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Task sequences best practices Configuration Manager 2012

Microsoft has recently released a document series which contain best practices for task sequences with Configuration Manager 2012 R2. This series goes trough a step-by-step in all the different steps in a task sequence. For all IT-pros working with task sequences I suggest taking a look at the document series here –> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43412 In other …

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Configuration Manager support center

Yesterday, Microsoft released an beta version of a new support tool for Configuration Manager called Configuration Manager Support Center. Which at the moment can be downloaded from Microsoft connect –> http://connect.microsoft.com/ConfigurationManagervnext/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=52192 This tool supports every OS that configuration Manager 2012 R2 supports. It requires that you install the tool on a system that has configuration …

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Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SDK and Toolkit released

Microsoft yesterday released a updated version of the SDK for Configuration Manager 2012 R2, you can find it here –> http://bit.ly/1bsv2T8 This also includes an updated Application Workflow setup (Which allows you to integrate application approval process into Service Manager instead of IT managers needing to go into Configuration Manager to do application approval processes. …

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Cloud based distribution points

Well, along time since I’ve managed to blog! But ill give a quick update about the book im writing. Im writing a book about Configuration Manager which is going to cover high-availability and performance tuning, really exiting times! It takes up alot of my time therefore my lack of blogging lately.Anways, this is something I’ve …

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Managing Ubuntu Clients with Configuration Manager

Microsoft recently released a preview of System Center 2012 R2 and with it, they released a new version of the additional clients for Configuration Manager. You can download them from here –> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39360 The pack includes clients for: AIX Version 7.1, 6.1, 5.3 Solaris Version 11 (SPARC and x86) , 10 (SPARC and x86), 9 …

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Configuration Manager 2012 Client Communication & Hardware Planning

Now Configuration Manager is a complex beast, when designing a ConfigMgr site you have to plan carefully your network because there is going to be a lot of traffic going back and forth from your servers to your clients, and from your servers to your other servers. So you have to take some considerations on …

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Automating Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 with PowerShell

First part of this series, I showed how you could run and install all the necessary prerequisites silent and automated, this time I will write a bit more instead of just adding the commands.In Service Pack 1, Configuration Manager will finally include cmdlets for PowerShell this allows for a scripted and automated setup process. Therefore …

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Integrating XenApp and Configuration Manager 2012

Finally the day has come, as I mentioned in the previous post the TechPreview of XenApp connector for Configuration Manager 2012 is now released on Citrix.or as they call it “Project Thor” it allows for a flexible application delivery solution that combines the best of both worlds (Configuration Manager and XenApp)I’ve managed to deploy the …

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