FCS + Config Mgr = True

As some of you has seen before I have been referecing to some ways of distributing Forefront Security Patches within a Config Mgr integrated WSUS.

There is now an offical KB for this 958491 Supported configurations for using WSUS to distribute Forefront Client Security Definition updates within SCCM 2007

Links wehre you can read more on this !

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/958491

http://blogs.technet.com/smsandmom/archive/2008/10/16/supported-configurations-for-using-wsus-to-distribute-forefront-client-security-definition-updates-within-sccm-2007.aspx

MVP Award – System Center Configuration Manager – 2008

I must say I am very honored to reccive the e-mail with the MVP Award that I recceived today.

I am very happy for this award and I am very happy to have a wife like I have to stand up for me push me inspire me and help me do this, I love IT and love to contribute and inspire other people. Some people say that I dont have a life that maybe true but atleast I love what I do. And of course I love my son and wife they mean everything to me.

Thanks Sherry who was the first to send her congratulations. I also want to thank all enthusiastic friends for inspiration and the joy they bring.

 Happy ConfigMgr – 08

Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 – 90 Sec delay in Task Sequences

If you are running application installs within your Task Sequence and you are running SP1 of Configuration Manager you will bump into a 90 second delay between every application. So if you have 200 applications in your task sequence the deployment will take allot of time. Microsoft is currently working on a fix for this until then you can get around it by using the RTM Client instead of the SP1 client binaries in your Apply Client – Task Sequence Step. 

Extended Security Update Inventory Tool

The SMS Extended Security Update Inventory tool is a scan tool built for the sole purpose of helping customers determine SMS client computers that may need security updates that are not detectable using the existing SMS Security Update Inventory Tool built on MBSA. Like the SMS Software Update Inventory tool, this tool also has the instructions for locating each applicable update, downloading it from Microsoft, and deploying it using SMS . The SMS Extended Security Update Inventory Tool is built on Enterprise Scan Tool (EST) detection technology. For more information about the exact detection capabilities of EST and how it differs from MBSA, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 894193. For more information on the SMS Extended Security Update Inventory Tool, please see the included user guide and release notes.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2C93DA1D-48A0-4E5C-991F-87E08954F61B&displaylang=en

Discovery – Logfiles

Lately I have seen some questions regarding discovery log files. For thoose of you who want to know the names of the default log files for discovery here they are !

• AD_SYSTEM  -  adsysdis.log
• AD_SECURITY_GROUP  -  adsgdis.log
• AD_SYSTEM_GROUP  -  adsysgrp.log
• AD_USER  -  adusrdis.log
• NETWORK  -  netdisc.log

SP1 + Delete Aged Delete Detection Data Task

Have you also upgraded to Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 ? When you do this there will be a new Maintanance Task wich is called “Delete Aged Delete Detection Data Task” ! And then you think what does this do ? Today this task doesnt do anything, its for the future integration with future System Center Service Manager so you will have to bare untill ~2010 to use that.

Configuration Manager 2007 – Hotfixes included in SP1

Yesterday the KB953649  was published and here you can find more information the Hotfixes that is included in SP1.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953649/en-us

Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 – Released

I am very happy to see that Service Pack 1 now has been officially released and now support Windows 2008 as a site Server.
There are also some great enhancements for Asset Intelligence and other cool stuff like AMT that makes it worth upgrading.

Whats new in Configuration Manager SP1
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc161901.aspx

For thoose of you that will be upgrading to SP1 it can be downloaded here.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5AAE62E8-4B7F-4AF7-BE01-AEFAA4BF059A&displaylang=en