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Another great new feature of R2 is the addition of SQL Reporting Services. This rich new tool will allow you to have greater speed and flexibility with your reports. Not only can you convert your reports that come with the standard version of SCCM SP1...
Deploying Office 2007 with a custom transform (.MSP) is a complex task due to all the possible configurations. To create the transform, you need to install the AdminTemplates.exe and then copy the admin folder to the Office 2007 CD source folder to open...
Now that SCCM R2 is available , we should discuss the features associated with the upgrade. R2 has a few key features that were once available in SMS 2003 as a Feature Pack (such as Client Health Monitoring) and also some new functionality that was not...
Secondary sites are used for many reasons and can only report to a primary server in the hierarchy. A secondary site can be used at smaller sites that don't require the power of a primary or have a smaller number of systems to manage. Also, one of...
For those of you who have subscribed to any of the Level 5 guides , we would very much appreciate you taking a 5 minute survey to rate out training. Our commitment to your success can only be measured by your answers to the independent survey Microsoft...
It's been a long day in several respects. We found out at 10:00 AM that our server bandwidth was too small for the amount of traffic we had with app the people watching the Level 5 Guides. First we moved the cable to a 100MB switch and that was ok...
Having a Task Sequence that does all your work for you is a tough job at times and depending on how many hardware platforms you have will determine how long it takes to make and test your Task Sequence. In this video I demonstrate how to advertise an...
After speaking to the other Level 5 Guide owners, they have all agreed to open their guides during the times I specified in my post yesterday . Our "Open House" day is to let you experience some of the content that we have available. I don't...
We have had a tremendous success rate for our new Level 5 section since it opened in late April. The guide subscriptions are moving at a very good pace, but we want everyone to have a chance to experience the "higher level" of videos training...
As I stated in my other post , building a TS which will to just about everything in one TS is the key. Rather than having a few or dozens of Task Sequences, we want to have one or two that will work on all your hardware platforms. The following Level...
I have received numerous emails asking for videos on OSD and how they work. While we all know that each organization has different requirements and goals, I have put together a video in the Level 5 section that shows how to put together a Task Sequence...
SMR, LLC owns and operates The Blogcast Repository website. We have been working very hard delivering training with our new Level 5 video training section of the website. With this in place we have been able to complete another Microsoft Partner competency...
Tonight I added 3 new videos to the SCCM Level 5 Guide on Software Updates. I have one more to complete and that should be uploaded in the next few days. The videos show how simple and complex deploying updates can be in SCCM. There is a lot of information...
While I'm big on having WSUS 3.0 SP1 on a separate server when it comes to SCCM, I have to do what the budget calls for sometimes. In large sites where you will have thousands of clients getting updates, you may need one or more SUP servers. In a...
We want to get some fresh ideas from bloggers on The Blogcast Repository . I would like to make a challenge that we have 50 new bloggers by the end of July . Sharing your experience is a great vent and a place to call home where you can interact with...
As many of you already know, we added the Level 5 section of the website 2 months ago. As of today, we have 75 custom videos available for you to learn from. Each topic is unique and has content unlike many you will find on the Internet and much better...
As we all know (or should), SQL 2008 has tremendous advantages over SQL 2005, We were very lucky to recruit Edwin Sarminto who has made several Level 5 IT Guide videos on SQL 2008 which are incredible to say the least. Like Andy Dominey, Edwin focus's...
I'm pleased to announce that Andy Dominey (MOM / SCOM MVP) has gone live with his Level 5 IT Guide on SCOM 2007 . Andy has been working hard to come up with the more advanced issues related to SCOM. I encourage you to view his guide and see the new...
I'm pleased to introduce 2 new Level 5 Guides which will be going live on the site in the next few weeks. We have 2 MVP's who have spent a great deal of time to bring you custom videos on SCOM and SQL 2008. I'm very excited watching these...
Upgrading to SCCM SP1 requires more than the expected configurations. You need to make sure you have a proper backup and have backed up some of the existing files before the upgrade. The guide shows what files to backup and the proper prerequisite checks...
Since going live on the upgraded website a few weeks ago, we now have email notification working again as of today. When you comment in the forums and blogs, you will now receive emails and know when people reply to your posts. I'm very sorry for...
As most of you know, we have a new section of the site called Level 5 on the website. The Level 5 section is a formal "how to" guide on various topics. Not all of our guides are ready to be published, but David Stein has done an excellent job...
It's come to my attention that several international people and people using American Express where declined and or received an error. For those of you who tried to pay with American Express, this issue has been resolved, so please try again. For...
The DNS change went into effect a day late, but we had some bugs to work out. We will continue to see some issues and I hope you email me if a video looks bad or sounds wrong. We have a lot of new features add ed to the site and if you are reading this...