfigMgr 2007 can be found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/home?category=configurationmanager You can of course subscribe to these, but it can be a bit tiresome adding them one by one so I’ve created … Continued
ConfigMgr 2012 – OPML File for TechNet Forums

ConfigMgr 2012 – OPML File for TechNet Forums

In case you weren’t aware, the official Microsoft Support Forums for ConfigMgr 2012 can be found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/home?category=systemcenter2012configurationmanager You can of course subscribe to these, but it can be a bit tiresome adding them one by one so I’ve created … Continued
ConfigMgr 2007 – KB Article 2625165 Updated

ConfigMgr 2007 – KB Article 2625165 Updated

Microsoft has just updated KB 2625165: An incorrect locale setting is configured when you deploy a Windows 7 image by using ConfigMgr 2007, MDT 2010, or MDT 2012 Symptoms Consider the following scenario: You deploy a Windows 7 image by … Continued
ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 2837395 Updated

ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 2837395 Updated

Microsoft has just updated KB 2837395: “Install Application” task sequence fails with Error code 80004005 in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Symptoms Consider the following scenario: You install a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) … Continued
ConfigMgr 2007 – KB Article 977057 Updated

ConfigMgr 2007 – KB Article 977057 Updated

Microsoft has just updated KB 977057: A properties setting of a deployment management object is unexpectedly changed on a computer that is running System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Symptoms: Consider the following scenario: You have a computer that is running … Continued
ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Site Backup: ‘Error: CreateSnapshotSet failed…’

ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Site Backup: ‘Error: CreateSnapshotSet failed…’

The backup on one of my ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Site Server’s is failing. If I look in “smsbkup.log” it shows: ERROR: SQL Backup task failed. Error message STATMSG: ID=5052 SEV=W LEV=M SOURCE=”SMS Server” COMP=”SMS_SITE_BACKUP” SYS=<server_name> SITE=<site_code> PID=44124 TID=13868 GMTDATE=Mon … Continued