System center 2012 Archives

Using data dedupliation with Configuration Manager

Leave a Comment / 22. February 2014 22. February 2014

Microsoft recetly published an blogpost with how we can use data deduplication with Configuration Manager. http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2014/02/18/configuration-manager-distribution-points-and-windows-server-2012-data-deduplication.aspx Now the reason why you would use Data deduplication is to save space, since this works on a file level it allows us to remove redudant chunks on files within a volume. So instead of having file with a …

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XenMobile vs Configuration Manager & Intune

Leave a Comment / 22. September 2013 22. September 2013

So this is a discussion I often meet, and will come across more the next weeks and months ahead I belive Many of the customers I work with are often a full blowen Citrix customer or more forwards Microsoft. Many are facing the discussion mobility how do we embrace it ? (or from another point …

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Cloud based distribution points

Leave a Comment / 18. September 2013 18. September 2013

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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Azure Pack configuration for Windows Server 2012 R2

Leave a Comment / 28. June 2013 28. June 2013

So Microsoft has released the new wave of products into preview, including the next version of Katal (Azure Services) for Microsoft, called Azure Pack. This pack transforms your datacenter into Azure allowing users to sign up using plans and be able to use your infrastructure into a IaaS platform. You can download the trial for …

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One system to manage them all

Leave a Comment / 5. December 2012 5. December 2012

Microsoft has seen that all environments aren’t all black and white. Some have Linux/Unix based systems, some have Mac’s and some are just sitting on a terminal such as Wyse or Igel.And then there are some that just use a tablet (iPad or Android based) Some are lucky enough to have a Windows 8 RT …

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Automating Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 with PowerShell

Leave a Comment / 22. October 2012 22. October 2012

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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Beta of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 released!

Leave a Comment / 11. September 2012 11. September 2012

This update includes the following:The Beta of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (“SP1”) enables System Center customers to jointly evaluate System Center 2012 with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. The Beta is for evaluation purposes only and not to be used in production as described in the EULAs associated with the product. No …

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System Center 2012 and Integration Possibilities

Leave a Comment / 9. September 2012 9. September 2012

With System Center 2012, Microsoft gathered all of their previous System Center products and gathered it as one large product.So now in 2012, System Center now contains (Service Manager, Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, Data Protection Manager, Orchestrator, Virtual Machine Manager and App Controller) It is split in two editions, one for standard and one for …

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Integrating XenApp and Configuration Manager 2012

Leave a Comment / 28. August 2012 28. August 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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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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