System Center team is working in partnership with Citrix to integrate the management of XenApp with Configuration Manager. A white paper is been put together that outlines how the new capabilities can be used to improve enterprise application management. The Citrix Connector for Configuration Manager will enable unified management of applications across the desktop and XenApp Server farm environment. The connector enhances Configuration Manager, enabling administrators to orchestrate the task...
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I am pleased to let you know about a new style of courseware available for Configuration Manager which i found on one of the System Center Team Blogs and liked it very much.

This course will take you down the path of understanding how Configuration Manager 2007 can be used to perform common tasks such as Operating System deployment, software distribution and update, asset tracking and intelligence, client health reporting and management, security, and network access protection.

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As the System Center team heads towards the release of R3, Excitement to release of a refresh build of the ConfigMgr R3 beta comes here. This release incorporates fixes as well as enhancements to Power Management reporting. You can access this refresh here.
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Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Beta released

Power management is at the core of the ConfigMgr 2007 R3 release, and addresses the need that many organizations have to monitor and reduce both power consumption and CO2 emissions.  R3 Power Management leverages the power management features built into Windows to apply relevant and consistent settings to computers in the organization. 

There are three major components to power management in R3:

• Monitoring and Planning: The Power Management f...

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