Simplified, User-centric Application Management across Devices with System...
This post is a part of the nine-part “ What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 ” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers how System...
View ArticleUser Experience with Unified Device Management using System Center 2012 R2...
This post is a part of the nine-part “ What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 ” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers how System...
View ArticleNew Hotfix: A task sequence cannot download content from a Configuration...
Assume that you perform one of the following deployments: - A task sequence by using the Download content if needed option - A task sequence to a System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1...
View ArticleNew Hotfix: Errors when you try to install or recover a secondary site in...
Consider the following scenario: - You install Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1. - You apply Cumulative Update 2 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2854009) for System...
View ArticleCustomizing Offline Servicing of Operating System Images
You can keep your operating system images updated with the latest software updates from Microsoft using the offline servicing feature of Configuration Manager. Here are a few facts you may not know:...
View ArticleHOTFIX: "Install Application" task sequence fails with Error code 80004005 in...
Consider the following scenario: - You install a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) primary site server. - You use the Install Application task sequence step to...
View ArticleCustomizing the Temporary Location for Operating System Deployment Media...
Along the same lines as our previous post on customizing offline servicing, this post details how to specify the drive where the Operating System task sequence media creation process stores its...
View ArticleSupporting iOS devices in the workplace
This post is a part of the nine-part “ What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 ” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post covers empowering your...
View ArticleIssues Reported with MS13-052 (KB2840628) and Configuration Manager
We have confirmed a few different issues with the latest .NET Framework 4 security update, KB 2840628 , when applied to SQL Server 2012 (all versions) servers in a Configuration Manager environment....
View ArticleKB: MBAM 2.0 Setup fails with "Error retrieving Configuration Manager Server...
If you run Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) 2.0 Setup on a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) server, the MBAM prerequisite checker fails with the following...
View ArticleExtending Inventory on Linux and UNIX computers using Open Management...
This post is a part of the nine-part “ What’s New in Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 ” series that is featured on Brad Anderson’s In the Cloud blog. Today’s blog post discusses how you can...
View ArticleHOTFIX: A task sequence stops responding when multiple task sequences are...
Consider the following scenario: - You create 10 packages from an .msi file on a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site server. - You create 10 task sequences that contain "Install...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Configuration Manager Documentation Library Update for July 2013
The Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and the Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library have been updated on the web and the latest content has Updated: July 1,...
View ArticleSupport Tip: The data in statusreportingctrl.ct0 may be reset if recovering...
~ Winds Wu | Support EngineerWe recently came across an issue related to restoring the site database in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (ConfigMgr 2012 SP1) and we wanted to...
View ArticleKnown Issue: Update to MCS.msi fails to upgrade the Multicast Configuration...
When you use the multicast option on distribution points in your environment and apply an update to Configuration Manager that contains a new MCS.msi, the multicast configuration does not properly...
View ArticleHOTFIX: An Alternate Content Provider does not work in a task sequence for a...
Consider the following scenario: - You configure an application that takes advantage of the Alternate Content Provider (ACP) to distribute packages in a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration...
View ArticleSupport Tip: A ConfigMgr 2012 Management Point enabled for SSL fails with 403...
~ Vinayak Sharma| Technical LeadHere’s a quick tip on an interesting issue I saw the other day in case you happen to run across it.The core issue is that an HTTPS enabled System Center 2012...
View ArticleSupport Tip: ConfigMgr 2012 App catalog error "network communication or...
~ Gagan Mehra | Support Escalation EngineerHere’s an interesting issue I saw the other day that I thought was worth mentioning here on the blog just in case anyone else runs across it. I was talking to...
View ArticleKnown Issue: Upgrade Assessment Tool Error Verifying Site Database Access...
Customers using the Upgrade Assessment Tool on System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 might encounter a problem if they have some individual hotfixes installed that are before Cumulative Update...
View ArticleKnown Issue and Workaround: Distribution Point Drive information is missing...
With System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, you can migrate data from a supported Configuration Manager source hierarchy to your destination hierarchy. During the migration period, you can enable...
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