System Center Guide » SMS http://systemcenterguide.com 6-TIME MICROSOFT MVP GIVES HIS TAKE ON SYSTEM CENTER SOLUTIONS Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:55:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New and Updated SCCM and SMS Downloads http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/13/new-and-updated-sccm-and-sms-downloads/ http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/13/new-and-updated-sccm-and-sms-downloads/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:02:34 +0000 Duncan McAlynn http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/13/new-and-updated-sccm-and-sms-downloads/ The list is long and exhaustive, but check it out anyhow. Lots of good stuff in here!

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2000 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=1&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9fe205c9-dff6-4acd-b437-e33df2a991cd%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=2&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3db6f61bdf-cb9c-4a1b-960d-3d99fca87837%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0d61b34c-b655-4e63-bddd-b809742d1e18%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=4&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d71c5619c-3b48-4fb5-91da-bd0ae8db63f1%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=5&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7d86c340-03cb-4f3a-895e-d5a8dff7a440%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2000 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=6&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d639100ae-6cfc-4812-882d-a3d718ff2d48%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SharePoint Server 2007 server roles, and was developed based on settings used by Microsoft IT in the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=7&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3da04acc13-b719-4f5c-9567-f865b05f73b6%26displaylang%3den

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your Operations Manager 2007 server roles, and was developed based on recommendations from the System Center Operations Manager Product Group regarding the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=8&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de9643fd9-a184-431c-b807-de7561f92e89%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SharePoint Server 2007 server roles, and was developed based on recommendations from the Microsoft SharePoint Product Group regarding the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=9&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3de67b8d7b-ec3a-46b8-8460-c8a34f0b2287%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SharePoint Portal Server 2003 server roles, and was developed based on settings used by Microsoft IT in the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=10&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc75d9d43-6293-4dbd-b1fd-14dcbfa6ec84%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Comprehensive Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SQL Server 2000 server roles, and was developed based on settings used by Microsoft IT in the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=11&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dae5e69a9-357d-4a23-ba6d-35e4b84149f9%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SQL Server 2000 server roles, and was developed based on settings used by Microsoft IT in the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=12&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d33afd9c9-f0b7-4f0f-89ee-62859b7066fb%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SharePoint Portal Server 2003 server roles, and was developed based on settings used by Microsoft IT in the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=13&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0ddc1c1f-5d09-4b28-9868-de850e5e82be%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SQL Server 2000 server roles, and was developed based on settings used by Microsoft IT in the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=14&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd702688f-7af1-4107-a70a-2a19f6afdcab%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2005 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=15&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfe3a2b70-4ac7-49ee-ba18-748133feead1%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2003 servers in order to support your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=16&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfe7308e4-a12b-4f47-a82c-3d04efec2613%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2000 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=17&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d65dfe5d8-e867-4945-bb7d-e19b7e7e820f%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2005 servers in order to support your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d976df931-a3cf-40e3-802e-3281b1451835%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2005 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=19&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d14862939-4bb0-4e26-b43a-a5953b484239%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2005 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d7050d56c-7e5a-479f-b94c-419ede535608%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2005 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=21&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d312505ac-f51c-4642-9a36-78e6974bc5ee%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 MSIT Comprehensive Configuration Pack for Configuration Manager 2007

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to manage your SharePoint Portal Server 2003 server roles, and was developed based on settings used by Microsoft IT in the configuration of these server roles.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=22&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d2720df81-c585-42cf-af80-016e5786f53b%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2000 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=23&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d79d68fb7-f471-4bf2-aefd-cd60c75546f0%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2000 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=24&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d83519002-4ed9-43f2-84e3-3ab1956a173e%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2000 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=25&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d24cd5c8f-e176-433d-b75d-18c06e5f6f76%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2000 servers in order to support your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=26&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd8757847-8ba8-4de2-b7a6-b6f1f610a28c%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your SQL 2000 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=27&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1629d04c-c5a5-4752-a06f-4bc4584ae1b7%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft and ITIL v3

