Kent Agerlund Returns to MPLS
Kent Agerlund is back!
I know many of you in this user group attended Kent's most recent class here for CM12. For those of you who missed it, you're going to get one more chance to spend 4 days with a guy who knows the product probably as well as Wally.
Again, the class will be at Benchmark in Edina where we just held our most recent meeting. It will be March 19-22.
Kent is a fellow Microsoft MVP for CM and is one of the authors of Mastering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
Details about the class are here:
http://truesec.com/mastering_system_center_configuration_manager_
Looks like Benchmark has a direct signup here:
http://www.benchmarklearning.com/Courses/CrsRegister.aspx?SK=0050328
December 2011 Meeting Notes
From our friends down in AZ:
Hello User Group Members,
I have posted the videos of the meeting up to SkyDrive, along with the bonus material from Greg (found in powershellinfo.zip). Both Harold Wong (MSFT) and Kevin Remde (MSFT) made recordings (thanks guys!) - and you will see both of them posted. I think the quality is about the same (although I haven't had a chance to watch both of them completely). You will see the (two) WMV versions along with the (two) Lync Versions (which require the Lync Recording Player).
A big thanks goes out to Greg for coming out and giving a great presentation!
Link:
Thanks,
Mike Terrill | Systems Management Practice Lead 1E - Empowering Efficient IT
November 2011 Meeting Notes
Thanks to Tom Grezek for stepping in as our new Microsoft sponsor (Kevin Remde also offered to help when needed as did Tim Benjamin).
We had almost 60 people show up last night and fortunately, we were able to get shifted to the larger room thanks to the receptionist (can't recall her name).
I went over the new features of RC1 in CM12. About 6-7 people say they have RC in the lab. But nobody seemed to have a set goal of rolling it out next year.
Here is a shot of the ADR buildup I was talking about when you make one daily for EP:
Truesec Coming to Town!
Benchmark Learning has scored for us big time!
Ever been to MMS and take a session with the industry giants from Truesec? How would you like more than just a 75 minute session? How about days of classes to go in-depth where they will personally train you? Here in the Twin Cities; no far off travel!
Mastering MDT 2010 and WDS in the Deployment Process (aka Lite Touch)
Length: 3 Days
Search ID: Truesec
Join Mikael Nystrom, Microsoft MVP in Setup and Deployment, in this amazing lab on how to build and customize deployment solutions based on MDT 2010 LiteTouch.
Deploying Windows 7 Using MDT2010 and SCCM 2007 SP2
Length: 3 Days
Search ID: Truesec
Join Johan Arwidmark, Microsoft MVP in Setup and Deployment, in this amazing lab on how to build and customize deployment solutions based on MDT 2010, WDS and SCCM 2007 SP2.
Mastering Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2
Length: 4 Days
Search ID: Truesec
Join Kent Agerlund, Microsoft MVP Configuration Manager, for the next version of Configuration Manager that will be released later this year. Already now you can get solid training on its new features as well as the upgrade path from the earlier version. This unique training is based the market at this level. This class will take you through the installation and configuration of the main features in Configuration Manager 2012 beta 2 based on Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7.
More Wally
Greg Ramsey from CTSMUG has Wally one more day. 1/20 at 9:30 CST. Feel free to watch. Thanks, Greg!
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/join?id=HKR2J7&role=attend&pw
CM07 and PowerShell
Here is stripped down powershell script that will setup an advertisement tied to a collection based on an AD group (It creates all 3). The SCCM parts are in bold. I found the PowerShell module out at http://www.snowland.se/sccm-posh/. It and a MDT module are in the attached zip.
October 2011 Meeting Notes
Thanks again to Johan for a great session
Thanks again to #2 and Richard for their service as president and vice president again for the past year. I'm quite sure everyone would agree that it was our best year for the group.
Thanks again to BDNA for the BW3 and beverages!
Jarvis took notes in OneNote and as soon as I get them, I'll add them to this post.
We held elections and since nobody put their hat into the ring, I did for president. A new guy, Steve Jesok from Ameriprise stepped up to be vice president. Thanks, Steve!
Our next meeting is November 16th. It's going to be at the new Microsoft HQ, just off of France Avenue. I'll get the exact address and a map here soon and I'll get it in the next invite. Mike Kellogg has agreed to give us tours of his amazing datacenter there. We'll have to go in groups, so I'm thinking that we'll just hold a round table in the main room and have folks break off in groups to get the tour.
Lots more details coming soon. And Jarvis's notes here just as soon as I get them. Johan was just outstanding as usual. It was cool to hear about the things coming in MDT 2012. The most interesting tidbit of the night to me was hearing that Server 8's version of Hyper-V was going to have data deduplication for VHDs. That is just amazing and I can't wait for the beta.
Please wait...
