December 2010 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability
News
Announcing Configuration Manager v.Next
official name
Hey everyone, hello from Berlin. This week,
Configuration Manager v.Next has moved to its official product name, System Center Configuration Manager
2012.
System Center
Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0
Are your
datacenter costs rising? Does your current infrastructure make it difficult to
scale up or down quickly to respond to the changing needs of your organization?
To meet these challenges, you need a more cost-effective, agile way to provide
IT services—quickly, efficiently, and on demand.
https://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/virtual-machine-manager/vmm-self-service-portal.
Configuration
Manager Customers: Discover New Efficiencies with Forefront Endpoint Protection
2010 Release Candidate
The Release
Candidate of Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010 shipped today and is now
available for download here. FEP was built on Configuration Manager 2007
(R2 and R3 supported), so anyone with Configuration Manager deployed now has
the unique ability to deliver desktop security on your existing infrastructure.
Configuration Manager & SMS
Steve Rachui’s Manageability blog – ConfigMgr/OpsMgr
https://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/
System Center WebLog by Russ Slaten
https://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/
The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/
The Deployment Guys
https://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys
System Center Configuration Manager Solutions
https://blogs.technet.com/mwiles/
Carlos Santiago's Manageability Blog - Configuration
Manager
https://blogs.technet.com/carlossantiago/
Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings
https://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/
Paul Thomsen at myITforum.com
https://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/pthomsen/default.aspx
Jeff Gilbert's Web blog at myITforum.com
https://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/default.aspx
Operations Manager & MOM
The Operations Manager Support Team Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/b/operationsmgr/
Kevin Holman's OpsMgr Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/
Jonathan Almquist on Operations Manager - Site Home -
TechNet Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/
Jimmy Harper’s Operations Manager Bog - Site Home -
TechNet Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/jimmyharper/
Other
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
https://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/
The App-V Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/
The Out of Band Management Support Team Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/oob/
Tweets
Operations Manager & MOM
@OpsMgr
Tweets from the Ops manager team
@MPReleases
Notification of new Management Pack Releases as they happen.
Downloads
Operations Manager & MOM
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management
Pack
The Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Pack alerts you to
problems with components such as agents, management servers, the Operations
Manager database, agents, modules used by workflows and services so that you
can continue to monitor the servers and clients that your business depends on.
Lync Server 2010 Monitoring
Management Pack
Lync Server 2010 Monitoring Management Pack is a
comprehensive End-to-End monitoring management pack for System Center
Operations Manager 2007 R2. Extensive component event and performance
monitoring is available, and new in this release is full support for Synthetic
Transactions against a distributed Lync Server 2010 deployment.
Office Communications Server 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007
The Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Management
Pack for SCOM 2007 monitors the health of computers running Office
Communications Server 2007 on Windows Server 2003.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=a1832431-54b7-4070-9b10-14efb231ff0c
Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005 Management Pack
The Live Communications Server 2005 Management Pack monitors
events placed in the Application event log by Live Communications Server 2005.
It highlights events that may indicate possible service outages or
configuration problems, so you can quickly take corrective or preventative
actions.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=5e0f61db-5d18-4a1f-a3dd-1c85eb2679d7
Office Communicator Web Access MP for Ops Mgr 2007
The Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access 2005 Management
Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 monitors the health of
computers running Office Communicator Web Access server components on the
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system. This Management Pack requires
the Backward Compatibility MP version 6.0.5000.12 (or higher).
