I bet you got a agent in a “gray” state sometime. Now there is a very detailed KB that describe what can be the reason. This is useful for both SCE and SCOM admins
Today I got my MVP renewal letter that informed me that I was re-awarded as Most Valuable Professional and therefore receiving the Microsoft MVP award for the fourth year in a row for doing a great job in serving the community by helping out on forums and other community events.
I would also like to congratulate my friends Anders Bengtsson, Joachim Nässlander, Martin Lidholm and Magnus Björk who also got the MVP award renewed this year!
Today I got my MVP renewal letter that informed me that I was re-awarded as Most Valuable Professional and therefore receiving the Microsoft MVP award for the fourth year in a row for doing a great job in serving the community by helping out on forums and other community events.
Microsoft just released the Update 1 beta for MDT 2010. MDT 2010 Update 1 provides new capabilities, such as:
· Support for Microsoft Office 2010.
· A new User-driven Installation (UDI) deployment method (formerly known as “Modena”) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. UDI gives information technology (IT) staff control over the deployment experience while empowering users to interact with and customize their operating system deployment through an easy-to-use wizard.
· Improvements to the Deployment Workbench driver import process, detecting each driver’s true supported platforms.
· Many bug fixes and other small improvements.
Register and download the Update from Microsoft Connect Site
Today the WHS team release a public beta of the next version of Windows Home Server.
Sing up to join the beta program
Read more about the new version on the WHS team blog
To view som of the new feature and see the server in action, click on the video below.
Last month the Swedish Techdays took place and I had the opportunity to present a session about the new release of System Center Essentials 2010. The session was recorded and is now online if you couldn’t attend.
View/listen on my SCE 2010 session
Download the Powerpoint presentation
Microsoft has updated the Visio Add-in to support Visio 2010. Except support for Visio 2010 they added support to publish your Visio diagrams as live dashboards in SharePoint.
Read more about the announcement
Download Visio 2010 Add-in For Opsmgr 2007 R2
Today Microsoft announced that both System Center Essentials 2010 and System Center Data Protection Manager is RTM.
Last year at MMS Microsoft announced a new product called System Center Desktop Online Manager – Today they announced a rebrand of the product – Windows Intune
The feature set is the same as last year:
The current plan is to release Windows Intune in Europe one year from now.
As of today you can sign up for the Public beta (note, the beta program is only available for customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico) –
More information and videos about Windows Intune
Today Microsoft announced the “Kin” phone. I’m not sure what to think yet, still to many questions unanswered: