We can finally mention publicly that MMS 2011 will be held March 21-25 in 2011 and will be at the Mandalay Bay. Love the Venentian but will be a nice change of scenery for next year. Register early cause I guarantee with the vast number of products coming out this year and next it will be another sell out.
Configuration Manager Dashboard Beta Program
It’s available on connect with RTM expected in the next couple months. Great tool. Raghu (the PM) gave us a demo during SCCM Rock Star last week. What is even better is the tool can be used to display any type of SQL data, not just SCCM-related data.
SCCM Rock Star is LIVE!
On day 4 of the first delivery of the SCCM Rock Star program. Have some work to do on demos and slide content but so far feedback seems good.
SCCM V.Next TAP open now
Check with your TAM asap to have him/her nominate your company. What changes in SCCM V.Next? It’s more like what doesn’t change.
How to upgrade SQL 2008 SP1 via SCCM
preloadpkgonsite – good to know
Chassis type values in SCCM
when 1 then ‘Other’
when 2 then ‘Unknown’
when 3 then ‘Desktop’
when 4 then ‘Low Profile Desktop’
when 5 then ‘Pizza Box’
when 6 then ‘Mini Tower’
when 7 then ‘Tower’
when 8 then ‘Portable’
when 9 then ‘Laptop’
when 10 then ‘Notebook’
when 11 then ‘Hand Held’
when 12 then ‘Docking Station’
when 13 then ‘All in One’
when 14 then ‘Sub Notebook’
when 15 then ‘Space-Saving’
when 16 then ‘Lunch Box’
when 17 then ‘Main System Chassis’
when 18 then ‘Expansion Chassis’
when 19 then ‘SubChassis’
when 20 then ‘Bus Expansion Chassis’
when 21 then ‘Peripheral Chassis’
when 22 then ‘Storage Chassis’
when 23 then ‘Rack Mount Chassis’
when 24 then ‘Sealed-Case PC’
Enabling success logon events for primary system user
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc431373.aspx
To enable data to be collected for Asset Intelligence console usage and CAL reports, Client Access License (CAL) data collection must be enabled in the Configuration.mof hardware inventory settings file and computer security policy logon settings must be configured to enable auditing of success logon events.
You can use the following procedures to enable the security policy settings required for Asset Intelligence console usage and CAL reports. For more information about Configuration.mof modifications required to enable Asset Intelligence CAL reporting, see Prerequisites for Asset Intelligence.
To enable success logon event logging using a local security policy
On a Configuration Manager 2007 client computer, open Control Panel and navigate to Administrative Tools Local Security Policy.
Navigate to Security Settings Local Policies Audit Policy.
In the results pane, double-click Audit logon events and ensure that Success is selected.
To enable success logon event logging using an Active Directory domain security policy
On a domain controller computer, navigate to Administrative Tools Domain Security Policy.
Navigate to Security Settings Local Policies Audit Policy.
In the results pane, double-click Audit logon events and ensure that Success is selected.
Support for using WSUS to deploy Forefront definition updates via SCCM
Supported configurations for using WSUS to distribute Forefront Client Security Definition updates within SCCM 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/958491
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd185652.aspx
SMS, SCCM, MECM, MEM, MCM & other fun acronyms 