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=b98c87f5-d17d-49ac-9bc2-c04f85acda60
Other
Security Compliance Manager
The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager provides
centralized security baseline management features, a baseline portfolio,
customization capabilities, and security baseline export flexibility to
accelerate your organization’s ability to efficiently manage the security and
compliance process for the most widely used Microsoft technologies.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=5534bee1-3cad-4bf0-b92b-a8e545573a3e
Events/Webcasts
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007
On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42364#42364
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42363
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 On-Demand
Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42365
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42555
Microsoft
System Center Overview On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42366
If you have questions or feedback, contact us.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032454027&culture=en-US
New KB's
Configuration Manager & SMS
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007: System
Center Configuration Manager 2007 does not install, and a "Failed to
compile MOF" error is logged
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2384060/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007: Asset
Intelligence custom labels do not get replicated to child sites in System
Center Configuration Manager 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2460008/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007: List
of hotfixes and updates that are contained in System Center Configuration
Manager 2007 Service Pack 2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971348/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3: The
Configuration Manager console crashes when you try to create a model-based
report in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2449910/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3: Status
message ID 7404 is reported frequently in an installation of System Center
Configuration Manager 2007 R2 that uses SQL Server 2008 as the site database
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/957576/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3: You
receive an error message when you configure a named instance of SQL Server 2005
as the Client Status Reporting database in System Center Configuration Manager
2007 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/959975/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3: System
Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Client Status Reporting fails when clients
have multiple discovery records
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960634/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3: Hotfix
for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Client Status Reporting
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/967491/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3: Error
message when you try to create a virtual application package in System Center
Configuration Manager 2007 R2: "User does not have sufficient rights"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/978755/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3: Error
message when you try to change a deployment template in System Center
Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 or in System Center Configuration Manager 2007
SP2: "You do not have security rights to perform this operation"
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/978756/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3: App-V
applications are removed when the "Allow virtual application package
advertisement" option is enabled in System Center Configuration Manager
2007 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/983255/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: How to
exclude specific computers so that the client software is not automatically
installed in Systems Management Server
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/207729/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: How to
avoid duplicate GUIDs when you image System Management Server 2003 client
computers
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/828367/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Systems
Management Server 2003 or System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site in
Advanced Security mode does not connect to SQL Server
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/829868/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Client Push
Installation for Advanced Clients Does Not Always Use the Closest Management
Point
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/830026/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: You cannot
move a Legacy Client to another site in Systems Management Server 2003
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/833862/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: How to
locate and clean Advanced Client Duplicate GUIDs in SMS 2003
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/837374/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: How to
prepare the Systems Management 2003 site for a Client Push installation
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/838436/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Access
violation when you use the Client Push Installation method to install the SMS
2003 client on a computer that is running the Italian version of Windows 2000
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/840276/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: List of
bugs that are fixed in Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 1
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/885644/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Client
computers that have the SMS 2003 Advanced Client installed are not assigned to
the SMS 2003 site, do not receive advertisements, and do not report inventory
information to the SMS 2003 site
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/886032/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: You cannot
install an SMS 2003 Advanced Client on a domain controller by using Capinst.exe
with the /DC option in a logon script
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/886055/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: You cannot
use the Client Push Installation method to install the Systems Management
Server 2003 client components by using a computer that appears in a query
results list
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/886129/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Event ID
10003 is logged and you cannot use Client Push Installation to install an SMS
2003 Advanced Client
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/886137/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: You cannot
install a Systems Management Server 2003 Advanced client by using the Push
Installation method
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/886139/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: You cannot
successfully deploy the Systems Management Server 2003 Advanced Client by using
Software Distribution until a user logs on to the client computer
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/886140/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: You cannot
complete an Advanced Client installation when you use the Client Push
Installation method in Systems Management Server 2003
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/889325/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Some
Systems Management Server 2003 wizards may not work correctly when you include
a join statement in an SMS query
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/922350/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: The SMS
Agent Host service does not start after you restart a Systems Management
Server 2003 client computer
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/922362/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: A hotfix
rollup package that provides an updated Client.msi is available for Systems
Management Server 2003
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/941214/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: A hotfix
rollup package that provides an updated Client.msp is available for Systems
Management Server 2003
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/941395/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 1: A
software update has been released for the SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 Advanced
Client
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/901034/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 1: How
to include an update in the initial installation of Systems Management
Server 2003 Advanced Client
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/907423/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 2: The
Manage Site Accounts tool does not add or modify Client Push accounts in
Systems Management Server 2003 SP2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/920108/en-US
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3: Compatibility
pack for SMS 2003 SP3 adds Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as supported
clients
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974014/en-US
Operations Manager & MOM
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: List
of all cumulative update releases for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2