Virtuall BLOG tagged 'SCCM'

Configure dynamic collections in ConfigMgr

hho@pqr.nl — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:00:00 +0100

After the success of my first blog "Creating dynamic collections in ConfigMgr" (most pageviews on this blog), I will write a follow-up on this item. It seems that many people are searching on this specific item, because there are no dymanic collections based on AD discovery data when installing ConfigMgr 2007. In this blog I will describe exactly what to do for having dynamic configuration. It must work this way!

First create new collections for all places there are systems in [...]

Using Multicast functionality in ConfigMgr

hho@pqr.nl — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:00:00 +0100

By default ConfigMgr 2007 Operating System Deployment (OSD) is deploying in Unicast. Every deployment or software distribution will be bit by bit transferred to the device. With ConfigMgr 2007 R2, and specific configuration, Multicast is also possible. Then you can deploy maybe 50 or 100 devices at a time, without the data (bits) being transferred to every device for itself. It's good to know that you have a few possibilities in Multicast, and it's only working in WinPE mode. So what's the ad [...]

Useful Information from TechEd 2010 Berlin

hho@pqr.nl — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Last week I was at TechEd 2010 in Berlin. With 6,000 delegates the event was sold out! It was a nice week with lots of useful information about Management and Windows Client (my favourite tracks). There were many companies with further additions for ConfigMgr (software catalog, mobile devices, self service portal, etc.). The sessions I've done are about the following products:

Deployment (best practices, issues, etc.) ConfigMgr 2007 and v.Next (2012) MDOP (Advanced Group Policy Management [...]

Creating dynamic collections in ConfigMgr

hho@pqr.nl — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:00:00 +0100

When designing a new ConfigMgr environment, there is not only a total design needed but also a plan for the collections. I let my decision mostly be based on what functionality is needed, and if Active Directory is leading or not. This because you can create collections on many different ways, and advertisements can only be set on collections. So when you advertise an operating system, application or software update it will be bound to a collection. For OS deployment you can create additional [...]

ConfigMgr 2007 R3 is here!

hho@pqr.nl — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Sooner then expected, but even a long wait: ConfigMgr 2007 R3 is here! This will be probably the last release for ConfigMgr 2007, because the next release is now available in beta. Which improvements will R3 bring to us, and is it worth it for installing the update? The answer is Yes, because there are some cool things in this release. Below is a quick summary of what’s new with R3: