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[NEWS] SCCM v.Next Beta 1 on VHD

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Hi All,

if you missed the announcement, SCCM vNext Beta 1 now is part of the VHD test Program

The VHD is based on a Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 OS, this is a fully built virtual machine ready to import into your Hyper-V environments.

VHD Test Drive – System Center Configuration Manager v.Next on Windows Server 2008 R2 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1b23c540-9b9f-4d41-a05d-d4b216061957&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+(Microsoft+Download+Center)

Configuration Manager vNext Beta 1 evaluation download – http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/configuration-manager/cm-vnext-beta.aspx

SCCM Guide v6.0

Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Hi All,
this is only a quick post..
I know that I’m a bit away from the blog, but this is for a good reason…
The version 6 of my SCCM Guide (written in Portuguese only…sorry..no english version at this time)…is almost done…
now it’s the part when technical and written text pass for review and hopefully, in a few weeks this new version is ready for download..
stay tuned for more info…
List of topics that you’ll find:
• Backup
• Moving SCCM Database between servers
• Moving WSUS Database between servers
• Installing Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT)
• Creating Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) package
• Installing State Migration Point
• Management Point
• Verifying State Migration point installation
• Troubleshooting Software distribution
• Troubleshooting hardware inventory
• Troubleshooting software inventory
• Capturing an existing SO image
• Troubleshooting image capture
• Troubleshooting Task Sequences
• Troubleshooting WinPE
• Configuring NLB for Site Systems
• Configuring NLB Management Point
• Configuring NLB Software Update Point
• Asset Intelligence
• Installing Branch Distribution point
• Troubleshooting software update
• Network Access Protection
• Security Recommendations
• SCCM Tools
• Troubleshooting Remote Access

SCCM Guides

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Microsoft published few guides about SCCM, they are very complete and it worth the download time.

Hope you’ll enjoy.

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Deployment Guide
This guidance provides information on how to design and deploy a Configuration Manager infrastructure within a healthcare organization. It allows the healthcare organization to be confident that the Configuration Manager infrastructure being designed and deployed is using current best practice.

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Operating System Deployment Guide
This guidance helps healthcare organizations when implementing and using the operating system deployment feature of Configuration Manager. This guidance provides the information required to quickly become familiar with the operating system deployment feature and understand the appropriate decisions that need to be made in order to deploy and use the solution. It also provides step-by-step guidance showing how to install and configure the required components, and also how to use the most common features.
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Software Distribution Guide
This guidance provides the information required to quickly become familiar with the software distribution feature and understand the appropriate decisions that need to be made in order to deploy and use the solution. It also provides step-by-step guidance showing how to create the objects required within Configuration Manager to perform the software distribution.
System Center Configuration Manager Software Update Management Guide
This guidance provides the information required to quickly become familiar with the software update feature, and understand the appropriate decisions that need to be made in order to deploy and use the solution. It also provides step-by-step guidance showing how to install and configure the required components, and how to use the most common features.