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VMM SSP 2.0 Components (High Level)
This post will touch a few basic details on the components present in VMM SSP 2.0. If you have...
Date: 09/01/2010
VMM SSP 2.0 web site cannot communicate with the server component
Sometimes you might observe an error while you are trying to peform certain operations in the...
Date: 09/01/2010
System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 – Release Candidate Available!
Help build a private cloud with Microsoft System Center! Customers are looking to cloud-based...
Date: 07/21/2010
SharePoint Asset Inventory Tool Discontinued
The SharePoint Asset Inventory Tool has been discontinued. The Solution Accelerator team makes...
Date: 02/16/2009
SharePoint Asset Inventory Tool - Beta NOW Available!
The wide availability of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and the explosive popularity of...
Date: 08/15/2008
Errors with Microsoft Deployment RC1
Known Issues with Microsoft Deployment RC1 – October 25, 2007 The development team has isolated...
Date: 10/25/2007
Microsoft Deployment RC1 Now Available!
Microsoft Deployment is available as an open beta download. Join the Microsoft Deployment Connection...
Date: 10/25/2007
Moved on Business Desktop Deployment team
Hello folks, Now, with DCM done, I have moved on to the Deployment team that released BDD 2007 in...
Date: 08/07/2007
DCM Solution Troubleshooting Steps
Here are some troubleshooting steps that you might want to perform for a successful DCM deployment /...
Date: 02/22/2007
DCM File System Data Source Properties
Hello, I have got several requests regarding the File System data source properties and what they...
Date: 02/22/2007
DCM v 2.0 Download Updated
Overview Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) 2.0...
Date: 10/26/2006
DCMSolution Database not created during installation
There was a known issue in Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) Solution Accelerator v 1.0 where...
Date: 09/29/2006
XMLToDCMTransfer DTS package requires 3 mandatory files for proper execution
In DCM v 2.0, the functionality of the XMLToDCMTransfer DTS package has been altered. In the current...
Date: 09/28/2006
Now Available: SMS 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring Version 2.0
DCM v2.0 automates the configuration management audits between desired or defined configuration...
Date: 09/18/2006
New 3rd Party Offerings for DCM
Alpha Tech Solutions has recently released training for SMS 2003 DCM and they also offer an...
Date: 07/19/2006
Sample DCM Manifests Available!
Visit https://connect.microsoft.com to register for the DCM Configuration Manifest Beta program! This...
Date: 04/11/2006
Windows Server Deployment Automation Survey
The Solutions for Infrastructure and Management team in the Core Infrastructure Solutions group...
Date: 04/11/2006
The Role of DTS packages in DCM Solution
The Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution Accelerator (DCM Solution) comes with two DTS...
Date: 04/04/2006
Dynamic link library file mscoree.dll could not be found – while executing DCM Engine
While executing the DCM Command line wrapper (also called the DCM Engine) on a server, you might...
Date: 03/22/2006
Check if a Registry value Exists using the Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution
The Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution (DCM Solution) ignores any rules under a Setting if...
Date: 03/21/2006
Management Exception While executing Desired Configuration Monitoring Engine
You might run into a Management Exception while executing the DCM Command Line Wrapper (also called...
Date: 03/19/2006
Files required to execute the Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) Engine
The DCM Engine (also called the DCM Command Line Wrapper), DCMCmd.exe, requires the following...
Date: 03/18/2006
Version Control of Manifests used with the Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution
It has become a common concern about how to maintain different versions of manifests used with the...
Date: 03/18/2006
Check if a File Exists using the Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution
The Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution (DCM Solution) ignores any rules under a Setting if...
Date: 03/17/2006
Now Available - Beta Program for SMS 2003 DCM Configuration Manifests
Visit https://connect.microsoft.com to register for the DCM Configuration Manifest Beta program! This...
Date: 02/17/2006
Extending Reporting capabilities of the Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution - DCM Solution
As you are already aware, the DCM Solution comes out of the box with four out-of-compliance and ten...
Date: 02/15/2006
Rule Referencing in Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution
Rule-referencing is one of the most helpful features in the DCM Solution which can help you frame...
Date: 02/14/2006
Architecture of the Desired Configuration Monitoring - DCM Solution
The diagram below gives an overview of the DCM Solution architecture. This post basically explains...
Date: 02/12/2006
Rules are ignored by the DCM Solution when a Setting does not exist!!!
In the current version of the DCM Solution, when a Setting is not found, all the rules under that...
Date: 02/11/2006
Remotely Monitoring Servers for Compliance using the DCM Solution
Its pretty easy to get into a situation where you would like to run the DCM Solution on a server for...
Date: 02/11/2006
Check if Auto Update is enabled on a server using Desired Configured Monitoring Solution
This post helps you figure out how to check if Auto Update is enabled on a server! Well, Auto Update...
Date: 02/09/2006
DCM Command Line Wrapper Switches / Usage
The DCM Command Line Wrapper supports a few command line switches. Following are the list of...
Date: 02/08/2006
Compliance Checks for ranges using the Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) Solution
There might be several scenarios where you might want to check if a particular value lies within a...
Date: 02/07/2006
Check if Firewall is enabled on all LAN Connections using DCM Solution
This article describes how to check if Windows Firewall is enabled on all the LAN Connections on a...
Date: 02/03/2006
Case Sensitiveness of Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) Solution
DCM is case-sensitive! Having said that, what aspects of DCM are case-sensitive? The tags in the xml...
Date: 02/03/2006
Active vs Passive Rules in Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) Solution
If you look at the Rule creation screen in the DCM Authoring tool, you will see that the DCM UI tool...
Date: 02/02/2006
Why do not DCM Reports show the data from a recent run of DCM?
Well, there can be several reasons why the data is not being shown in the DCM Reports. DCM Reporting...
Date: 02/01/2006
Check for existence of a hot fix / Service Pack with DCM Solution
How many times would you have wanted to check if a certain hot fix or a Service Pack is installed on...
Date: 02/01/2006
Check Service State using Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) Solution
Many a times you would have a need to check if a particular service is running. With the DCM...
Date: 02/01/2006
Creating a Manifest with the Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) Solution
Building a manifest using the DCM Solution is pretty easy. It’s no rocket science. If you can follow...
Date: 02/01/2006
Are there any baseline templates for DCM?
Well, there are no baseline templates (also called configuration templates or manifests) available...
Date: 02/01/2006
Is the DCM Solution specific to Exchange?
This is one of the most frequently asked questions about the Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM)...
Date: 02/01/2006
How to Create Rules in DCM?
Many people keep asking me about the rule creation in the DCM Solution! Hence I thought, may be if I...
Date: 02/01/2006
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring
Overview Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring is a powerful...
Date: 01/31/2006