KB: Runbooks and Folders in the Orchestrator Console are available to users...
We just published a new KB article about an issue where under certain circumstances, users accounts may be able to see content that they should not have access to based on permissions defined within...
View ArticleMy Server Windows App for Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Hi, my name is Clinton Ho, lead program manager on the Windows Server Essentials team. I’m proud to announce the availability of the My Server Windows app, available as a free download in the Windows...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Service Pack 1 Media Updates
The installation files for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the associated Endpoint Protection for Linux OS and Macintosh OS were refreshed on January 25, 2013. The SP1...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Service Pack 1 Media Updates
The installation files for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the associated Endpoint Protection for Linux OS and Macintosh OS were refreshed on January 25, 2013. The SP1...
View ArticleNo Excuses! You Need a Lab for Active Directory 2012.
Many posts that can be found on the new features of directory services on Windows 2012 both from Microsoft and from others. However, you need to get your hands on the features to learn them.Like other...
View ArticleKB: Triggered Runbook never completes in System Center 2012 Orchestrator
We just published a new KB article for System Center 2012 Orchestrator describing an issue where a triggered Runbook never finishes and the policy module log shows the process as terminated. This can...
View ArticleSupport Tip: VMM 2008 R2 setup may crash with certain language settings
Hi everyone, Mark Stanfill here with a quick heads-up on a VMM setup issue I ran into the other day. I was talking with a customer who was trying to install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for January...
The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: January 1, 2013 at the top of the topic. This month’s publication...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for January...
The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: January 1, 2013 at the top of the topic. This month’s publication...
View ArticleDeployment: Windows Firewall and Group Policy
General Deployment information Because I support the Windows Firewall I often get asked for guidance on deploying it. David Bishop wrote a nice white paper on deploying the Windows Firewall so I won’t...
View ArticleKB: NetCool/Omnibus integration pack for Orchestrator returns "Invalid...
We just published a new KB article that explains an issue where the NetCool/Omnibus integration pack for System Center 2012 Orchestrator returns an "Invalid ObjectServer data type" error. This is fixed...
View ArticleWMS 2012 Zero Clients
Zero clients are an inexpensive and convenient way to easily expand the number of stations of your Windows Multipoint Server. One of the exciting changes of Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 is a new...
View ArticleNext Stops for the Windows Server 2012 Community Roadshow: United States and...
Hi, this is Christa Anderson with the latest events for the Windows Server Community Roadshow schedule, As we begin the final month of the roadshow, we’re running events in San Francisco, California,...
View ArticleNew Distribution Points in Configuration Manager SP1
Hi everyone, my name is Kerim Hanif. I am a Program Manager in the Configuration Manager team responsible for content distribution. In Configuration Manager SP1 we introduced two new distribution...
View ArticleNew Distribution Points in Configuration Manager SP1
Hi everyone, my name is Kerim Hanif. I am a Program Manager in the Configuration Manager team responsible for content distribution. In Configuration Manager SP1 we introduced two new distribution...
View ArticleUpdated Links on Windows Server 2012 File Server and SMB 3.0
In this post, I'm providing a reference to the most relevant content related to Windows Server 2012 that is related to the File Server, the SMB 3.0 features and its associated scenarios like Hyper-V...
View ArticleHyper-V over SMB – Performance considerations
1. Introduction If you follow this blog, you probably already had a chance to review the “Hyper-V over SMB” overview talk that I delivered at TechEd 2012 and other conferences. Now I am working on a...
View ArticleActive Directory-Based Activation vs. Key Management Services
KMS ActivationI still receive TONS of questions on KMS even though it has been around for quite some time now. It’s fairly easy to ramp up on. I can generally bring an admin up to speed in under an...
View ArticleFixing non-compliant virtual switches in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine...
Hi Everyone, this is Alvin Morales, Senior Support Escalation Engineer for System Center and I wanted to take a minute to talk about a potential issue with virtual switches in System Center 2012...
View ArticleKB: Orchestrator Runbooks, Folders and/or Statistics are not displayed or...
We just published a KB article about an issue where new Orchestrator Runbooks and/or folders that have been created using the Runbook Designer are not displayed even though the user has the appropriate...
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