Podcast

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 [...]

How Microsoft does IT: Deploying Windows 7 Using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and OSD

Audience: IT Professional Product: Microsoft System Center Abstract: Microsoft is the first enterprise organization to use Windows 7 on a large scale, and that includes deployments using the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Operating System Deployment (OSD) feature. OSD provides administrators with a tool to create images that can be deployed to managed and unmanaged [...]

How Microsoft does IT: Using Virtualization with Hyper-V to Deploy System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Audience: IT Professional Product: Microsoft System Center Abstract: Learn how to leverage virtualization in your data center environment to host System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) site servers and roles. This step-by-step session explains how to deploy Hyper-V for maximum SCCM infrastructure performance. Prescriptive guidance details testing your site server and roles prior to deployment, [...]

Download Podcast – How Microsoft does IT: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Client Health Strategies

   Audience: IT Professional   Product: Microsoft System Center   Abstract: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) client health concepts and solutions are presented in the context of a 300,000 client environment. Join a SCCM expert from Microsoft IT to learn about his detailed analysis and effective strategies.   Date: May 12, 2009   Link [...]

Download Podcast- How Microsoft does IT: Using Local Policies to Solve Complex System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Client Challenges

  Audience: IT Professional Product: Microsoft System Center Abstract: Any organization can have special-case scenarios where some clients must be managed differently. For example, software distributions or agent cycles may require special scheduling options. You might not want to use a separate site for large-scale client settings testing. Some clients may have special inventory reporting [...]