Author: Eswar Koneti

SCCM Configmgr 2012 SP1 is already out to All Customers (General Available) brining several cool features ,several fixes, improvements. However, due to a recent problem (Installation error 0x800b0101 and binary installation Endpoint Protection for Linux and iOS.) on this component,Microsoft just review the ISO SCCM 2012 SP1 and launched it again, duly corrected. So if you downloaded the ISO before the day 25.01.2013,It would be recommend to download again. If you already in Production with Configmgr 2012 SP1 media released before the date,you should have already applied the fix to correct the issue and there is no need to Deploy…

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Configuration Manager 2007 gives you an option to create New folder (kind of Custom reports folder ) with New Category to create your Own reports what you required But in Configuration Manager 2012,i don't see way to create New folder to create all the custom reports for your reference. Creation of Custom folder is not available in configuration Manager 2012 ,the only option left out is to go with Category . How do you create New Category ? If you right click on reports node from Configuration Console,you don't get such option to create one. You will have to go with…

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Happy to say that ‘Microsoft Community Contributor Award’ is renewed for 3rd time in a Row since 2011 for my contribution towards Microsoft Technical forum on Configuration Manager. Dear Eswar, Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that your contributions to Microsoft online technical communities have been recognized with the Microsoft Community Contributor badge. This recognition is reserved for participants who made notable contributions in Microsoft online communities such as MSDN, TechNet and Microsoft Answers. The value of these online resources is greatly enhanced by participants like you who voluntarily contribute your time and energy to improve the online community…

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Microsoft announced the general availability of System Center 2012 SP1! While the RTM bits have been available for a few weeks already to TechNet/MSDN subscribers and volume licensing customers, today marks the broad availability of System Center 2012 SP1 to all customers. This includes All system center products includes Windows 8 RTM server. All products available to download from here I have extracted the link to download Orchestrator (SCORCH) 2012 SP1 RTM only and available from here If you are looking for Orchestrator(SCORCH)2012 SP1 VHD to save time in installation,there is VHD available here The System Center 2012 SP1 release…

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Yesterday Microsoft announced the general availability of System Center 2012 SP1! While the RTM bits have been available for a few weeks already to TechNet/MSDN subscribers and volume licensing customers, today marks the broad availability of System Center 2012 SP1 to all customers. This includes All system center products includes Windows 8 RTM server. All products available to download from here I have extracted the link to download SCCM Configmgr 2012 SP1 RTM only and available from here If you are looking for SCCM Configmgr 2012 SP1 VHD to save time in installation,there is VHD available here The System Center…

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From the release of Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 1(V.Next) to till now, we have seen so many bugs and also workarounds with the additions of new feature support. Below is the list of KB Articles and major fixes which are included in Configuration manager 2012 SP1. KB article number Description 2688247 SQL Server cumulative updates must be manually installed on secondary System Center 2012 Configuration Manager sites that use SQL Server Express 2688285 The Apply button is unavailable after clearing the "Enable PXE support for clients" option on a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Distribution Point 2688288 Changing the SQL…

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The Configmgr 2012  Package Conversion Manager(PCM) allows for converting packages and programs into applications and deployment types in configmgr 2012. There is a migration feature which is released with the Configuration Manager 2012 that allows packages to be migrated from 2007 to 2012. Once you have migrated your package objects and installed PCM it is just a matter of analyzing your packages to determine their readiness state and then converting the packages with the appropriate readiness state to applications. This release comes in 6 languages(Chinese,German,Japanese,English,French,Russian) and will work with both Configmgr 2012 and Configmgr 2012 SP1. Feature Summary: Analyzes Packages…

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The way SCCM Configmgr 2012 object information stored is changed from CM07 with respect to tables/views. In SCCM Configmgr 2012,Status of content stored in dbo.vSMS_DistributionDPStatus view.This view basically contains information about packageID,content status,objectTypeID like what type of package is it(boot image or package/Application etc) and status message ID. These status Message IDs and State Message IDs are translated here in more description way which will help you to take necessary action to fix them. What is status messages and State Messages : status messages provide information about component behavior and data flow, whereas state messages provide a snapshot of the…

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