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SCCM 2007: The New Incarnation of SMS

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Get the straight story on SCCM's pros, as well as the cons. This review not only examines the new features, but provides installation and deployment considerations and caveats you need to know about.


Another Way to Ensure Flawless Automatic Shutdowns

By Readers, 06/28/2007

Besides using the Shutdown command in a batch file, you can use PsShutdown to shut down client computers.

Readers Review Hot Products

By Blake Eno, 06/28/2007

Readers highlight favorite products: CorasWorks Workplace Suite, O'Reilly Media's "Active Directory Cookbook," and High Tower Software's High Tower SEM 3210.

KVM Over IP Switches

By Jason Bovberg, 06/28/2007

KVM over IP switches can improve IT efficiency, but make sure you choose a KVM solution wisely—our buyer's guide can help you navigate through the many choices and models ...

Paul’s Picks

By Paul Thurrott, 06/28/2007

Windows Calendar provides a good, web-compatibale alternative to Outlook's calendar features. Windows Home Server Beta 2 is a good choice for both home users and small offices.

Letters@windowsitpro.com

By Editors, 06/28/2007

Readers praise authors Ben Smith and Eric Rux, weigh in on VoIP and Office 2007 Deployment, and more.

Log Management Products for SMBs

By John Green, 06/28/2007

Do you need an event log management product that can provide you with archiving, reporting, and monitoring functionality? Here are six products that do just that.

Using a Video as your Vista Desktop Background

By John Savill, 06/28/2007

If you install Windows Vista's DreamScene add-on, you can use a video as your desktop background.

PrimalScript Universal

By Michael Otey, 06/28/2007

More than just a VB Script or Powershell script editor, the latest PrimalScript package is chockfull of powerful apps and training resources.

Let WDS Ease Your Vista Rollout Pain

By John Savill, 06/28/2007

Windows Deployment Services eases the task of rolling out Vista to enterprise computers.

Configuring Exchange Server 2007

By Brien Posey, 06/28/2007

After installing Exchange 2007, you'll need to configure your servers. Here are the steps to follow to set up the Mailbox, Client Access, and Hub Transport server roles.

New & Improved

By Blake Eno, 06/28/2007

Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Alacritech's Scalable Network Accelerators and iSCSI Scalable Network Accelerators

I Know Who You Are; I Saw What You Did

By Karen Forster, 06/28/2007

Karen Forster look sat Windows Server 2008's and Vista's Network Access Protection (NAP), technology that can keep your network safe no matter what your users' computers throw at ...

PowerShell Pointers

By Robert Sheldon, 06/28/2007

Learning How to Chain Commands

By John Savill, 06/28/2007

Try these techniques for running two commands together at a command prompt.

Scripting Eases an SMS Migration

By B. K. Winstead, 06/28/2007

In the absence of commercial migration tools, Stefan Suesser developed a scripting toolkit to move his company from Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 to SMS 2003.

Safely Deploy Security Templates

By Russell Smith, 06/28/2007

The Windows Server 2003 Security Guide gives you powerful templates for hardening security, but plan your deployment carefully and watch out for these gotchas.

Allow Cookies but Not Other Web Site Content

By Apostolos Fotakelis, 06/28/2007

Using a .reg file, a batch file, and Group Policy, you can allow cookies but prevent users from downloading unwanted and possibly malicious files and ActiveX objects.

Vista Customizations for Administrators

By Michael Otey, 06/28/2007

Make sure you've got Windows Vista organized so you can effectively perform your administrative functions.

Ask the Experts

By John Savill, 06/28/2007

Learn about a compatibility problem between Acrobat Reader 8 and Vista's UAC feature, find out how to use a video for your desktop background, and learn how to chain two or more ...

What You Need to Know About Windows Server 2008 Beta 3

By Paul Thurrott, 06/28/2007

The buzz around Windows Server 2008 has been loud, but with Microsoft releasing beta 3, all that hype may just turn out to be justified.

Server Configuration Steps for Exchange 2007

By Brien Posey, 06/28/2007

Follow these basic steps to configure your Mailbox, Client Access, and Hub Transport server roles.

The 4 Pillars of System Center Configuration Manager

By Ed Roth, 06/28/2007

SCCM 2007 is the new incarnation of Microsoft's vaunted SMS. Want to know how it can benefit your environment? Here's a look at the product's architecture, as well as its new and ...

Troubleshooting a Compatibility Problem Between Acrobat Reader 8 and Vista

By John Savill, 06/28/2007

Disabling Vista's UAC feature can interfere with installing Acrobat Reader.

Change IP Settings in a Snap

By Readers, 06/28/2007

Here's a tool that lets you automatically change the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server for Ethernet and wireless network adapters. Fortunately, it's much simpler to ...

How SharePoint Matches up to Public Folders

By Emer McKenna, 06/28/2007

Integration features in Outlook, Exchange, and SharePoint can help you begin to transition away from using public folders to using SharePoint.

Chml Fills the Gap

By Mark Minasi, 06/28/2007

In response to an Icacls shortcoming, Mark creates a freely downloadable tool called Chml, which lets you further your integrity-level experiments.


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