Meetings


 * Let's use this page to schedule meetings and create agendas for those meetings. We can enter meeting minutes/notes here as well.**

**Thursday, January 18th - Meeting at Edina Community Center**
Enter via Door 4 @ NE corner of building near loading dock, go upstairs to 3rd floor, room will be on your right, look for signs **Host:** Bruce Coles, Edina Public Schools - bruce.coles@edinaschools.org
 * Time:** 8:30-3:00
 * Location:** 5701 Normandale Rd, Edina, MN 55436 - Room 350

**8:30** - Coffee/donuts, social time **9:00** - Introduce ourselves, brief intro to EDSCUGs history and mission, mailing list ( [|https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mn-edscug] Once there, choose the “Apply for Membership” link and the system will guide you) **10:00 am** - **__How to Set Up Microsoft Store for Education - __****Jodie Gaver** **from Microsoft** (Modern Desktop Specialist, US Public Sector – Education)
 * 9:30** - Discussion - "What are we doing to mitigate against Meltdown and Spectre?" - may want to continue into afternoon session
 * 11:30-12:30** - Break for lunch (not provided)
 * 12:30-3:00** - Suggestions?

__**Attendees (as of 1/12/18)**__ Bruce Coles **Edina** Adam Duffy **Edina** Steve Buettner **Edina** Lenny Poppenhagen **Minnetonka** John **Minnetonka** Jay Durbin **Osseo** Nate Peel **Osseo** Eric Evenson **Osseo** Erik Sjogren **Osseo** Renee Anderson **Osseo** Jeff Knox **Anoka** Kathy Skrove **Anoka** Joe Brandsma **District 287** ? **District 287** Shawn Ockwig **W. St. Pau**l Brenda Anderson **Centennial** ? **Centennial** Tonya Kostuch **Mahtomedi** Kyle Weeks **UMN - OIT** Justin Dinger **Cloquet** Ben Jorgenson **St. Paul College** Doug McMeekin **Richfield**

Entry via Door 1 is advised, however door 7 is the door next to the big parking lot and will work. [] The parking lot for Door 1 is attached to Oak St. (and Martin St. if looking for cross street)
 * Thursday, January 21st Meeting at the Anoka Hennepin ESC building.**
 * Time**: 8:30 to 3:30
 * Location**: 2727 N Ferry St., Anoka, MN 55303, Room 112.
 * Host**: Jeff Knox

I am working with Microsoft to see if they can do a presentation for the afternoon session (1:00 start). I am certainly open to other suggestions. I am not sending another email from the Wiki about this meeting. This is the only email you will get. Please spread the word. We consider any technician that works for a school/district to be a “member” of this group. You do not have to be using MSFT Service Center.

Jay Durbin, Osseo Tonya Kostuch, Mahtomedi > training? Google?
 * __Attendees: (please list your name and district/school):__**
 * Topics**:
 * Rename the group to reflect that we discuss more than just MSFT Service Center?
 * How are we going to use Google apps to share information and replace the Wiki?
 * What are you doing for A/V in gymnasiums? Osseo is experimenting with 70” monitors and TV Armor (see attached pictures).
 * Brian Moffet’s recent email about internal certificates - How are you dealing with internal web resources that use self-signed certs? Do you go to the effort to make your clients accept them as trusted certs or do you maintain a list of internal district web resources know to present certificate warning messages?
 * Jim Hering - how do you refresh/update your skills? Seminars? conferences (recommendations)? Formal

=**October 22, 2015 Meeting**= **Microsoft MVP, Nash Pherson, will provide an overview of education-focused Recast RCT Enterprise features, and demonstrate new ways to configure devices for state testing.** Topics will include device management on mobile SCCM platforms, optimized Status Message reporting practices for education environments and Lab Manager profile application for Pearson state testing. The discussion will outline ways to proactively manage devices and utilize more SCCM features with Recast RCT Enterprise. THANK YOU DISTRICT 287 FOR HOSTING THIS MEETING! Map to District 287 District Office
 * Date ** : Thursday, October 22, 2015
 * Time:** 8:30 to 3:00, with a break for lunch
 * Afternoon session ** starts at 1:00
 * Place: District 287 Service Center, 1820 Xenium Lane N, Plymouth, MN 55441, Room TBD**

Tonya Kostuch - Mahtomedi Jim Hering - Mahtomedi (morning) Jeff Knox - Anoka-Hennepin Kathy Skrove - Anoka-Hennepin Renee Anderson - Osseo
 * __Attendees: (please list your name and district/school):__**


 * __Topics you’d like to discuss:__**
 * Jay D. Osseo - future communication vs. Google as set up by Erik Sjogren STMA**
 * Discussion - we will move from this wiki to the google platform set up by Erik. Will have to decide what information needs to transfer from the Wiki. Eric may do a brief demo of how we should interact with the google site.**
 * Jay D. Osseo - should we create committees that are responsible for setting up meetings, meeting content, communications, etc.**
 * Discussion - Next meeting January 21st. Thursday.** **Would like to keep the agenda loose, can create topics for discussion on day of meeting - topics I want to discuss, topics that I can present (EdCamp style).**
 * Jay D. Osseo - what is our relationship with Jim Hering's (Mahtomedi) tech distribution list?**
 * Jay D. Osseo - do we formally expand our scope to include all technology, not just SCCM? YES.**

Other topics: Communication about updates - how we communicate that updates will happen - generally do email during testing season. How do districts support testing? - Double reboot updates - STMA creates a collection and builds it into image. Chromebooks - freeze the updates thru console, reminder once a month to check for new releases, have a few test, then roll out. set them up in kiosk mode (as an option). have all chromebooks in one group and all requests go to all chromebooks. if don't select kiosk mode, can still use chromebooks as normal. Neverware has released software to make old laptops into chromebooks. Anoka does not allow printing from chromebooks or ipads. Have a form that needs to be filled out for chromebook or ipad purchases that include the printing plan. PLTW - Samsung tablets - Osseo network figured out how to get them on our inside network with a special SSID on one access point. Can buy a license for Androids. Teachers need to manage apps.

SmartBoards - new version requires you to touch a color in the M series. UF65 is a really bad product. STMA bought used SMART boards as spares. just in case they need them. Using display port with SMART board - bad image, could be splitter, P2DA2 is model of splitter used by Mahtomedi.

PLTW laptops vs desktops - most schools went to desktops. Some use Insight to buy refurbished every couple of years. Anoka uses Partstock. Mahtomedi uses Firefly. Erik (STMA) says that Google produces a roadmap for Chromebooks, all manufacturers.

Windows 10 - KMS server needs to be at 2012.

April 16th Meeting __**Time:** 8:30 - 3:30__ __**Place:** District 287 District Service Center - Conference Floor Room 312__ Map to District 287 District Office Microsoft has been invited to present at this meeting. Please complete a short survey on which topics you would like Microsoft to talk about. The survey is located here - [|fill] [|it out in Google Forms] It works best if you copy the hyperlink to Google Crome to access the survey. If you can't get to it, contact Jay Durbin durbinj@distrcit279.org

Joe Brandsma - ISD 287 Nate Peel - District 279 Osseo Eric Evenson - District 279 Osseo Renee Anderson - District 279 Osseo
 * __Attendees: (please list your name and district/school):__**

__ January 15, 2015 Meeting __ __**Time:** 8:30 to 11:30, morning session, 1:00 to 2:30 afternoon session__ __Place - Osseo Senior High School - Forum Room (Open to other sites wanting to Host as well - just let us know)__ __https://www.google.com/maps/place/Osseo+Senior+High+School/@45.120377,-93.407237,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xbcdb56e32a22df66__

__IMPORTANT - Please park in VISITOR parking spots. There is a whole row of parking on the EAST side (where the houses are) of the main parking lot (first three spaces are reserved).__

__Attendees: (please list your name and district/school and your here if you are attending)**:**__ Bruce Coles - ISD 273/Edina Tonya Kostuch - Mahtomedi Jeff Knox - Anoka Hennepin ISD11 Kathy Skrove - Anoka Hennepin ISD11 Renee Anderson ISD 279 Eric Evenson ISD 279 Erik Sjogren - ISD 885 John Guertin - ISD 885 Rita Valerius - ISD 885 Chad Kragness - ISD 885 Joe Brandsma - ISD 287 Jonas Sjoberg - ISD 287

__**Items to Discuss:**__ __From last scheduled meeting__ __Tonya Kostuch - off topic - anyone offer access to internal share drive from outside the district?__

__Jim Hering - open discussion - off topic - email - in-house or hosted? Also, anyone suing Reflector__ __across vlans?__ not have to do that. Now no exchange access. District 287 has tech tip videos on gmail migration and gmail use for staff along with other useful videos. [|techtips.district287.org]
 * District 287** went gmail. Users do miss some features, calendars were an issue. Did provide some personal tech attention to help migration. Original Migration Tool worked great, until google updated the tool. There were size import limitations. Did export some calendars, then import into gmail. Allowed access to Exchange for some time, probably did

__Joe Brandsma - Off Topic - Google management and Chromebook web filtering.__ Discussed how the Chromebook is managed by the Console. Osseo has a support person that manages them, the teachers do not do any of that. Have AD accounts for students. They log in with their network credentials. Anoka will be up to 8000 Chromebooks this year. Apps are "deployed" by end users distributing a link. Chromebooks are in carts. Very little maintenance. Test updates on small group first. Use HP hardware. Have their devices in separate OU, don't have separate sites. set them up tp prefer inside network, not guest. Jeff and Kathy manage them all and have documentation they are willing to share. - [|Chromebook - Enrollment Through WiFi or Ethernet] - Enrolls using any Google Apps account from our organization. - [|Chromebook - Wipe Device - Chrome OS 37 and above] - Wipes all user data, does NOT wipe OS - [|Chromebook - Recovery via USB or SD Media] - Restores OS to newest available to factory Had a committee that agreed to how these would be handled/managed. Teacher do their own app distribution because it is really easy. don't allow printing. Google classroom was distributed to all and pushed out by tech - only one. Might explore kiosk mode. If you micromanage it will be a full time job. Mahtomedi - buying Dell, did not have good luck with Samsung. don't allow apps at this time. can do plugins. don't manage them.

STMA - created a 5GZ network for Samsungs and it works great. very little hardware failure.

ITNinja is a great source for software packages. Powershell integrates well with Windows and CM. This would be a good training session. Basics. CCMClean.exe part of SMS Tool kit 2003. Remote Control and TeamViewer are good tools for running machines remotely. Better than RDP.

__Erik Sjogren - Can we, as a group, come up with suggestions to send to NowMicro for things we'd like to see in Right Click Tools?__ - Clean up files - Rename a machine - Log-off command – to get user of device without rebooting. - Others? Should we collect this data via an email campaign?

(Erik S. has CM set up for his building personnel with access to only their building.) CM can start up and shut down a lab, on demand or on a schedule. Allowing staff to have Admin Rights varies by District. Some have been successful with allowing admin rights – have seen more viruses, have seen fewer viruses. __Eric Evenson - System Center R2 and current CU - who has done this?__STMA, Mahtomedi, Anoka – all got help from Now Micro. 287 – Joe did his.

__Eric Evenson - Windows 8.1 - what type of devices__ tablets, laptops without touch.

__Eric Evenson - Windows 10.x - is this a better choice for school environment__ Prelim look at 10 is positive.

__Eric Evenson - Windows 7 - when will they be sunsetting this OS?__ end of mainstream support was 1/13/14, 2020 will be end-of-life

__Eric Evenson - Java management for Online testing__ Osseo sends out Java via CM, will send out new version soon, working with a white list. We log on as one user. Still get some prompts. STMA – uses whitelist to get pre-approval (fewer pop-ups). Suppresses prompts. Anoka - Firewall exceptions – Java W needs to be allowed. __Eric Evenson - System Center Health Checks - what routines are performed to optimize performance__ Nightly power cycle helps overall health. __Eric Evenson - Power Shell/PSExec script to manage computers with client issues__

2015 TIES Technical Conference Schedule - http://goo.gl/B50ihC

New EDSCUG Google Site (with Google Apps storage) [] Email erik DOT sjogren AT gmail DOT com for access for Gmail Account holders

Powershell - intro and basics - about an hour of "training" Do we move our documentation from Wiki to GoogleDocs? How do we make this group more valuable? Exchange scripts/packages/tasks so others don't have to reinvent that same wheel. Thin image for old netbooks? _ Place - TBD
 * Topics for next meeting:**
 * October 23, 2014 Meeting MEETING POSTPONED!! **
 * Time:** 8:30 to 11:30, morning session, 1:00 to 3:00 afternoon session

Attendees: (please list your name and district/school and your here if you are attending)**:** Jim Hering, Mahtomedi, morning session. Erik Sjogren, STMA Joe Brandsma - ISD287 - Morning Session Kathy Skrove, Anoka - Morning Session Jeffrey Knox, Anoka - Morning Session

Jim Hering - open discussion - off topic - email - in-house or hosted? Also, anyone suing Reflector across vlans? Joe Brandsma - Off Topic - Google management and Chromebook web filtering.
 * Items to Discuss:**

