Reserved names as site codes in SMS 2003 SCCM 2007 or System Center 2012 - Configuration Manager

When it comes to choosing site codes you have 3 characters to play with, and while crafting a new site code you should be aware there are a bunch of reserved site codes that cannot be used, these are AUX, NUL, PRN, CEN.

There is a KB for this, it has applied to all versions of the product since inception. You can find the KB here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279868

Its very tempting to use CEN for your CENtral, and PRN may match a region if you use those airport code or location codes.

Hope this will help you :)
Amarpal Singh Sandhu

Configuration Manager 2007 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager now support Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2

1. Configuration Manager 2007 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager now support Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2.

The following table lists the roles/features that are supported for each product with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2.

Product	Roles / Features Supported
Configuration Manager 2007 SP2	Site Database
Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and R3	Reporting Services Point Client Status Reporting
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager	Site Database Secondary Site Database (with SQL Server Express 2008 R2 SP2)

No software updates are required.

Hope this will help you
Amarpal Singh Sanhhu
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Configuration Manager 2007 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 now support Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1

Microsoft will be announcing support changes for the following releases. These changes will be reflected in the Configuration Manager 2007 Supported Configurations and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Supported Configurations within the next month.

1. Configuration Manager 2007 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 now support Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1.

 

The following table lists the roles/features that are supported for each product with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1.

Product	Roles / Features Supported
Configuration Manager 2007 SP2*	Site Database
Configuration Manager 2007 R3*	Reporting services point Client status reporting
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1	Site database Secondary site database**

*For Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and R3, hotfix KB2676776 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2676776 is required.

** For a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 secondary site, you can use SQL Server 2012 SP1 or SQL Server Express 2012 SP1.

No software updates are required for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1.

Note:  System Center 2012 Configuration Manager RTM (no service pack) does not support SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2012 SP1.

2. Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 (FEP 2010) now supports SQL Server 2012 SP1.

 

Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 now supports upgrading an existing Forefront Endpoint Protection database and reporting database to Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1.

To use SQL Server 2012 SP1 with Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, you must upgrade the existing instance of SQL Server from SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2012. It is not supported to install new Forefront Endpoint Protection components on an existing or new instance of SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2012 SP1.

The following update is required to use Forefront Endpoint Protection with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and 2012 SP1.

Forefront Endpoint Protection data warehouse and reports fail to get new data on SQL Server 2012 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2683558

3. System Center Security Monitoring Pack for Endpoint Protection now supports System Center 2012 Operations Manager SP1.

  No software updates are required.

Hope this will help you.
Amarpal Singh Sandhu

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.