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There have been a few really good posts about how to do a side by side migration, but I ran across a bit of a different scenario recently and wanted to share the process with you if it fits into what you are looking to do. It's actually quite painless...
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 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...
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...
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...
As many of you know, we have been developing a new website to replace this one. Effective immediately, the website is in a read only mode so that we can make a backup of the SQL DB and copy all the files to the new server. We feel this entire transition...
As many of you know, we are upgrading the website to a new version of Community Server and developing a new premium section of the website called "Level 5". We have hired several people which include 2 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) to make...
Ok, we hashed it around and we came up with swag for MMS 2008 . We decided, based on long conversations with 2 key sponsors to make 400 shirts to be handed out at MMS 2008 in Las Vegas. This is a huge improvement from the 20 Polo shirts I handed out in...
As the 3rd year of The Blogcast Repository approaches, Microsoft has finally added us as a static link from the System Center pages of their website. It's a humble experience working on this site for 3 years and never asking for something in return. People...
I'm always wanting to learn new technology. I won't divulge the topic I needed to learn, but I spent several days reading Microsoft documents and working in my lab with questions still in my head and not getting it right. I looked at a few videos on The...
It's been a very busy year for me and my family as I'm sure it has for everyone else. I'm very pleased with the increase of information that is being shared on The Blogcast Repository . Many people are asking questions and more people are stepping up...
It's been about 2 years since we moved to Community Server 2.1 as the backbone of the website and had a lot of custom work done to the site to make it what it is today. If you have been following my blog, then you know that The Blogcast Repository has...
If you have yet to read about the new features in SP3 , you need to get up to speed whether you are upgrading or installing SP3 for the first time. The install notes for SP3 are a bit under the radar by my opinion, so here is my install guide to SP3....
SMS SP3 was released today! While the SP will include all the known hotfixes, the following updates will be included: 1. Full support for Windows Vista including OSD. 2. Asset Intelligence - AI will include new classes in the SMS_DEF.MOF file and 35 new...
When a client is upgraded to Vista by running Vista setup, the GUID of the client is changed. This results in duplicate records in the SMS console for those clients. A single client will have 2 records; One obsolete, the other active. The active record...
Vista upgrade using Vista setup.exe converts all volatile keys to non-volatile keys. This creates a problem for the SMS client if at the time of upgrade the SMS agent was in a pending reboot state (e.g. pending reboot after patch installation). When the...
I can't really believe that it's been 2 years since we started this whole mess, love, passion, head ache, and every day bliss! The Blogcast Repository has been a fun and interesting part of my life and almost an obsession on some levels. We have gone...
Many of us are wondering what's to come in SMS 2003 SP3. I had the opportunity to install SP3 today and get a glance of the new features. I thought I would share what I saw and let you know how the beta is looking in case you have not had the opportunity...
I have been building a lab for SMS 2003 SP3 and during the install, I was prompted with a license code page. I don't have one.. Yea, believe it or not... I don't have a licensed version of SMS 2003... So, I figured I would install the SMS 2003 SP2 eval...
It's just about that time again to discuss the changes that will be around the corner with SP3. Anyone who has used a SMS SP knows that it will require a learning curve and testing. I would like to open the floor to anyone who either has tested the beta...