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Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SDK and Toolkit released

Leave a Comment / 10. December 2013 10. December 2013

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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Managing Ubuntu Clients with Configuration Manager

Leave a Comment / 16. July 2013 16. July 2013

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 and hierarchy planning

Leave a Comment / 12. March 2013 12. March 2013

With 2012 release of System Center Configuration Manager, planning and designing a hierarchy became a bit more difficult. Not because of the limitations, but because of the huge mix of different possibilities you have. For instance with the introduction of CAS role (Which sits on the top of the hierarchy and is used for management …

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Remote Control for Configuration Manager

Leave a Comment / 10. November 2012 10. November 2012

I actually see a lot of search terms on this blog regarding Remote Control so therefore I wanted to write a post to clarify it’s functionality and how to set it up. It allows for administrators to connect to a client without using RDP and even without a user logged on and you can interact …

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Configuration Manager and Collections

Leave a Comment / 10. November 2012 10. November 2012

I see a lot of questions on the forums and lot’s of traffic on my blog regarding computer collections. In many cases you want to separate your managed computers / servers into different collections.For instance you would want to separate clients from two network segments because they need separate client settings or the clients in …

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XenApp Connector for Configuration Manager in Tech preview

Leave a Comment / 28. August 2012 28. August 2012

The long awaited connector for XenApp to Configuration Manager 2012 is now available for TechPreview on Mycitrix.comLink here –> https://t.co/bPPw0Eny You can see a video regarding the functionality here –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CncS4Tp3Vgg&feature=youtu.be Ill come back with more when I get to work with the details about it

Integrating Configuration Manager and RES Workspace Manager

Leave a Comment / 24. August 2012 24. August 2012

As I stated in a earlier post is that you have the ability to integrate RES Workspace Manager with Configuration Manager.http://msandbu.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/res-workspace-manager-2012/ Workspace Manager is a product that allows you to design how the desktop should appear to the user. Instead of using Group Policy and slow login scripts you can move all those tasks into …

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SCCM 2012 CAS

Leave a Comment / 30. May 2012 30. May 2012

Something new in ConfigMgr 2012 is that Microsoft added a new site type, which is the CAS (Central Administration Site)Microsoft says the following about it” The central administration site coordinates inter-site data replication across the hierarchy by using Configuration Manager database replication. It also enables the administration of hierarchy-wide configurations for client agents, discovery, and …

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Forefront Endpoint Protection in SCCM 2012

Leave a Comment / 5. May 2012 5. May 2012

Microsoft has been in the anti malware/virus business for a couple of years now. Going back to the first version of Windows Defender and going on today with the most used antivirus product on the market (Which is free) Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft likes to label its security product as Forefront, their Forefront products are …

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SCCM 2012 and PKI

Leave a Comment / 4. May 2012 4. May 2012

This is going to be a huge post, but hopefully someone will find it useful for future references In my previous SCCM 2012 post, I showed how-to install SCCM, but not how to configure it for encrypted communication. So out-of-the box SCCM traffic goes unencrypted via HTTP, which is clear text. So if you manage …

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