TechNet Event Detroit, MI (9/27/07)

Good morning motor city! Thank you all for coming to the event last week on Thursday! I hope everyone enjoyed the event and I look forward to seeing you come back to future TechNet events. We had a few questions from the event and they are listed below. Please comment if I missed any or if you need more information.

This is the link to Tolly Group's report on Enhanced Network Performance with Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 that I mentioned during the show:

Q: Where can I find the first IT Pro Video?
A:
You can find the video here: First IT Pro Video

Q: How do you set thresholds for forefront, i.e. you have 10% of your network infected?
A:
Yes, using the mom components you can set thresholds. So when you set an alert in mom you will be able to set thresholds.

Q: Can you have non domain joined systems be a part of your sms network?
A:
Yes you can, take a look here for more information: SMS and Unmanaged Clients

Q: Can you install multiple system center essentials servers in the same network?
A:
Take a look here for more information on deployment topologies: Supported Deployment Topologies in System Center Essentials

Q: Where can I find more resources on ForeFront?
A:
Great VPC here: Microsoft Forefront and System Center Demonstration Toolkit

Lots of great resources including virtual labs, webcasts, podcasts and some more technical training are located here: Forefront Learning Resources

Q: How is SCE licensed?
A:
There is some detailed information here: System Center Essentials 2007 Pricing and Licensing

Q: Is there any more information on how IAG works with Citrix?
A:
Yes there is some good out of the box support for Citrix with IAG, using the client server connector. Here are some the products supported out of the box:

  • Citrix Program Neighborhood
  • Citrix NFuse FR2/FR3 (SecureGateway)
  • Citrix Presentation Server
  • Citrix Secure Access Manager

Take a look at the datasheet here: Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 Data Sheet