Configuration Manager Writers - Announcements, Comments and other Stuff
This blog is used by the Configuration Manager Writing team to keep you informed about the content we are writing, the availability of new documents, updates to documents, and other news. This blog is also intended to collect feedback from you our custome
Official Retirement of the Configuration Manager Writers Blog
This blog is now officially retired. No new posts will be published on this blog but the old posts...
Date: 10/31/2010
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: March 27th 2010 – April 30th 2010
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 05/01/2010
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: February 27th 2010 – March 26th 2010
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 03/26/2010
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: January 26th 2010 – February 26th 2010
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 02/26/2010
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: December 12th 2009 – January 25th 2010
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 01/25/2010
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: November 14th – December 11th 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 12/11/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: October 31st – November 13th 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 11/13/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: August 22 – October 30 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 10/30/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: August 08 – August 21 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 08/21/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: July 11 – August 07 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 08/07/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: June 20 – July 10 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 07/10/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: June 13 – June 19 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 06/19/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: May 23 – June 12 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 06/12/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: May 16 – May 22 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 05/22/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: May 09 – May 15 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 05/15/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: May 02 – May 08 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 05/08/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: April 25 – May 01 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 05/01/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: April 18 – April 24 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 04/24/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: April 11 – April 17 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 04/17/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: April 04 – April 10 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 04/10/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: March 28 – April 03 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 04/03/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: March 20 – March 27 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 03/27/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: March 14 – March 20 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 03/20/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: March 07 – March 13 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 03/13/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Feb 28 – March 06 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 03/06/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Feb 21 – Feb 27 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 02/27/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Feb 14 – Feb 20 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 02/20/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Feb 07 – Feb 13 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 02/13/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Jan 30 – Feb 06 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 02/06/2009
Round-up of New Posts on the Configuration Manager Team Blog: Jan 21 – Jan 29 2009
In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration...
Date: 01/30/2009
Posts on the New System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog
Posts on the new System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog - The official blog of the Microsoft...
Date: 01/21/2009
The Configuration Manager Writers Blog is Undergoing a Moving Experience!
With the holidays behind us and now that we are nicely settled into 2009, it’s a great time to...
Date: 01/20/2009
Test your knowledge of Configuration Manager 2007 – Now with added Silverlight!
The Configuration Manager writing team have just published a major update to the Configuration...
Date: 12/10/2008
Out of Band Management Requirements for In-Band AMT Provisioning and DHCP
The out of band management prerequisites for Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 listed DHCP as an...
Date: 12/09/2008
Announcement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for December 2008
No, there’s no new release of the software this time. But that didn’t stop us from continuing to...
Date: 12/03/2008
Clarifying: Retry Behavior for Distribution Points
We had a lot of customers ask what happens when a branch distribution point that’s running on a...
Date: 11/25/2008
Native Mode Certificate Selection Criteria Cannot Use Attributes with Spaces
It’s recently come to our attention that if you are using certificate selection criteria with...
Date: 11/02/2008
Announcement: The “Creating Custom Reports by Using Configuration Manager 2007 SQL Views” documentation package is now available for download!!
Creating custom reports in Configuration Manager can be a challenge, not only to create the SQL...
Date: 10/29/2008
How to Configure ISA SSL Bridging for the Internet-Based Software Update Point
In response to customers on the forums, we've been looking into ISA configuration for the...
Date: 10/29/2008
A Holiday Message from the Configuration Manager UA Team
Update October 31st 2008: Happy Birthday to Rob Marshall, and hope you guys at the WMUG (UK) event...
Date: 10/27/2008
Revision: Native Mode Certificate Requirements for Internet-based Software Update Point
As a result of investigating How to Configure the WSUS Web Site to Use SSL, we’ve uncovered a slight...
Date: 10/06/2008
Overflow: Additional Quiz Questions for Out of Band Management (AMT)
We’ve recently been looking at adding new quizzes to incorporate the new features in Configuration...
Date: 10/02/2008
When Smart Quotes Aren’t Smart – CertReq Error with the New Step-by-Step for Windows Server 2008 CA
Although our documentation is XML-based, we use Microsoft Word as our editor, and Word likes “smart...
Date: 09/17/2008
Clarifying: How to Configure the WSUS Web Site to Use SSL
It’s recently come to our notice from the forums that we need to clarify the WSUSUtil.exe...
Date: 09/03/2008
R2 Releases! – with Updated Documentation
The Release 2 add-on for Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 is released today. Keep an eye on it being...
Date: 08/28/2008
Installation Requirements for Internet-Based Site Systems
As many of you know, the current network diagrams for the Internet-based client management scenarios...
Date: 08/01/2008
Scripts to Assign and Delete the Clients' Internet-Based Management Point
I’ve been asked to recommend an alternative method of assigning the Internet-based management point...
Date: 08/01/2008
FAQs for Branch Distribution Points
My last post explained that I was updating the documentation for the unsupported scenario of...
Date: 07/27/2008
Cannot Select Option for Branch Distribution Point in a Native Mode Site
I’ve been seeing quite a few customer questions about not being able to select the branch...
Date: 07/23/2008
Upgrading the Windows AIK for Configuration Manager 2007 SP1
Before beginning the upgrade process to Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, the Windows AIK 1.0 should...
Date: 07/22/2008