Tonya Kostuch, Mahtomedi Brian Moffet, North Branch Kathy Skrove, Anoka Bruce Coles, Edina Joe Brandsma, ISD287 - JOE WON THE FREE PASS! Jeffrey Knox, Anoka
 * Members interested in the FREE admittance to the Midwest Management Summit** []

Jay D. - thought this group might have some interest in this: 11:00 AM CST []
 * Wednesday, August 6 **

PRESENTED BY **Nash Pherson**, Microsoft MVP **Ryan Ephgrave**, Creator of the Now Micro Right Click Tools

In this one hour session, Nash Pherson (Microsoft MVP) and Ryan Ephgrave (Author of Now Micro Right Click Tools) will show day-to-day scenarios that all ConfigMgr Administrators will recognize, but utilize tools that make them easier. These include things like keeping your ConfigMgr infrastructur healthy and happy, taking care of ConfigMgr Clients, and deplying and troubleshooting software updates. Come see the Now Micro Right Click Tools and Secunia Corporate Software Inspector in action!

Place - TBD
 * July 17, 2014 Meeting **
 * Time:** 8:30 to 11:30, if hosted at Osseo

Attendees: (please list your name and district/school and your here if you are attending)**:** _STMA - Chad, John

Afternoon session starts at 1:00: Guest speaker - Shane Cullman (TIES) "The Coolest Things About Config Mgr" 1. what are folks using to create MSI packages? 2. Is anybody using a 3rd party tool to manage 3rd party patches/updates?
 * April 17, 2014 Meeting **
 * Time:** 8:30 to 3:00, with a break for lunch
 * Place: District 287 Service Center, 1820 Xenium Lane N, Plymouth, MN 55441, Room 315 (computer lab) **
 * Agenda Items:**
 * 3.Jim Hering (Mahtomedi** Jim.Hering@mahtomedi.k12.mn.us) (651) 407-2237) has started an email distribution list for techs - greater detail below Attendees

**Attendees**: (please list your district/school and your name here if you are attending)**:**
 * Renee Anderson, Nate Peel, Lynda Alexander (Osseo 279)**
 * Richfield--ISD 280:****Victor Williams and Doug McMeekin**
 * Mahtomedi - Jim hering**
 * Anoka-Hennepin - Jeff Knox, Kathy Skrove**
 * Edina - Bruce Coles**
 * ISD197-Shawn Ockwig**
 * STMA Chad, Erik, John, Rita**
 * ISD287 - Joe B.**

This is from an email from Jim, dated 4-9-14: I’m putting together a distribution list of techs in school districts (system admins, network admins, desktop services, etc.). This would be so that we, as techs in the trenches, have a way to quickly communicate about issues, problems and questions and hopefully get some responses, ideas and fixes.
 * Jim Hering's Tech Distribution List:**

This stems from us having some issues with MCA testing and not having a good, timely way to communicate with other techs. There are plenty of listservs for the tech coordinators and directors, but nothing for techs. All attempts for doing so in the past have resulted not in a tech group, but another coordinators group. That’s not what I’m looking for. I’m looking for people who have daily hands-on knowledge and experience.

Would you be interested in being on such a distribution list? Do you have contact information for other techs that I can contact and ask the same question? Or forward this on to them and have them contact me.

Minnesota state standards for computer hardware []
 * Meeting Notes: **

Jim will create distribution list and mail it out.

MSI Editors: Orca - [] EMCO - []

January 16, 2014 Meeting Afternoon session starts at 1:00: JD - I do not have a guest speaker for this... (If you would like to host this meeting please email Jay Durbin and let him know) AGENDA ITEMS: Attendees going to Osseo ESC (please list your district/school and your name here if you are attending) : Osseo has dropped Adobe Connect and we've gone to the Mitel Collaboration software. If anyone wants to attend by web conference let me know and I will invest the time to get that working for us (Jay D).
 * Time:** 8:30 to 3:00, with a break for lunch
 * Place: Osseo Educational Service Center (ESC), 11200 93rd Ave N, Maple Grove, MN**
 * Osseo - Jay, Renee. Lynda **
 * District 287 - Joe (Tentative) **
 * STMA - Erik & John **

