A bit of an Israeli pride.. Core Configurator 2.0 is now available to download from: http://coreconfig.codeplex.com/ If you are unfamiliar with this tool ? it is a graphical tool that allows you to configure a whole bunch of system settings on a Windows Server Core installation: Core Configuration tasks include: Product Licensing Networking Features DCPromo
Upgrading to SCOM R2 when using a remote SQL server
Please pay attention to the following guidelines: Uninstall the SCOM SP1 agent from the SQL server before upgrading your RMS To speed up the upgrade process, run the following query using SQL Management Studio: use OperationsManager exec sp_updatestats DBCC FREEPROCCACHE Make sure the OperationsManager DB is configure to accept updates using the following command: exec
SCCM SUP in an offline environment
If you had to maintain a SCCM server in an offline environment you know it’s not a simple task. One of the steps you have to carry out is to download all the updates from the Internet or to copy them from another WSUS/SCCM SUP server that is connected to Internet and had already downloaded
Windows Server 2008 SP2 has been released and is supported for Exchange 2007
Exchange 2007 is supported on Windows 2008 SP2. This will be also true for the upcoming Exchange 2007 SP2, when it releases. Hardware ecosystem support and enhancements SP2 adds support for the 64-bit central processing unit (CPU) from VIA Technologies, which adds the ID and vendor strings for the new VIA 64-bit CPU. SP2 integrates
Moving WSUS Server Updates Folder
If you?re using Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), there may come a day when you need to move the updates to another drive. Once WSUS has been installed, the WSUS Administration tool doesn?t let you do this, but you can do it using a command line tool called wsusutil found in C:\Program Files\Update Services\Tools.
