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Web and Podcasts: This 35 minute video walks you through all the steps to prepare for a zero touch installation of a Windows Vista image using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007: Setup the server environment for ConfigMgr 2007 OS deployment Configure the ConfigMgr 2007 Site Settings Configure the ConfigMgr 2007 Computer Management Settings Configure the Conf...

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Web and Podcasts: Jeff Wettlaufer technical product manager in System Center marketing chats with Brad Anderson GM of the Management Services Division about the latest desktop virtualization innovations that are a part of the R2 release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007. They briefly go over: Key aspects of Configuration Manager R2 Application virtualization technology and the R2 release Hardware virtual...

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Web and Podcasts: MMS 2009 Day 1 keynote presented by Bob Kelly focused on the data center.  I sat down with Brad Anderson the General Manager in System Center and he walked me through the announcements we made around Operations Manager and the other key announcements from the keynote.

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Web and Podcasts: Brad Anderson General Manager of System Center sat down with me to recap the announcements and demos shown in his Day 2 keynote presentation at MMS.  He talks about System Center Windows 7 System Center Online and Service Manager.

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Web and Podcasts: Last week before I made the trek down here to Vegas I was walking through building 44 on my way back from a meeting and I saw this conference room decked out with a ton of laptops on the table.  Normally that's not a strange sight as most meetings look like that but there were no people attached to them and Jeff Wettlaufer and Wally Mead were in the room.  Jeff Wally and the rest of the team were...

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Web and Podcasts: Hopefully you have had a chance to catch the interview I did with Jeff Wettlaufer regarding the demo he is doing at this years Microsoft Management Summit (MMS).  Yesterday we made our way backstage for the keynote and had a chance to catch up with Jeff and get a view of things from behind the curtain (or big projection screen as is the case here).

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Web and Podcasts: Part 1: The Administrator Console  The first in a series of four screencasts on System Center Configuration Manager. Part 2 of 4:  Site Server Roles: Discuss the different Site Server Roles and what each of role does. Part 3 of 4:  Operating System Deployment and Software Update Management: Review the OSD functionality and integration with WSUS. Part 4 of 4:  Desired Configuration Manager and Net...

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Web and Podcasts: Part 2: Site System Roles The second screencast in a series of four on System Center Configuration Manager. Part 1 of 4:  The Administrator Console:  Review the basics of SCCM 2007 Part 3 of 4:  Operating System Deployment and Software Update Management: Review the OSD functionality and integration with WSUS. Part 4 of 4:  Desired Configuration Manager and Network Access Protection: Review DCM an...

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Web and Podcasts: Part 3: Operating System Deployment and Software Update Management. The third screencast in a series of four on System Center Configuration Manager. Part 1 of 4:  The Administrator Console:  Review the basics of SCCM 2007 Part 2 of 4:  Site Server Roles: Discuss the different Site Server Roles and what each of role does. Part 4 of 4:  Desired Configuration Manager and Network Access Protection: R...

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Web and Podcasts: Part 4: Desired Configuration Management and Network Access Protection. The final screencast in a series of four on System Center Configuration Manager. Part 1 of 4:  The Administrator Console:  Review the basics of SCCM 2007 Part 2 of 4:  Site Server Roles: Discuss the different Site Server Roles and what each of role does. Part 3 of 4:  Operating System Deployment and Software Update Management...

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Web and Podcasts: Brad Anderson System Center corporate VP  meets with Laurie Tolson systems management VP of Dell to discuss their technology partnership in particular the integration with System Center of Dell's latest offering in systems management Lifecycle Controller 1.2 part of the 11G family of Dell server hardware.

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Web and Podcasts: In this episode of their ongoing discourse on System Center virtualization and other topics in IT systems management Jeff and Brad talk about a recent announcement from Citrix regarding their efforts with Microsoft to simplify desktop computing through a closer partnership in developing and integrating desktop virtualization technologies. Citrix's XenApp as Brad and Jeff discuss with its integrat...

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Web and Podcasts: This is part 1 of a 5 part series of screencasts which were the demos from the TechNet Webcast: "Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2" delivered November 11 2009. Part 1: Using Asset Intelligence In part 1 we configure the Asset Intelligence feature of SCCM 2007 to collect software and hardware inventory with the goal of gathering useful informati...

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Web and Podcasts: This is part 2 of a 5 part series of screencasts which were the demos from the TechNet Webcast: "Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2" delivered November 11 2009. Part 2: Inventory Reporting In part 2 I briefly show you how to find the results of our Asset Intelligence collecting and the sorts of information available to you to help you better pla...

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Web and Podcasts: This is part 3 of a 5 part series of screencasts which were the demos from the TechNet Webcast: "Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2" delivered November 11 2009. Part 3: Adding Windows 7 Packages In part 3 we configure and enable PXE remote booting for the sake of a bare metal deployment and then add and setup deployment points for our boot image...

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Web and Podcasts: This is part 5 of a 5 part series of screencasts which were the demos from the TechNet Webcast: "Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2" delivered November 11 2009. Part 5: Deploying Windows 7 to Existing Windows Clients In the "grand finale" of this series we add the USMT (User State Migration Tool) package to SCCM 2007 and include it in a new task...

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Web and Podcasts: This is part 4 of a 5 part series of screencasts which were the demos from the TechNet Webcast: "Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2" delivered November 11 2009. Part 4: Deploying Windows 7 to Bare Metal Systems In this session we create and advertise the task sequence for and perform a PXE-boot and installation of Windows 7 onto a "bare metal sy...

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Web and Podcasts: The old adage “A watched pot never boils” could be applied to your servers. “A watched server never goes wrong” that server always decides to doing something right before those critical moments just as you are leaving for the day just before the game starts just as your food arrives it never does it when you have the console open on the server. The answer to this is to use some form of “early war...

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Web and Podcasts: Windows 7 introduces some fantastic new technologies to streamline your business enhance security and save you money. Part 4 of this Windows 7 Firestarter event takes you on an in-depth look at how to automate your deployments of Windows 7 with System Center Configuration Manager. This information packed demo intensive session will kick-start your Windows 7 knowledge and get you well on the way t...

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Web and Podcasts: In this episode of TechNet Radio listen in as our host John Baker speaks with David Feng IT Director for Sporton International. Sporton International a leading testing certification and electromagnetic compatibility consultant wanted to relieve its two-person IT staff of time-sapping desktop management chores minimize employee disruptions and shrink computer setup time to speed the testing proces...