November 20th Meeting - pushed from October 17, 2013. Afternoon session starts at 1:00: Now Micro will be presenting the Now Micro Right Click Tools by Ryan Ephgrave and how they can change the way your help desk leverages Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
 * Time:** 8:30 to 3:00, with a break for lunch
 * Steroids for your Help Desk: ConfigMgr + Now Micro Right Click Tools. **

(If you would like to host this meeting please email Jay Durbin and let him know)
 * Place: Osseo Educational Service Center (ESC), 11200 93rd Ave N, Maple Grove, MN**

Attendees going to Osseo ESC (please list your district/school and your name here if you are attending) : District 197 - Shawn
 * Osseo - Jay, Lynda A **
 * Anoka Hennepin - Kathy **
 * Anoka Hennepin - Jeff**
 * District 287 - Joe**
 * STMA - Chad, John**

Attendees that would like to attend via web conference (please list your district/school and your name here) : To attend the web conference, browse to here: Osseo has dropped Adobe Connect and we've gone to the Mitel Collaboration software. If anyone wants to attend by web conference I will invest the time to get that working for us.

AGENDA ITEMS for October 17, 2013: Jay_D - how did you use Config Mgr this summer?

Joe (287), now on group deciding state contract hardware configurations: Is price the biggest factor in deciding hardware? not always, especially with PLTW machines Joe will send out specs if you want - Joe will email the group
 * Meeting Notes:**

Erik (STMA) - what is the lowest level (oldest) computers you are supporting?

Bruce (Edina) Software updates on Laptops? STMA - rollout in batches, like all of us do (Now Micro). Do it in carts wirelessly, do send wake-on-LAN, have to be logged off but still on (close lid). sometimes plug them into data cable. do not update during testing. IE updates can cause Windows to look like XP

Google changed something that disables internet filter. There is a patch for M86.

R2 - Edina did it a couple of weeks ago. did upgrade, had several issues (down for 3 days), Now Micro as on site. task sequence broke. Joe (287) did a rebuild with HTTP not HTTPS - solved issues. Certs were left over from 2007. Edina did same thing and it fixed problems. 2012 has four certs.

Joe (287) has set up security roles within CM. 12 different permission sets. 287 hires IT staff, not tech ESP's so have higher skill set.

July 18, 2013 Meeting Afternoon session starts at 1:00 and will be a continuation of the morning session if needed, otherwise we will end at lunch time. THANK YOU DISTRICT 287 FOR HOSTING THIS MEETING!
 * Time:** 8:30 to 3:00, with a break for lunch
 * Place: District 287 Service Center, 1820 Xenium Lane N, Plymouth, MN 55441, Room 315 (computer lab)**

Attendees going to District 287 (please list your district/school and your name here if you are attending) :
 * Osseo - Jay, Lynda, Eric, Renee **
 * District 287 - Joe **
 * Edina (District 273)-Bruce **
 * STMA - Chad, John, Rita & Erik **

Attendees that would like to attend via web conference (please list your district/school and your name here) : Victor Williams--ISD280 Doug McMeekin--ISD280: Topic of interest: Multicasting with 2012

To attend the web conference, browse to here: [] (no password or secret handshake required)

AGENDA ITEMS for July 18, 2013:

Discuss Service Manager and Self-Service Portal JayD_Osseo - what can we do to make the group more effective in sharing solutions? How do we organize this Wiki to make it more effective? We are focused on ConfigMgr right now, but what about the rest of the System Center Suite? JayD_Osseo - TIES Users Group - do we want to join with them a create one group? They are meeting on 3rd Friday every other month for a couple of hours and will provide lunch at their facility. THEY WILL NOT ALLOW OTHER VENDORS TO PRESENT IN THEIR BUILDING and I would not expect them to. That group could have other vendors host meetings that would not be at TIES building.

Notes from Meeting: we will explore Google as our communication tool, moving from the Wiki (Joe - 287, Eric - STMA, Jay - Osseo) District 287 is using Service Manager (so is Eden Prairie). Osseo will roll it out this summer. ProCurve Manager Plus works great for configuring switches. Most districts are using multicast (needs to be set up in switches, just a check box in Config Mgr) P$ computers don't play nice with 2012 SP1 - sets up as Win 8 and P4's don't have the chip set to run Win 8. Intel AMT - enable on the BIOS - might help with laptop carts - manage encryption keys. Use office customization tool to install MS Office - setup.exe/admin [] What are district doing with Config Mgr this summer?

