Today Configuration Manager Dashboard was released worldwide. One of the great feature of this solution is that it is customizable and extensible dashboard solution to view key Configuration Manager Datasets within a single summarized dashboard. Microsoft...

One of the most common queries I receive is regarding site role configuration with hardware specifications used in Microsoft IT for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. The purpose of this blog post today is to share our hardware specifications....

Microsoft IT Configuration Manager team has recently deployed Configuration Manager 2007 R3 beta in production as part of R3 dogfooding . And below are the detailed steps we documented for deploying Configuration Manager 2007 R3 beta. Special Thanks to...

I am starting new blog series on my Configuration Manager 2012 for sharing early deployment observations and learning of Configuration Manager 2012 at Microsoft, which is the largest Configuration Manager 2012 deployment to date. My goal is to help you...

In my previous posts for Configuration Manager Dashboard I talked about what to expect in next update for this series and here are awaiting SQL queries for “Configuration Manager Client Health & Problem Management Dashboard”. I want to...

In part 1 blog post for Configuration Manager Dashboard, we shared the sneak view for custom dashboard created in Microsoft IT using Configuration Manager Dashboard. And lot of inquires we received for sharing the SQL queries for creating these dashboard...

ConfigMgr'07 SUP & WSUS configurations in NLB Here are the steps we have followed during ConfigMgr SUP & WSUS setup in NLB in production. Please refer the below links for more updated information for WSUS NLB & SUP configuration. ...

In my previous post I talked about some of the critical checks performed for Software Update Deployment readiness as part of routine ConfigMgr administrator task prior to every 2nd Tuesday of month to ensure ConfigMgr hierarchy is ready for deploying...

At Microsoft IT we have completed our server deployment and client migration from Configuration Manager 2007 to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. During this journey of deployment and migration we had lot of learning's and best practices available...

I have received queries regarding hardware specification used in Microsoft IT for Configuration Manager site roles, so this post is to share hardware specification used in Microsoft IT for different site roles including both physical and virtual platform...

Once again I am very excited to meet the System Center community at MMS 2012. This would be my 4th time at MMS and 3rd time as a speaker. This year my favorite topic is Configuration Manager 2012 Real World Deployment Story which we just completed. We...

As we are aware that ConfigMgr'07 admin full access provide a lot of privilege to manage all desktop in an enterprise so it’s critical to manage the ConfigMgr admin access with role based security model. And recently we have introduced the new security...

ConfigMgr'07 site server database is one of the only supported site role in clustered configuration in ConfigMgr'07. Though I have not configured clustered DB in production so far, as we did not have critical business requirement for having clustered...

Here is long awaiting part#2 for how to implement role based security model in Configuration Manager. In my last blog post I had mentioned about the role based security  group implementation and received lot of feedback for how to do the same in...

In early 2009, Microsoft IT had implemented virtualization in a lab environment for Configuration Manager pilot deployment and scenario validation. Based on the pilot results, Microsoft IT decided that four Configuration Manager site roles—Distribution...

During every Patch Tuesday and Out of Band (OOB) release, Microsoft IT Configuration Manager Production support team performs a quick check for entire hierarchy. And here is the check list which helps in identifying in any issues proactively. Though Configuration...

Recently we have deployed the ConfigMgr07 SP2 Management Pack in production in Microsoft IT and here are some key lesson learned and best practices. 1. Download latest ConfigMgr07 SP2 Management Pack available on below link which has ConfigMgr07...

In my previous post on ConfigMgr Site Role Hardware used in Microsoft IT , I received a comment for sharing Client Agent settings used at Microsoft IT which can help in understanding the need of required hardware for different site roles. Thanks to Saud...

I was looking for some info and came to know about SMS/ConfigMgr'07 release dates aka birthdates so far, and found interesting to share with everyone…and I have worked on all version so far except SMS 1.0. SMS 1.0 – 11/7/94 SMS 1.1 – 7/28/95 SMS 1.2 ...

In January 2010, Microsoft has released critical Out-of-Band Security Bulletin MS10-002 and we had captured some key performance metrics for Configuration Manager Sites. The purpose of the Configuration Manager performance analysis to achieve following...

Last week I was working with service management team for defining the service impact in Microsoft IT for the services which are dependent on Configuration Manager. The Configuration Manager has multiple site roles and each site role has its own importance...

If you have ConfigMgr07 and Software update point (SUP) configured in NLB and now planning to upgrade to ConfigMgr SP1 then following are the steps I am proposing for the WSUS 3.0 SP1 upgrade for Software update point as one of the pre-requires for ConfigMgr...

Microsoft IT manages almost 230 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site servers for managing the worldwide Microsoft desktop environment. Most of these instances reside on dedicated physical hardware and are typically underutilized. Microsoft IT...

We have currently position open in our group for Configuration Manager and thought you or your friends might be interested in this Microsoft job opening. Please apply through online link available below for position. Service Engineer, Senior, United States...

As we are aware that there is ConfigMgr Technologist specialist certification ( 70-401) available. So I would like to share the share some of the learning’s based on my colleague’s feedback who had passed this recently and said that it’s a very easy test...