Here is a documentation omission I discovered (and reported) recently when I encountered difficulties getting the Linux client to function as expected in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1. The Problem I installed the Linux client on a Suse (SLES) → Continue Reading.

As I have been working with the Linux client in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager quite a bit of late and thought I would share some command line syntax that will help you navigate working with the ConfigMgr Linux client → Continue Reading.

I found (and reported) a documentation bug related to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 for which I thought I would share the correction. The Issue At this URL on the MS TechNet site (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712323) which is a page titled → Continue Reading.

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Linux/UNIX client uses a CIM server (instead of WMI on Windows) called Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) that has been open-sourced by Microsoft through opengroup.org at http://www.opengroup.org/software/omi. This is a question that’s come up about a → Continue Reading.

I was installing the Linux client on 64-bit SUSE Enterprise Linux Server recently and using the standard syntax (shown below); install –mp ‘mymp.contoso.com’ –sitecode ICG ccm-SLES11x64.1.0.0.4008.tar To my surprise, the install script returned the following error message: -bash: ./install: Permission → Continue Reading.

So, Tech.Days UK starts tomorrow and runs through until the end of Friday, and it is all available online.  Take a look at the session schedule here, https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032543696&Culture=en-GB&community=0, and register if you want to attend any of the sessions. And, if → Continue Reading.

Hi All, This week sees the start of a new MVP Speaker Series covering Windows Server and System Center technologies.  Many of the presentations will be sessions that couldn’t be accommodated at MMS, and others will be brand new, but they → Continue Reading.

I received notice that the “Cloud and Datacenter Management Roundtable” Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) session was accepted at MMS! Thank you to everyone who voted this session up! This BOF session is for System Center SME’s, the Cloud and Datacenter MVP’s and → Continue Reading.

System Center 2012 Orchestrator provides strong support for the heterogeneous enterprise, as evidenced by one of the more common questions I have received lately: Can I manage Linux / UNIX systems with Orchestrator? The answer is definitely yes! The Run → Continue Reading.

One of the proposed Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions at MMS is “Cloud and Datacenter Management Roundtable”. This BOF session is for System Center SME’s, the Cloud and Datacenter MVP’s and product team to roundtable discuss all items in the Cloud and → Continue Reading.