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System Center Updates Publisher is what SCUP stands for. Once again, Microsoft didn't fund the Acronymn Department sufficiently this year. Remember when SUS almost became WUS? Thankfully they moved on to WSUS at least. In their own words: SCUP is...
Phew! Long title for sure. Here's a stupid challenge for you: Drink three imported beers in quick succession and repeat the title of this post ten times as fast as you can. Go ahead, I'll wait... I ran across this on the TechNet blog site and...
You may have heard this already, but on August 13, 2008, the Level 5 IT Guides will be opened up to allow everyone to view sessions which are normally reserved for paying subscribers. This will be done in two two-hour sessions, one in the morning and...
This is a VERY brief product-horn-tooting article, on the Redmond Magazine site (and in the print version), but it's fairly balanced on both the useful customer viewpoint side as well as the marketing hype side. The only beef I have is with the comment...
For anyone using WSUS for patch management, who doesn't already keep their eyes glued to the WSUS Team Blog , they posted a reminder about being sure to install KB938759 before you attempt to approve installing SP1 for Vista clients. As they note...
Thanks to Abhishek for posting a mention of this on his blog . The article he references is posted on the Microsoft TechNet Magazine articles site.Titled " System Center: New Software Update Management Tools ", this article by Steve Rachui gives...
Let me start by explaining that my career path has been an unusual one. So unusual that it hasn't made fiscal sense for me to put certification at the top of my priority list. I was semi-management for the past seven years and paid pretty well also. So...
I took advantage of a free offer to take a Microsoft beta exam of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 back in December. Exam 71-401: "Configuring System Configuration Manager 2007". As with most beta stuff, there are delays in finding out how things...
Yes, another child has been born into the ever-expanding fold known as System Center. Microsoft announced the RTM of System Center Mobile Device Manager 2007 . I dare anyone to say that full name ten times as fast as they can without screwing it up somehow...
It looks like the System Center team has decided that in order to properly address the many bumps it was hitting with SCSM during the beta, it was time to start over . They're now saying a new beta will be coming in late 2008. Sounds like it may ship...
Yes, "stuff". I didn't know what else to call it. "Stuff" always works. It's an American language staple. Apparently, WSUS 3.0 SP1, which has been available for a few days now , is not available for those using System Center Essentials 2007. According...
According to this post on the System Center Team blog , Microsoft has released the System Center Capacity Planner (SCCP) to join the ever growning list of acronymns which begin with "SC..." As if we don't have enough already. Not to take anyone's wind...
For years, the biggest complaint about SUS, WUS, WSUS and now SCCM/UM has been the lack of using the WSUS pipeline to deliver updates for non-Microsoft products. Whether that involves third-party COTS products, or in-house custom developed products or...
This is rather basic, but it gets the point across . It would be ideal for sales and support people to watch who are new to the idea of NAP (Network Access Protection) and how it's supported by Windows Server 2008 and products like Windows Vista and System...
Or maybe it's just me? I was looking at System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) today at a customer site. It is impressive, especially the templates and P2V and V2V features. Also the ability to manage VMware instances. However, this stuck out as...
After five years of C/C++ and Java torture I endured at the Gulag of college, I found myself deeply in love with interpreted language platforms like LISP, VBscript and Kixtart. I still have a box of chocolates with their names emblazened. Fond memories...
This blog posting by Rakeshm explains the rationale behind the decision to include VMware management within System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Very interesting. Before I read the post, I expected it would contain the usual "Where do you want...
Good question. It just dawned on me that with all the rebranding Microsoft has done with MOM, DPM, and SMS, why didn't they do the same with WSUS? I would have thought they'd have called it System Center Update Manager or System Center Update Server ...