This paper describes how Microsoft supports and extends the service life-cycle approach of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=28&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dedcaad48-1414-4447-8b1a-a866a146565d%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2000 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=29&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d730d685d-5873-433e-ae99-476a6cca64ae%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Windows 2000 servers in order to support your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=30&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d852469e5-f195-4c16-82d6-86b2cc915223%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Exchange 2003 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=31&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d12f480f7-4ef7-4573-bd37-4065bf45b8de%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Exchange 2003 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=32&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dd0534cbe-753a-449e-81ca-c2237b6c18b8%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Exchange 2003 servers in order to support your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=33&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dc0e9de62-8c7a-4697-aec8-a31538177c8e%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Exchange 2003 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=34&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d9babab34-c78d-4634-af3c-4164a20ee504%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your Exchange 2003 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=35&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4d3875ac-84c1-4e56-8886-a20f98dcd210%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Assessment Configuration Pack for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your IIS 6.0 servers in order to support your Federal Information Security Management Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=36&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dfe44701d-11dc-44c6-a75c-102a692c490a%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Assessment Configuration Pack for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your IIS 6.0 servers in order to support your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=37&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3ddb25b733-481c-49fa-9e18-62836d0c96be%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Assessment Configuration Pack for Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your IIS 6.0 servers in order to support your Gramm-Leach Bliley Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=38&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d1f68a273-728e-48d3-b2d0-1965905d8952%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Assessment Configuration Pack for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your IIS 6.0 servers in order to support your Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=39&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d418e6a72-02c5-4949-8d85-010d2baec298%26displaylang%3den

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Assessment Configuration Pack for European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)

This configuration pack contains configuration items intended to help you establish and validate a desired configuration for your IIS 6.0 servers in order to support your European Union Data Protection Directive compliance efforts.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=40&srcdisplaylang=en&srccategoryid=&srcfamilyid=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d0409ff6f-27aa-48a6-ab27-aa67e3b7bf33%26displaylang%3den

]]> http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/13/new-and-updated-sccm-and-sms-downloads/feed/ 0 SMS: Microsoft SMS 2003 SP3 Asset Intelligence Catalog Update http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/03/sms-microsoft-sms-2003-sp3-asset-intelligence-catalog-update/ http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/03/sms-microsoft-sms-2003-sp3-asset-intelligence-catalog-update/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:44:41 +0000 Duncan McAlynn http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/03/sms-microsoft-sms-2003-sp3-asset-intelligence-catalog-update/ Asset Intelligence enhances the inventory capabilities of SMS 2003 SP3 by extending hardware and software inventory. Many inventory classes improve the breadth of information gathered about hardware and software assets.

This update, which is mentioned in the SMS 2003 SP3 help file, is the first periodic update to the Asset Intelligence Knowledge Base tables, containing newly released software information. Please note that this will update the SMS 2003 SP3 Asset Intelligence knowledge base and bring it to the same content level as SCCM 2007 RTM. This update is not intended for SCCM and is limited to SMS 2003 SP3. An update for SCCM 2007 will be provided with SCCM 2007 SP1.

Download the Catalog Update

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Courtesy of KB Alertz.com

]]> http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/01/31/sms-new-kb-article/feed/ 0 SCCM: Detailed Log Analysis Through Script http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/01/28/sccm-detailed-log-analysis-through-script/ http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/01/28/sccm-detailed-log-analysis-through-script/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:48:35 +0000 Duncan McAlynn http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/01/28/sccm-detailed-log-analysis-through-script/ Paul Thomsen, Senior SMS Engineer with Microsoft’s Desktop Management Services team, illustrates how to analyse a large amount of data within log files – even when distributed across many systems within the enterprise.

Click here to read the post.

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imageThankfully, the Microsoft Update Catalog has provided an easy-to-use shopping basket type system for manually downloading the security update binaries. Couple this with the well-documented process for manually adding security updates to the SCCM Deploy Software Updates Wizard and your only a USB-drive away from having everything you need to begin your tests.

You can find out more from the following links.

Microsoft Update Catalog

How to Manually Download Software Updates

Using Microsoft Update Catalog with Configuration Manager 2007

 

]]> http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/01/27/sccm-simplified-patching-in-a-disconnected-labtest-environment/feed/ 0 Monitoring SMS Patch Management with Visio http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/01/09/monitoring-sms-patch-management-with-visio/ http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/01/09/monitoring-sms-patch-management-with-visio/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:09:43 +0000 Duncan McAlynn http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/01/09/monitoring-sms-patch-management-with-visio/ Yes, you read that correctly. VISIO.

The following link shows a brief webcast of how Visio’s reliable data connectivity can be used to:

  • Update the current network status
  • Provide mapping detail to determine where security vulnerabilities exist
  • Overlay building floorplans with asset details from SMS
  • Monitor patching activity in real time using the above visual aids

While I’ve never given much consideration to using Visio in this capacity it does yield some interesting concepts for future development efforts.

http://tinyurl.com/yvr3bq

There’s some other interesting demonstrations on the homepage:

http://www.visiotoolbox.com/

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 Figure 1 Radial format

Fig. 1 SMSMap Radial View of an SMS Hierarchy

Built using Visual Studio .NET, SMS managed libraries, and Visio automation, Tondt provides a deep dive into its operations in this month’s issue of TechNet Magazine. 

The download includes both a compiled version of the tool, and the supporting source code for further customizing for your specific needs.

Thank you, Jeff, for providing such a useful (and necessary) tool!

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