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    October 21

    Program re-run behavior in SCCM 2007

     

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    October 17

    Talking about Pierre Desproges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

     

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    Dans notre édition d’hier, une légère erreur technique nous a fait imprimer les noms de champignons vénéneux sous les photos des champignons comestibles, et vice versa. Nos lecteurs survivants auront rectifié d’eux-mêmes
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    July 15

    Discussion sur L'Art poétique

    Il est certains esprits dont les sombres pensées
    Sont, d'un nuage épais, toujours embarrassées ;
    Le jour de la raison ne le saurait percer.
    Avant donc que d'écrire, apprenez à penser.
    Selon que notre idée est plus ou moins obscure,
    L'expression la suit, ou moins nette, ou plus pure.
    Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement,
    Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.

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    June 05

    Day -21

    In 21 days, I will become a happy father. I can’t wait to see him… a little boy named Carlos.

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    January 13

    MCA in the press...

    Yep, I obtained my MCA certification and it's mentioned here already:
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    September 22

    The Beta IPD Guide for SCCM is available

    That's right, get the beta guide here. I need another week-end!

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    March 26

    Optimizing Group Policy Performance

      Now, that's a good article

    Group Policy: Optimizing Group Policy Performance
    Optimizing Group Policy Performance
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    September 06

    BDD: the future

    Here is some interesting information about the BDD I want to share with you. Source: Roadmap presented by M. Niehaus (Microsoft)
     
    New versions of the BDD will be introduced in waves:
     
    "deployment 4" - currently under development
    "deployment 5" - development starts late 2008
     
    There will be multiple "releases" within each "wave".
    Naming is still under discussion (Windows Server Deployment? BDD 2008? Deployment 4?)
     
    Scope "D4":
    • Supports existing technologies (WDS, SMS 2003)
    • Simple Migration path to SCCM (LTI and ZTI)
    • Advanced Windows 2003/2008 Server deployment (fixed IP, advanced disk config, OS role, Hydration)

    Integration with SCCM 2007:

    • Single interface (no more workbench, SCCM MMC)
    • New wizards, actions and nodes
    • Task sequence-based engine is everywhere
    • Pre-built Task Sequences and "snippets" (partial tasks sequences) are added
    • Data-driven deployments based on variables (still supprts DB and customsettings.ini)

    Timeline:

    Q3 2007: initial SCCM support

    Q4 2007: Beta support for Windows 2008 (release 1)

    H1 2008: support for SCCM SP1 (release 2)

     

    2:37 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Deployment
    June 25

    Manual copy of packages to DP

    After you manually copy the packages to the DP, the utility (Package Preloader Tool, see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sms/2003/downloads/tools/toolkit.mspx ) must be run on the DP in order to update the SMS db. Please read the SMS 2003 Toolkit 2 CHM file for detailed info.

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    May 30

    SCCM 2007 and SCOM 2007

    Hello!
     
    I just attended a Microsoft hands-on learning session for SCOM 2007 and SCCM 2007 and wow - these products rock!
     
    My top 6 new features for SCCM 2007:
    5. NAP/NAC integration
    4. Integration with WSUS 3.0
    3. Integartion with Windows Deployment Services - SSCM is THE way to deploy Windows Vista and Longhorn (Server 2008 I mean...)
    2. GUI improvements (faster, drag and drop, better organised...)
    1. Easier setup and installation - kiss those deployment issues goodbye
    And the best one is...
    0. Branch Office DPs - using http BITS to manage traffic to those remote DPs, kiss those secondary sites goodbye!
     
    Wanted in the next SCCM version:
    1. Integration with SQL Reporting Services - not just a reporting point, but a true repository.
    2. True Powershell integration
    3. True SoftGrid integration
     
    All in all, SSCM 2007 looks like a very impressive release from Microsoft.
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    March 14

    SMS Add-ons

    Microsoft lists all SMS add-ons...
    Ever wanted to manage Blackberries?
     
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    March 06

    Hydrating Windows Servers

    Ever wanted to auto-provision a full test server with AD, SMS and all those marvelous products like BizTalk?
    Well, I stumbled on this very interesting "Hydration" application while reading the Desktop Deployment Planning Services Guide:
     
    "Hydration is a conglomeration of scripts that will build-out an entire infrastructure on a single server in an unattended manner.  All you need to do is gather the needed software and then use the supplied HTML applications (.HTA’s) that walk you through the two main processes.

    The current version of Hydration builds a single server with the following components: Active Directory Domain Controller, DHCP, DNS, WINS, IIS, SQL Server 2005, SMS 2003, SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack, BDD 2007, MOM Server 2005, MOM Server 2005 Reporting, BizTalk Server 2006, Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, USMT 3.0, and Visual Studio 2005."

    This could make my life sooooo easier. Yep, I'll try this and see if it really works...

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