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We rsquo;ve rolled out a new article and download area today as we prepare for 2007. Today, myITforum.com opened the topic area and our first columnist, Alan Maddison, has posted his first article entitled: ldquo; rdquo; If you know of someone (possibly yourself) who has experience working with Microsoft Exchange and would like another bullet point on their professional resume for technical article writing, drop us a note at: Ed Aldrich has a post out in the forums, asking for your assistance.
Once you've read his post, visit the following link to give him your replies: OK, we all know that manifests (or more accurately Configuration Items, or CIs in SCCM terminology) are the real meat of the CM solution, and the hardest and most time consuming to prepare. We at 1E are looking into finding a way to help ease that burden, while also working with Microsoft's DCM PM team on the SCCM implementation as well, so here are a couple of things to chew on. First off, we know that there are a handful of very basic CIs that come with the DCM download.
We at 1E would like to take a couple, maybe as many as three, and try to build them out to provide more detail than what is currently provided. Once done, we will make them available to the community at large. In addition we *may* also make a stab at whipping up a better authoring tool as well.
All that being said, which three CIs are on your wish list for us to take on and try to beef up, and why did you choose the ones you did? Next, we'd like to help the SCCM team in Redmond to work out DCM in SCCM2k7. While we already know that there will be some massaging of today's CIs to allow them to work in SCCM, it is important for the Program Team to understand what you are doing today.
The best way to accomplish that is to submit CIs to Redmond. After tossing this around with the PM, I'd like to offer up out a means whereby they can be provided with YOUR CIs so they can analyze what you are doing, see what is important to you, and so on. This will better help them to understand what is important to the DCM community.
.. that would be all of YOU who are subbed into this forum.
I've agreed to act as a clearing house or single point of contact in this regard to simplify the communications and interaction between this community and the Program Team. If you send me your CIs, I'll consolidate them and send them ALL on to the Redmond DCM Program Team. Here's a quote from them in this regard: "The best way you can ensure compatibility of content you have authored is to send it to me now!
That way, we can include your real-world CIs in our test suite and make sure the tool can handle your scenarios. We can also ensure we have guidance for how to hand-convert any content that is not translated by the tool. If you are comfortable sharing your CIs with me, please do send them on.
I will ensure that your CIs are not shared outside of the DCM/SCCM team without your express permission. MOM, System Center
by Rod Trent - 12/14/2006
This release marks an important milestone on the road to the March MMS launch in San Diego. Windows PowerShell
by Ying Li - 12/14/2006
This script will find a file on C drive (or whatever drive we choose), rename it and replace it with another file.
The new file should be in the same directory where you execute your powershell script. Patch Management, Security
by Harry Waldron - 12/14/2006
During the December updates, I almost "unselected" MS06-078, as it referenced an update for Media Player 6.4 in the title information and at 1st I felt it might even impact my Media Player 11 environment.
Microsoft Office
by Rod Trent - 12/14/2006
From a central location, administrators can run the Office Update Inventory Tool on client computers to find out which Office updates have been applied, which Office updates are available to be applied, and which Office updates can be applied only to an administrative installation point. Windows
by Anthony Clendenen - 12/14/2006
I know I am not alone in suffering from this frustration before. You are at the library, in class, at work, anywhere but at home on your own network and you want to print something, maybe a rebate form, your taxes, homework, whatever it is you want it printed.
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Don't forget our CTSMUG meeting Thursday, December 14th in Austin, TX! Highlights: Dave Jaffe and John Juris from SMS Expert will be presenting their products. Tony Greco from Catapult systems will be presenting on the BDD.
This will be part 1 of several...
This is an interesting article and hopefully someone will eventually catch these guys. The Rock Phish group may be responsible for half of all phishing attacks
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Today's Industry News and Views
Microsoft has a neat little way to prevent software piracy of their Windows operating system. "Windows Genuine Advantage" with its "Product Activation" requirement. Essentially, even with a valid product key, you still need to activate your Windows to
As the week continues another, the 3rd, vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word.
FrSIRT has pointed out that this vulnerability is differen...
The Hypervisor is a small piece of code, less than 100KB, that sits between the hardware and the operating system. Its role is to manage hardware partitions and securely provide high performance access to the correct resources. The Hypervisor uses AMD-V
Firefox 3.
0 to renew assault on Microsoft Times Online - 35 minutes ago Mozilla, the non-profit software group that is taking market share from Microsoft, has unveiled plans to release a radically revamped version of its Firefox internet browser as early
Microsoft Softgrid is a new subject to me, but you guys cannot imagine how well impressed I am. It is the killer application of the century! No more administrative pains with application updates and no more DLL hell on the user's workstation.
Cool! I'm
seattlepi.nwsource.
com ldquo;Washington residents whose personal information was stored on a stolen Boeing laptop can take steps to protect themselves by requesting a credit report security freeze or placing a fraud alert with the credit-reporting agencies.
news.zdnet.
co.uk ldquo;Organised criminals are losing interest in harvesting consumer banking details, according to Microsoft UK chief security adviser Ed Gibson. Speaking to ZDNet UK this week, Gibson said that powerful cybercriminals would not waste
Is it really possible to live without a phone on your desk?
Is that a little too far fetched? Well lets find out ! People ask me if such a thing is ever going to happen and for now I think its kind of hard to tell.
As with a lot of stuff in Unified Communications
BBC News Blogging boom set to bust in 2007, predicts Gartner iTWire - 1 hour ago By Adam Turner. The blogging phenomenon is set to peak in 2007 and then level out at around 100 million, predicts analysts Gartner Group. Gartner: Blogging to peak in 2007
USATODAY.
com - If you want a new video game for the holidays, you may have fewer shopping days left than you think.
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