Here are some items that were requested by some of you along with the feedback that I received from our SCE product team. Q. Do we have any thoughts of putting tracking in place to log what the admin is doing in the SCE console; so those tasks or whatever...

There are certain ports that need to be opened in the firewalls, so that agents can be deployed to manage computers. These port settings are applied via group policy during the "Discover Computers" configuration phase. We recommend that you choose the...

Per your request, I went back to the SCE product team and asked if there were going to be any updates in the near future on the 30 server limit in System Center Essentials. Currently, the limit is 30 and it is a hard-coded limit. There are no plans, at...

Our SharePoint technology usage is exploding -- not just as a tool for collaboration within a department but also as a means of organizing content across the enterprise. This was the summation of the findings of a study that will be released this month...

Six IT leaders give their insight on how they are helping their organizations innovate in ways that grow the business and benefit both internal and external customers. They are benefiting from the use of portals, wireless technology, workflow, virtualization...

Great inquiry as to whether SharePoint servers can replicate their data to other servers for increased availability. Unfortunately, that was not supported in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 nor is it supported in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007...

Many companies today face the challenge of a highly distributed workforce that must work together more effectively than ever before. Teams rely on time-sensitive communications using a variety of user devices across multiple networks and services to keep...