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Check out this post by Carol Bailey of the Documentation Team for more info on the R2 Release.
Hopefully the link to download R2 will be on the ConfigMgr site later today.
How do I restore the default ConfigMgr Collections? [29/08/08] Contributed By: Garth Jones [MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS] If you've accidentally deleted one of the default ConfigMgr Collections here's how to recreate it...
And there was me thinking that it was only the SMS group that had wacky and different ways of doing things (remember “dial_me_in_baby.sms”)? Well it seems the Hyper-V guys have joined in and it’s possible you may see the following error message when you try to load a VM:
Want to know what the cause is? Checkout this post on the Virtual PC Guys Blog.
The Windows Server 2008 User Group – Ireland are running an event next Tuesday on Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. For more details and to register (you’ll have to be quick as there’s only a limited number of places), goto:
http://cid-0009d47851cc41db.events.live.com/
I’m really hoping they record this event or open it up using Live Meeting as it looks a cracking event.
Rumour has it Microsoft has officially released ConfigMgr 2007 R2 TODAY. I’ve yet to see an official announcement on the website but stay tuned for updates later.
Just as a quick recap here’s What’s New in R2:
Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable Under the Hood: Windows Vista Performance...Need Answers?
Submit your performance questions live during the event or send them in advance to vrtable@microsoft.com. Save the date! Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:00am Pacific Standard Time
Find answers to your Windows Vista adoption questions with resources, tools, monthly straight-talk articles, and upfront guidance based on early adopter and community feedback. To learn more, visit www.microsoft.com/springboard,
Springboard Series: The resource for Windows desktop IT professionals
For those of you in the New England area the NEASMSUG is having an event next Wednesday:
“Microsoft New England Corporate Office, Waltham, MA
(note START time change to 6:30!) 6:30 Q & A - SCCM Open forum with Microsoft and the group members while we enjoy pizza :)
7:00 Welcome/Intro
7:15 Q&A
8:00 Hot from the Documentation Desk! We are pleased to welcome back to our meeting the always-popular STEVE KACZMAREK from the ConfigMgr Documentation Team! With luck, we may also have other Team members on line via concall from Redmond! We might even get Jared Cook (Microsoft) to update us around progress on the System Center Configuration Manager R2 release!
TO REGISTER (Important!!!): To Register please go to the Registration site: Registration site: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=130936 Event Code: 130936
Location and Directions 2/8/07 Meeting location: Microsoft Corporation 201 Jones Rd. Waltham, MA
Map and Driving Directions: http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=42.375314~-71.270401&style=r&lvl=14&scene=5617519&sp=Point.r1w8x791tqky_Jones%20Rd%2c%20Waltham%2c%20MA%2002451%2c%20United%20States___”
If any of you “out there” are running an event in the future and would like some help in publicising it just shoot me over the details and I’ll blog about it.
SQL Server 2005
956893 Support policy for Microsoft SQL Server products that are running on a virtual machine in a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environment
956375 FIX: CPU utilizations for all processors reach 100 percent when you run an instance of SQL Server 2005 on a computer that has more than 32 processors
956274 FIX: Distribution Agent does not retry a command if an error occurs while Distribution Agent is running the command in a transactional replication of SQL Server 2005
955693 FIX: In SQL Server 2005, the file information about the transaction log that was last copied and the file information about the transaction log that was last restored are missing
956378 FIX: You may be unable to start the SQL Server agent if you configure a SQL Server 2005 failover cluster to use Kerberos constrained delegation for a domain user account
955975 FIX: Error message when you update a table at the subscriber in a transactional replication in SQL Server 2005: "Updateable Subscriptions: Rows do not match between Publisher and Subscriber"
955695 FIX: When you run a Transact-SQL script in a step of a SQL Server Agent job in SQL Server 2005, the result of the Transact-SQL script may be truncated
955958 FIX: No rows are returned when you use the sp_replqueuemonitor stored procedure to list the queued messages for a queue-updating subscription in SQL Server 2005
956376 FIX: The SQL Server 2005 Distribution Agent does not skip error 20598 when you configure a SQL Server 2000 transactional publication to skip error 20598
928380 FIX: Message Queuing 3.0 still accepts incoming messages from the network after you successfully call the MSMQApplication.Disconnect method on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
956523 A memory leak occurs in the Wmiprvse.exe process when you query user account information by using the Win32_UserAccount WMI class on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
956705 Error message when you try to install updates by using the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web site: "0x80070003"
956701 Error message when you try to use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates: "0x8024D007"
956702 Error message when you try to use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates: "0x800B0100"
A couple of new articles today looking at Queries. The first Can I limit the number of results returned by a Query? looks at the new feature in ConfigMgr that allows you to modify the number of results ConfigMgr returns when running a Query before it stops execution directly through the Admin Console (although you can still do it through the Registry as in previous versions of SMS).
The second Why do I not see the "Run" and "Run Query Special" options when I right-click on a Query? explains that even though in parts of the Product Help it mentions using the “Run” and “Run Query Special” options these aren’t in fact available in the product (so I’ve sent an email to Microsoft highlighting this so that hopefully this can be corrected in a future version of the product documentation included with the product itself).
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Seriously though, anyone that’s got the balls to stand up in front of a panel of judges in these competitions I take my hat off to.
Daily Recurring Advertisements either run an hour too early or late when the time changes to/ from BST [27/08/08] If you are running your Adverts using daily recurring schedules you may experience an issue with your Adverts running an hour too early or too late when the time changes between BST and GMT and vice versa...
The UK SQL Server User Group are holding their next meeting at Milton Keynes (yey ;-) ), tomorrow night at Unisys close to Junction 14 of the M1.
For full details goto:
http://sqlserverfaq.com/events/128/Milton-Keynes-SQL-2008-for-Developers-CTEs-and-Recursion.aspx
IMPORTANT: There are MAJOR roadworks on the slip road and roundabouts just off Junction 14. If you are planning on attending this event please allow PLENTY of time for your journey.
So today it’s official. EDS is now an HP company. Of course the coming months are going to be a time of great change as the integration and inevitable consolidation between the two companies take place. For me personally until the actual details of how the acquisition affect me personally are worked out it’s pretty much business as usual for me (and no doubt countless others).
EDS was a big company before, but now it’s part of HP the numbers just get even bigger and scarier:
To find out more goto:
http://www.eds.com/news/features/4776/
You may recall my blog post Making folks aware help is available “out here”.. where I was commenting on Computer Weekly’s How to manage your software assets article which included the comment from the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity being overwhelmed with the amount of information ConfigMgr returned.
So I decided to send the following letter to Computer Weekly (which was published in the latest issue), which will hopefully raise awareness in the user community that ConfigMgr help is “out here”:
“Help available to Microsoft Configuration Manager Users Cliff Hobbs Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS I read with interest your article "How to manage your software assets" (computerweekly.com/231760.htm), especially the comments made by Joy Jerram of the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity concerning her experience of Microsoft's Configuration Manager.
I agree that Configuration Manager has it's nuances (as do all of the systems management products in the market), but one of the key differentials when it comes to Configuration Manager over other products is the vast amount of information available not only on Microsoft's own website but in the wider user community from websites, blogs and user groups.
The prime reason for my setting up FAQShop.com and co-founding the UK Windows Management User Group (WMUG) is to facilitate the sharing of information, help and experiences.
If Jerram or any of your other readers are experiencing Configuration Manager issues there are plenty of folks in the community willing to help and share information.”