Archive for May 2008

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Using an alias for the /MS Collection Server Name

May 5, 2008

Was asked by our architect why we didn’t use a DNS alias name instead of the server name for pointing Forefront clients to the collections server. I couldn’t think of a good reason why not as it would make furture tasks some what easier. The client get the name of the server from the Forefront [...]

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0×80004015 strikes again

May 5, 2008

Have been playing with deploying Forefront via SMS 2003 and stripping out Symantec Antivirus. Ran in to a couple of odd errors of either the BITS or Automatic Update service not running and failing with a  Error 0×80004015  “The class is configured to run as a security id different from the caller.” This stops the [...]

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The path to MCSE 2008: Exam 1, 070-620

May 4, 2008

In a bout of madness, I booked in the 070-620 TS: Windows Vista, Configuring exam with the vague thought that I need to get the studying for the new Ms Os seriously underway, rather than mucking around with it on VM’s. Upgrading from MCSE 2003 to 2008 or MCITP: Enterprise Administrator (sooo much more fun [...]