Friday, May 17, 2013, 12-2 p.m., Larpenteur Room, [|**//TIES Event Center//**] When you RSVP, please send any topics you would like discussed at this or future meetings.
 * TIES User Group next meeting:**
 * RSVP ** to **//Candace Koob//**, 651-999-6231

MEETING NOTES: Reminder intro page on wiki – general information and if you want to make changes Jay mentioned a good SCCM 2012 source of information from the MMS 2013 conference [] Began discussion with wake on lan and issues with subnets St Michael Albertville has been able to get it working. Concerns over Bonjour, Vision or other protocols becoming chatty on the network. General consensus was multicast can become a broadcast issue and was not seen as a benefit Unicast Handles large quantities of computers Agreed this was the preferred way to go Spin up VM with base Do windows update and whatever else you may be pulling down with SUS - capture every other month to keep current and imaging time down Classroom tools – Smart Sync, Lan School Admin tools – right click tools, RDP into computer, MS Remote Assistance, Link – Chat – Remote Control Many felt it was just a reporting tool Another product being tested in Osseo is Meraki. It is free and manages mobile devices as well Discussion about the possibility of a group to get together and discuss process of how to create installs. It seems each application has its own install process. Eric from Osseo talked about some of the installs and how he created them but Osseo unlike some districts does not install all programs for PLTW. One tip was to check cache size on your client if installation is a problem. It may need to be bumped up. PDF Exchanger is being used instead of Adobe Reader in some districts (District 287). The site license is around $120.00. SCCM 2012 Post SP1 – After imaging clients are not picking up software from collections they are already in. Work-around is delete deployment and then reapply
 * April 18, 2013 Meeting **
 * Configuring multicast**
 * SCCM checkbox – create a multicast image
 * Switches need to be setup
 * Windows updates – how one district manages them on image**
 * Remote Tools – additional desktop remote tools**
 * Conversation about Casper/JSS plugin for SCCM 2012**
 * Project Lead the Way**
 * Miscellaneous Items**
 * Next meeting July 18th 2013. District 287 will host

Afternoon session starts at 1:00 and will be a discussion lead by **TIES**, on this topic:
 * Time:** 8:30 to 3:00, with a break for lunch
 * //Troubleshooting using log files for PXE, WSUS and possibly distribution points.//**

THANK YOU EDEN PRAIRIE FOR HOSTING THIS MEETING!
 * Place: Eden Prairie** Administrative Services Center (district office), 8100 School Road, Eden Prairie 55344. Conference room “North A”.

Attendees going to Eden Prairie (please list your district/school and your name here if you are attending) :
 * Osseo - Jay, Eric, Lynda **
 * Eden Prairie - Brandon, Joe, Paul**
 * STMA - Chad, Erik, John**
 * District 287 - Joe Brandsma**
 * ISD197-Shawn**

Attendees that would like to attend via web conference (please list your district/school and your name here) : To attend the web conference, browse to here: [] (no password or secret handshake required) North Branch - Brian, Cherie, Chip South St. Paul - Rob AGENDA ITEMS for 4/18/13: JayD_Osseo - This will start our meeting rotation - every three months (April, July, October, January) on the third Thursday of the month - Please get these on your calendar. I have a meeting room reserved at our ESC for July, October, and January but if you are interested in hosting a meeting, please let me know. BrandonC_EdenPrairie - Configuring Wake on LAN BrandonC_EdenPrairie - Configuring Multicast BrandonC_EdenPrairie - Remote tools.. do you rely only on what exists in SCCM or are you using another utility? BrandonC_EdenPrairie - Casper/JSS plugin for SCCM... What does it provide? Is anyone using it? Is it worthwhile? JayD_Osseo - Microsoft Management Summit sessions available on line. These appear when we search for Config Manager: []

March 21, 2013 Meeting Afternoon session starts at 1:00 and will be a discussion lead by Nash Pherson, Now Micro, on these topics: - Educating Colleagues on ConfigMgr Systems Management Key Concepts - Software Update Management Concepts - SCUPdates - Updating Java Amount of time spent will be determined by the group at the meeting. (car pool, do not park in numbered or reserved spots) We are working on enabling remote attendance via Adobe Connect. This will be an experiment for us as we just purchased that software.
 * Time:** 8:30 to 2:45, with a break for lunch
 * Place:** Osseo Senior High Forum Room, 317 2nd Ave NW, Osseo, MN 55369

