Configuration Manager Writers - Announcements, Comments and other Stuff

This blog is used by the Configuration Manager Writing team to keep you informed about the content we are writing, the availability of new documents, updates to documents, and other news. This blog is also intended to collect feedback from you our custome

Official Retirement of the Configuration Manager Writers Blog

This blog is now officially retired. No new posts will be published on this blog but the old posts...

Date: 10/31/2010

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: March 27th 2010 – April 30th 2010

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 05/01/2010

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: February 27th 2010 – March 26th 2010

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 03/26/2010

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: January 26th 2010 – February 26th 2010

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 02/26/2010

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: December 12th 2009 – January 25th 2010

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 01/25/2010

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: November 14th – December 11th 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 12/11/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: October 31st – November 13th 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 11/13/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: August 22 – October 30 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 10/30/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: August 08 – August 21 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 08/21/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: July 11 – August 07 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 08/07/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: June 20 – July 10 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 07/10/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: June 13 – June 19 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 06/19/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: May 23 – June 12 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 06/12/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: May 16 – May 22 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 05/22/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: May 09 – May 15 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 05/15/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: May 02 – May 08 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 05/08/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: April 25 – May 01 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 05/01/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: April 18 – April 24 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 04/24/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: April 11 – April 17 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 04/17/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: April 04 – April 10 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 04/10/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: March 28 – April 03 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 04/03/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: March 20 – March 27 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 03/27/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: March 14 – March 20 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 03/20/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: March 07 – March 13 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 03/13/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Feb 28 – March 06 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 03/06/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Feb 21 – Feb 27 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 02/27/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Feb 14 – Feb 20 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 02/20/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Feb 07 – Feb 13 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 02/13/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Jan 30 – Feb 06 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 02/06/2009

Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Jan 21 – Jan 29 2009

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...

Date: 01/30/2009

Posts on the New System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog

Posts on the new System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog - The official blog of the Microsoft...

Date: 01/21/2009

The Configuration Manager Writers Blog is Undergoing a Moving Experience!

With the holidays behind us and now that we are nicely settled into 2009, it’s a great time to...

Date: 01/20/2009

Test your knowledge of Configuration Manager 2007 – Now with added Silverlight!

The Configuration Manager writing team have just published a major update to the Configuration...

Date: 12/10/2008

Out of Band Management Requirements for In-Band AMT Provisioning and DHCP

The out of band management prerequisites for Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 listed DHCP as an...

Date: 12/09/2008

Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for December 2008

No, there’s no new release of the software this time. But that didn’t stop us from continuing to...

Date: 12/03/2008

Clarifying: Retry Behavior for Distribution Points

We had a lot of customers ask what happens when a branch distribution point that’s running on a...

Date: 11/25/2008

Native Mode Certificate Selection Criteria Cannot Use Attributes with Spaces

It’s recently come to our attention that if you are using certificate selection criteria with...

Date: 11/02/2008

Announcement: The “Creating Custom Reports by Using Configuration Manager 2007 SQL Views” documentation package is now available for download!!

Creating custom reports in Configuration Manager can be a challenge, not only to create the SQL...

Date: 10/29/2008

How to Configure ISA SSL Bridging for the Internet-Based Software Update Point

In response to customers on the forums, we've been looking into ISA configuration for the...

Date: 10/29/2008

A Holiday Message from the Configuration Manager UA Team

Update October 31st 2008: Happy Birthday to Rob Marshall, and hope you guys at the WMUG (UK) event...

Date: 10/27/2008

Revision: Native Mode Certificate Requirements for Internet-based Software Update Point

As a result of investigating How to Configure the WSUS Web Site to Use SSL, we’ve uncovered a slight...

Date: 10/06/2008

Overflow: Additional Quiz Questions for Out of Band Management (AMT)

We’ve recently been looking at adding new quizzes to incorporate the new features in Configuration...

Date: 10/02/2008

When Smart Quotes Aren’t Smart – CertReq Error with the New Step-by-Step for Windows Server 2008 CA

Although our documentation is XML-based, we use Microsoft Word as our editor, and Word likes “smart...

Date: 09/17/2008

Clarifying: How to Configure the WSUS Web Site to Use SSL

It’s recently come to our notice from the forums that we need to clarify the WSUSUtil.exe...

Date: 09/03/2008

R2 Releases! – with Updated Documentation

The Release 2 add-on for Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 is released today. Keep an eye on it being...

Date: 08/28/2008

Installation Requirements for Internet-Based Site Systems

As many of you know, the current network diagrams for the Internet-based client management scenarios...

Date: 08/01/2008

Scripts to Assign and Delete the Clients' Internet-Based Management Point

I’ve been asked to recommend an alternative method of assigning the Internet-based management point...

Date: 08/01/2008

FAQs for Branch Distribution Points

My last post explained that I was updating the documentation for the unsupported scenario of...

Date: 07/27/2008

Cannot Select Option for Branch Distribution Point in a Native Mode Site

I’ve been seeing quite a few customer questions about not being able to select the branch...

Date: 07/23/2008

Upgrading the Windows AIK for Configuration Manager 2007 SP1

Before beginning the upgrade process to Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, the Windows AIK 1.0 should...

Date: 07/22/2008

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