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Altiris Symantec Management Platform – Part 3: Computer imaging

In this final article of the Altiris Symantec Management Platform series, I chose to cover computer imaging.

A picture of Andrew Jacops By Andrew Jacops - Thu, May 2, 2013 - 0 comments

Andrew Jacops is a system/network administrator with over ten years experience managing Windows environments and the network infrastructures they run on.

WIM deployment

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Altiris Symantec Management Platform – Part 2: Patch Management, PCAnywhere, and reporting

In the last part of this three part series over Altiris Symantec Management Platform I gave an overview of the Symantec Management Console, Computer Management, and Software Management. In this part we will be going over Patch Management, remote desktop with PCAnywhere, and the different types of reporting available in SMP

A picture of Andrew Jacops By Andrew Jacops - Fri, April 26, 2013 - 0 comments

Andrew Jacops is a system/network administrator with over ten years experience managing Windows environments and the network infrastructures they run on.

PCAnywhere Permissions

Altiris Symantec Management Platform – Part 1: Computer and Software Management

In the realm of computer management software there is no shortage of solutions to help make the life of a system administrator easier, or in some cases more complicated! From basic scripts created by an admin to vastly large software solutions such as Microsoft’s SCCM or Dell’s KACE, the options are seemingly endless. Symantec Management Platform, formerly Altiris Management Platform, falls into this space and does an amazing job.

A picture of Andrew Jacops By Andrew Jacops - Mon, April 22, 2013 - 0 comments

Andrew Jacops is a system/network administrator with over ten years experience managing Windows environments and the network infrastructures they run on.

Resource Manager Overview

How to create a new SQL Server 2012 instance

There are many reasons that a Windows administrator would want to create a new SQL server instance. Organization and segregation are two of the main reasons.

A picture of Andrew Jacops By Andrew Jacops - Tue, February 12, 2013 - 0 comments

Andrew Jacops is a system/network administrator with over ten years experience managing Windows environments and the network infrastructures they run on.

Installation Center Installation

Upgrade to SharePoint 2013 From SharePoint 2010 – Part 3: Upgrade

In the last part of this three part series, we performed a completely fresh install of SharePoint 2013 on a new server and made sure it was up and running. In this part, we’re going to grab our content databases, bring them over to the SQL server our SharePoint 2013 installation is using, and mount them to be used in our installation.

A picture of Andrew Jacops By Andrew Jacops - Tue, January 29, 2013 - 3 comments

Andrew Jacops is a system/network administrator with over ten years experience managing Windows environments and the network infrastructures they run on.

Sharepoint-2013 Upgrade - Compete the Wizard