Selection is part of a limited group of companies to offer Microsoft Surface devices and services.
Hebron, KY – November 6, 2014 – Pomeroy, a global leader in optimizing the IT infrastructure, announced today it has joined a limited group of twenty companies in the United States participating in the Microsoft Devices Program, which allows clients to purchase Surface devices and commercial services through authorized resellers. –
Over at the System Center team’s blog site, they talk Azure Disaster Recovery.
Excerpt…
One of the biggest reveals during the TechEd 2014 North America keynote was the Preview of Disaster Recovery to Azure using Azure Site Recovery. Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is the new name for Hyper-V Recovery Manager (HVRM). HVRM was the first use of the Azure public cloud for off-premise automation controlling on-premise private cloud fabric. HVRM had a lot of fans for its simplification of a complex and expensive process (DR site management and failover) but fewer adopters since the solution required customers to already have invested in a physical or partner-hosted DR site running a Microsoft private cloud.
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I have created a script that will automate SCCM 2012 folder creation. Either in bulk or single by single. It is a simple script with no parameters. You just run the script and follow the instructions. If you want to bulk folder create the text file must be in the format where the folder names is per line.
Example.
folder name 1
folder name 2
folder name 3
folder name 4
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Here is a walk through.
Get Help:
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Single Folder Creation:
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| Single folder creation. |
Bulk Folder Creation:
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| Bulk folder creation. |
Click the download link to give it a try.
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| CM2012 Node Folder Creation v2.0 |
I created this tool to randomize local administrator passwords.
This application takes two strings and creates a calculated and complex password based on the input. Now the local administrator’s password will be unique to each computer.
Here it is at screen launch:
A. The organization’s asset identification string.
B. The organization’s custom identification number. Up to 10 digits long.
C. The selected password length for added complexity.
D. After all input is entered the user generates the complex password.
E. The result of the calculation.
The best part of this application is also supports it being used in the console. This gives the application the ability to be scripted during an OSD build, deployed enterprise wide, or required update. Below is the console help menu and a PowerShell script I wrote to automate the process. This is included in the *.zip file.
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| Enterprise Help Desk Dynamic Admin – Version 1.0.0.1 |
I have been working developing with the User Driven Installation (UDI) editor in my test environment. As it stands right now I see no point in creating HTA files anymore. The UDI wizard is awesome looks like .net framework windows, and you can customize the heck out of it.
Over on the TechNet blogs the introduce the SCCM Pull Distribution Point.
If you are one of the victims of bottle neck distribution points with a simplified hierarchy with no secondary sites then you are in luck.
When approaching any new project what you will need to do is visualize your IT Operations success. It doesn’t matter if it is a internal project, external project, outsourcing project, multiple business unit change, you will need a road map for your success.
Communication should be a key part of that success. Everyone knows change affects people / groups in different ways. Your worst enemy is the water cooler talk in any project. This is where rumors get started and can lead to a very negative feeling on what the organization is trying to accomplish. As a consultant this is something we need to grasp with the organization. You will approach it lightly and see the customer’s response. If they have a good track record of organization wide communication then they will be driving force. If this is something new, you as the project / technical expert need to be that driving force.
In you project team / group’s meetings / sessions you will need to convey a communication road map that aligns with your success road map. You will need a strong leader in the business to share the visualized success with their employees, as these can become you worse enemy when trying to visualize, implement, and train them on the new way of doing things.
What do I hear most when talking with employees who’s management is not leading the communication of road map, “Well, this how we have always done it”. This is not a good attitude when changing for the good. As you can see by just that one statement the success road map is not being communicated.
Have a motto, create posters, send out weekly / bi-weekly / semi-monthly updates, and just be pro-active.
When you start with the visualization get all the success criteria documented. But with change there will be always a negative impact somewhere in the business. Don’t shelter it, be forthcoming and communicate this also.
“Success Cannot Be a Success Without Change Being In the Equation”
Over on the TechNet blog they announced the Adobe Reader 11 Package Accelerator
As you may have seen, we announced that App-V 5.0 SP1 is now available as part of MDOP 2013. In our many conversations at MMS a few weeks ago, we heard a lot of excitement around 5.0 SP1 as many of you are evaluating 5.0 alongside………
Read the whole post over on the “The Microsoft Application Virtualization Blog”………
From over on the TechNet blogs, explains the PowerShell connection with System Center 2012
Welcome to installment #2. In case you missed installment #1 – Getting Started – here’s the link. With the Getting Started blog, you tried a few basic Windows PowerShell cmdlets. I hope you took a bit of time to explore what other cmdlets are available in Windows. But now it’s time to get Configuration Manager hooked up to your PowerShell environment. Let’s start with the easy method………
Read the full post over on the “System Center Configuration Manager Team’s Blog Site”……
This whitepaper describes the integration and features of managing Microsoft VDI solutions with System Center technologies………
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