Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for July 2010

What’s New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for July 2010 The following information lists the topics that contain significant changes since the June 2010 update. Configuration Manager 2007 General Supported Configurations Configuration Manager 2007 Supported Configurations Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 Supported Configurations Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Supported Configurations Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Supported Configurations [...]

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

What’s New The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 includes the following new features for simplified IT infrastructure planning: Heterogeneous IT environment inventory Software usage tracking for Windows Server, SharePoint Server, System Center Configuration Manager, Exchange Server, and SQL Server Microsoft Office 2010 readiness assessment SQL Server discovery and assessment for consolidation Windows 2000 [...]

Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0 Beta Program – UPDATE: DOWNLOAD THE NEW version of VMST 3.0!

The second version of the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0 Beta is now available for download.  With this update to the VMST 3.0 Beta, Microsoft has addressed an issue in the “Template VHD update” feature found during Beta testing. What’s new in the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0? If you’ve used version 2.1, you know [...]

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 Release Candidate

Overview VMMSSP (also referred to as the self-service portal) is a fully supported, partner-extensible solution built on top of Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, and System Center VMM. You can use it to pool, allocate, and manage resources to offer infrastructure as a service and to deliver the foundation for a private cloud platform inside [...]

Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010 Beta and FEP for Servers (FEP-S) CTP – Available on Connect

  Microsoft  announced a release of Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010. This release includes: Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) Beta and Forefront Endpoint Protection for Servers (FEP-S) CTP – https://connect.microsoft.com/forefrontsecurity/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=30127. Please download the software. You can also give your feedback through Connect! Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) Beta, Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager based solution is ready for [...]

TechNet video :- Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007

  TechNet Video: Booting to a WDS PXE Server TechNet Video: Completing Native Mode Preparation TechNet Video: Creating Task Sequences TechNet Video: Deploying and Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager Part 1 TechNet Video: Deploying and Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager Part 2 TechNet Video: Deploying Configuration Manager Clients TechNet Video: Deploying Operating Systems [...]

Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 and System Center Configuration Manager

Audience: IT Professional Product: Microsoft Forefront Abstract: The disciplines of system management and security can be considered two sides of the same IT coin when it comes to endpoints. System management ensures that systems are configured, patched, and operating correctly, and security keeps threats and vulnerabilities from compromising the system. The upcoming release of Microsoft [...]

System Center Configuration Manager v.Next Overview

Audience: IT Professional Product: Microsoft System Center Abstract: The next release of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager is coming. For more than a decade, Microsoft Systems Management Server and Configuration Manager have been used by thousands of customers and partners to deliver classic management capabilities to clients and servers. As we enter a new generation [...]

System Center and the Green Client

Audience: IT Professional Product: Microsoft System Center Abstract: With the release of the Windows 7 operating system, new capabilities, working scenarios, and efficiencies are emerging. In the area of green IT, Windows 7 contains new features that, when combined with Microsoft System Center, drive the reduction of operational costs through centrally controlled power management. In [...]

How Microsoft IT Manages the Datacenter with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

Audience: IT Professional Product: Microsoft System Center Abstract: With a 21,000-server footprint across production and managed labs, Microsoft uses the System Center product suite to efficiently manage the datacenter. Asset inventory, security compliance, and service monitoring are the key services that Microsoft IT provides for datacenter platform customers. Date: February 05, 2010 Download Thanks and [...]

Technical Overview: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and R3

Audience: IT Professional Product: Microsoft System Center Abstract: With the release of the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems, new capabilities and usage scenarios are emerging for system management. Economic, regulatory, green IT, and security issues continue to be the challenges organizations face. In this webcast, we provide a technical update and [...]

Automating Windows 7 Deployments Using System Center Configuration Manager

Audience: IT Professional Product: Windows 7 Abstract: We focus on automating Windows 7 operating system deployments using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager in this webcast. First, we cover how to automate hardware and software inventory using Asset Intelligence to determine what applications and hardware are needed for deploying Windows 7. Next, we examine deploying Windows [...]

Asset Intelligence with Configuration Manager 2007

Audience: IT Professional Product: Microsoft System Center Abstract: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 collects asset information that can be used for license and asset management reports. In this webcast, we explain the asset management reporting that comes out of the box in Configuration Manager 2007 R2, we describe what Configuration Manager reports can [...]

How Microsoft Is Architecting the Virtual Application Infrastructure

Audience: IT Professional Product: Microsoft System Center Abstract: Microsoft is evaluating Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 (App-V) as a method to lower application management life-cycle costs. Attend this webcast to learn how App-V 4.5, in conjunction with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, provides an infrastructure for deploying virtualized rich client applications within an enterprise [...]