Attendees (please list your district/school and your name here if you are attending) : AGENDA ITEMS for 3/21/13: Jay_D - change name to Education Service Center Users' Group (EDSCUG)? I'd like to discuss other components of Service Center in this group and would like the name to reflect that. We are working on Service Manager configuration now. Jay_D - Anybody using GITHUB? could be used for exchanging text-based files. Jay_D - There is a movement to create a professional learning network on LinkedIn using a group called K12 IT Collaboration Network. Eric_E - discussion about how we are handling Java at Osseo and the script on this Wiki - SCCM Scripts page Troubleshooting "inactive" clients Eric_E - How do you assess the over health of Config Manager? - prereq to SP1 Chris_K - Compliance Settings vs. Group Policies
 * Osseo - Eric, Lynda, Jay**
 * Richfield - Victor Williams**
 * Anoka-Hennepin - Mike Wachholz**
 * St Francis - David Midlo, Ryan Kelley**
 * Eden Prairie (may be a bit late) - Brandon, Joe, Paul**
 * North St. Paul - Chris Kurkoski**
 * St. Michael-Albertville - Chad Kragness, John Guertin**
 * North St. Paul - Chris**

1) **Next meeting** – **March 21, 2013** (third Thursday of this month). We are happy to host this meeting and all future meetings at an Osseo facility, but everybody else is welcome to host as well. Just let me know. 2) I suggest that **future meetings** be on this schedule: 3) **Agenda for March 21 – Wide open right now**. We like the format of the last meeting where we listed topics as people entered the room and went thru the list during the meeting. **You can also email me with topics or add them below.** I have no doubt that we can talk about Config Mgr all day long. We also thought that having a specific topic after lunch would be good and attendees could decide if they wanted to stay for that topic or not. Again – feedback welcome 5) We could also have **break-out sessions that focus on specific topics** during these meetings. 6) This format guarantees that we will get together at least four times a year and, at this point, no one has to invest the time to create a scheduled agenda. In the future, we may want to create a small group that is responsible for agendas and speakers. 7) I will post this on the wiki meetings page and email you from the wiki in an effort to make sure everyone get this notice. I apologize to those that get this twice.
 * Jay_D 3-8-13**
 * I would like to schedule our next Users’ Group meeting and set the dates for future meetings.**
 * Third Thursday of the following months – April, July, October, January**. We at Osseo felt that these months would work well for our school year/duties and hope they work for you as well. Feedback welcome.
 * 4)** **If anybody would like to lead a discussion about a specific topic, please let me know.**

As some of you know, TIES is creating an SCCM users group whose first meeting is March 15th, at their facility, from noon to two. They announced this plan at their Tech Leadership Conference in February. I gave my business card to the person that appeared to be in charge of this new group, let him know we have a group started, and asked that he contact me so we could discuss charters. I have not heard from him. I checked their web site this morning and can’t find any information about it, not even on their meeting calendar – I’m not sure what that means but I found it interesting. I do know that they sent out email invites to everybody that attended their Feb conference. By the way, we are a member of TIES. Here is the email: || || || Join the TIES SCCM User Group You are invited to join the TIES SCCM User Group for our initial meeting and lunch. || I do not plan on attending this meeting. As we chatted about it here at Osseo, my boss brought up a good question – will other vendors be allowed to present at these TIES meetings? If not, I will not be interested. _
 * ||  || Friday, March 15, 2013 12-2 p.m. Snelling Room [|**TIES**] ||
 * ||  || Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager lets you centrally manage devices, including workstations, handhelds, tablets and network equipment—making your job so much easier! ||
 * ||  || Come join your colleagues and... ● Learn more about SCCM ● Share tips and tricks ● Gain new resources and insights ||
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Meeting Date: December 18th, 2012 Time: 8:30 AM to 11:30, Osseo Senior High Forum Room, 317 2nd Ave NW, Osseo, MN 55369 (car pool, do not park in numbered or reserved spots) We'll have an afternoon "overview" session as well, targeted at those districts that are exploring SCCM. Location:Osseo Senior High Forum Room, 317 2nd Ave NW, Osseo, MN 55369 Attendees:
 * Jay_D - I decided to insert this meeting information at the top of this page rather than the bottom so we don't have to scroll to see current information - feedback on that process is welcome - let me know if you are more accustomed to seeing new info at the bottom or the top (MSFT OneNote also puts new info at the bottom).**
 * STMA - Erik, John, Rita, Chad**
 * Anoka-Hennepin - Jill and up to 6 others**
 * North Branch - Chip and 2 others**
 * Osseo - Eric, Nate, Lynda, Jay**
 * Edina - Adam, Aleksandr, Lance**
 * District 287 - Jonas, Joseph**
 * North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale - Christopher Kurkoski**
 * St. Francis - Ryan, David**
 * Shakopee - Bill**
 * Agenda Items:**
 * Jay_D - introduction to this Wiki**
 * Jay_D - should we set recurring quarterly meeting dates, i.e. Third Thursday of months divisible by 3 (March, June, Sept, Dec)**
 * Jay_D - should we invite Now Micro, Microsoft, and other vendors to do presentations in these meetings?**
 * Jay_D - is anybody using tattoo's? How?**


