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System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 CTP2 is available for download
Microsoft have released Service Pack 1 CTP2 days after announcing it at TechEd in the US. You can download the CTP here. This Community Technology Preview (“CTP2”) enables System Center customers to jointly evaluate System Center 2012 and Windows Server … Continue reading
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How can I add a PXE enabled Distribution Point on Server 2008 X86 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ?
Imagine that you still have some Server 2008 X86 boxes in your organization and cannot replace them with Server 2008 R2 just yet, you decide to use what you have and enable the Distribution Point role on these servers with … Continue reading
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Can’t export SCM Configuration Baselines to Excel Spreadsheets even after enabling macros ?
I installed Security Compliance Manager in order to export some pre-made Configuration Baselines which I would later import into Configuration Manager 2012. While I was at it I wanted to export the same baselines to an XLS spreadsheet in order … Continue reading
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Get Certified on System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (Exam 70-243) with this FREE Study Guide!
spotted this on Twitter this morning, and i’d recommend you check it out, it’s a free to download PDF Guide to help you pass the 70-243 Exam. All it takes to get the guide is you have to Tweet the … Continue reading
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How can I display my System Center 2012 Configuration Manager hierarchy in Bing Maps?
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has a nice feature in it to allow you to view your hierarchy, simply navigate to the Monitoring workspace and select Site Hierarchy, if you want a closeup click on Fit Screen. Ok that’s very … Continue reading
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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 5. Adding WSUS, Adding the SUP role, deploying the Configuration Manager Client Agent
In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading
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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 4. Adding roles and configuring custom Client Device Settings and custom Client User Settings
In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading
How can I enable Debug View in Configuration Manager 2012 console ?
If you were at MMS 2012 you may have seen CD-B330 Configuration Manager 2012: Overview, in there was a demo of the Configuration Manager console in debugview to see SMS Provider classes by adding a new workspace called Tools to … Continue reading
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oops you deleted the Unknown Computers collection in Configuration Manager 2012 ?
came across this today on the Technet forums so wanted to blog it. Imagine the scenario, someone accidentally deletes the All Unknown Computers collection in CM12. As a result you try to recreate it using manual means but the newly … Continue reading
using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 3. Configuring Discovery and Boundaries
In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading
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How can I easily prompt for a computer name in Configuration Manager 2012
When you install new computers it would be nice to be able to easily name the computer as part of the deployment, otherwise the new computer could end up with a name like MININT-XRGHJTF unless you import it into Configuration … Continue reading
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Congratulations on earning your Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration certification!
got this in the mail today, great ! 🙂 if you are interested in taking the exam (70-243) then please see this post. cheers niall Congratulations on earning your Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration certification! We hope … Continue reading
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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 2. Install the primary server – P01
In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading
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ConfigMgr 2012 Toolkit and other goodies
if you are looking for the Configuration Manager 2012 Toolkit you can download it from here, note that the Package Conversion Manager and Physical to virtual tools are also listed there as described below:- Package Conversion Manager (PCM) The Microsoft … Continue reading
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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 1. Installation – CAS
Introduction System Center 2012 Configuration Manager was released to General Availability (GA) April 17th, 2012 at MMS 2012. If you’ve been following my previous series of Step by Step guides on System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (from Beta 1 through … Continue reading
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