Config Mgr IIS Prereqs with ServerManagerCmd on Windows 2008

If you are installing Configuration Manager on a Windows 2008 box you need to fullfill some prerequsites to install it as a Site System.

 I prefferably use ServerManagerCmd to install most of thoose prereqs.

Here are some hint for the IIS prereqs.

IIS Prereqs

ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Server
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Static-Content
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Asp-Net
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-ASP
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Mgmt-Compat
ServerManagerCmd -i Web-Windows-Auth
ServerManagerCmd -i BITS
ServerManagerCmd -i RDC

You also need to add webdav and configure it according to these instructions.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc431377.aspx
 

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

Postponed features of Viridan.

Microsoft is postpoing some features in their release of viridan together with the RTM of Longhorn.

Read more about it here.

http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007/05/10/viridian-features-update-beta-planned-for-longhorn-rtm.aspx

GPMC – Longhorn April CTP

If you are installing the CTP of April of Longhorn you may wonder where the gpmc.msc console is. Simple , it´s  not there, you will have to install Group Policy Management Console with Service Pack 1 (doesnt work on x64 systems and .net is needed) or solve it as I did, by running the gpmc.msc on your domain joined vista client.

 Happy Easter

Introduction to Windows Server Code Name Longhorn

This article gives you a brief introduction to the new server operating system Microsoft are working on, I have been working with it for some time and I really like it. The product is still in beta and most likley the product will change  but the article is built on whats in there now. I hope you enjoy your reading.

Introduction to Windows Server Code Name “Longhorn”

Longhorn article series

I am working on a article series for Longhorn, the planned content of the articles you can see below:

• Introduction to Windows Server Code Name Longhorn
• Longhorn and Server core mode
• Longhorn and Active Directory
• Longhorn and Terminal Services
• Longhorn and Network Access Protection
• Longhorn and Windows Deployment Services