 * Meeting Date:** June 28, 2012
 * Time:** 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
 * Location:** Osseo Area Schools, Educational Services Center, 11200 93rd Ave N, Maple Grove, MN

General comments after meeting (JayD) Future meetings: 1. ask for responses so we know who to expect for the meeting. We'll need to figure out how to make that work technically as sending a meeting invite from me to the Edina distro list does not work. 2. Lots of useful information was exchanged in a free-flowing conversational format. We even went past the 3 scheduled hours so there is more we could be discussing (even items outside of SCCM)
 * Agenda Items (potential topics):**
 * Attendees:**
 * Osseo - Lynda, Brent, Eric, Nate**
 * Edina - Alex, Adam**
 * STMA - Chad, John**
 * 1) SCCM 2012 Upgrade:
 * 2) Benefits of 2012 (not formaly itemized)
 * 3) Concerns or shortcomings of 2012 - see #4
 * 4) How did you organize 2012?
 * 5) Brent reviewed how Osseo is set up, discussed USMT, tattoos, computer names, re-image if computer moves to another room
 * 6) What challenges/surprises did you encounter?
 * 7) PXE
 * 8) Re-imaged computers did not want imaged
 * 9) Tips and Tricks
 * 10) AdminStudio - []
 * 11) EMCO MSI Package Builder - []
 * 12) Enterprise Driver Manager -[]
 * 13) Osseo's upgrade experience (Now Micro)
 * 14) STMA's upgrade experience (TIES)
 * 15) went from ALtiris to SCCM 2012
 * 16) Edina's status and how do we help?
 * 17) Should we document "Lessons Learned" (project post mortem) on this wiki?
 * 18) Reporting - does anybody have this figured out? Or a strategy for it? (JayD - I have asked TIES for training classes). - minimal discussion about this in this meeting
 * 19) Edina's review of Benchmark's SCCM training
 * 20) talked 2007, then how to do it in 2012 - confusing
 * 21) How often do you reimage computers? have been doing it every year but with SCCM may not need to
 * 22) MEMO Conference, Oct 11, 2012 (not discussed)
 * 23) Opportunity to present SCCM
 * 24) Osseo Win 7 Office 2012 support site (feel free to use any of this): []
 * 25) discussed Earthwalk carts - they are wired with power and data so you can image laptops without removing them from the carts
 * 26) Osseo uses netdom to rename computers
 * 27) Edina uses Deploy Expert rather than driver ghost
 * 28) good source for old game software - gog.com
 * 29) CMTrace is the new Trace32
 * 30) customization tab - enable command support
 * 31) myitforum.com - search for right click tools
 * 32) SCCM log files - some more valuable than others - separate page? (Adam added after this meeting)
 * 33) Tools page
 * 34) Edina bought a program for logging on labs - will advise
 * 35) Adding printers - Adam
 * 36) Post Osseo's power ISO batch file

Jay Durbin 11/27/12 I'm going to consider the **MEMO Conference** (10/11/2012,[]) a "meeting" and put some information from that meeting here. During that meeting, Now Micro's Nash Pherson and Osseo Area Schools' Eric Evenson presented information on using Config Manager to manage iTunes and using Config Manager to deploy software in a lab. We followed that with a panel discussion that included Adam and Lance from Edina; Chad from St. Michael; Eric, Nate, and Lynda from Osseo; and Nash and Chris from Now Micro. (Josh Swanson from Eden Prairie also did a great job of presenting the work he did at Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools on SLA's ( [] ))

Here are the files of the presentations - as with any good presentation PowerPoint, the slides themselves don't tell the whole story...but here they are anyway. This is the ppt for keeping labs fresh and secure:

This is the ppt for managing iTunes:

I put Eric's information about **Scripting an Install** on the **SCCM 2012 page** of this wiki, along with Nash's info on **General Tips for Enterprise Software Distribution**