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ConfigMgr – Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for June 2011

My friends over at the Documentation Team have been busy this month updating both the ConfigMgr 2007 and 2012 Documentation Libraries. Check out the updates below: “The Configuration Manager 2007 documentation library and the Configuration Manager 2012 documentation library have been updated on the … Continued

[ConfigMgr 2012] Beta VHD Now Available for Download

Microsoft has now released a pre-configured VHD for ConfigMgr 2012 Beta 2 which you can download at: Bear in mind that this is 10 GB ish in size (although Microsoft has divided it into chunks), and remember this is a … Continued

ConfigMgr – Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for May 2011

The Documentation Team have been busy this month updating both the ConfigMgr 2007 and 2012 Documentation Libraries. Full details below: “The Configuration Manager 2007 documentation library and the Configuration Manager 2012 documentation library have been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: … Continued

[ConfigMgr 2007] KB article released to address the known issue of the Install Software Updates Action Hangs on Windows 7

You may recall back in January you bought you news from Microsoft about a Known Issue of the Install Software Updates Action Hangs on Windows 7. Well they’ve just released the following KB Article to address this which includes a hotfix: … Continued

[Deployment] Watch out for systems starting to ship with AF Hard Disk Drives

OK this is a potential scary situation you could find yourself in without knowing it. I wasn’t aware until my good friend and fellow MVP Greg Ramsey of Dell told me about the new Advanced Format (AF 4k) drives that … Continued

ConfigMgr – Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for April 2011

The Documentation Team have made a number of updates to the ConfigMgr 2007 Documentation Library this month as detailed below. And don’t forget to check out the new ConfigMgr 2012 Documentation Library: “The Configuration Manager 2007 documentation library (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680651.aspx) has … Continued

“Timeout occurred” when trying to download a file using TFTP from Windows Deployment Services

“Timeout occurred” when trying to download a file using TFTP from Windows Deployment Services I’m running the Windows Deployment Services server role on a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2. I am trying to download a file from the Windows … Continued

SCCM 2012 Physical to Virtual Migration Toolkit CTP Now Available

I just wanted to let you all know that the Community Technology Preview (CTP), release of the ConfigMgr Physical to Virtual (P2V) Migration Toolkit is now available for download from Connect at: https://connect.microsoft.com/ConfigurationManagervnext/program6835 The following is from a document Microsoft … Continued

[ConfigMgr 2012] Open Beta 2 Now Available

The email below is one I was very pleased to receive in my Inbox yesterday which means Microsoft have officially released the Public Beta 2 of ConfigMgr 2012. I was very impressed with the build I saw in Redmond last … Continued

Intune – Windows Intune Trial Guide Download Now Available

The Windows Intune Trial Guide download has just been released by Microsoft: “Learn how you can get the most out of your 30-day trial with the Windows Intune Trial Guide.” It can be downloaded from: We’ve added this to the … Continued

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