
Login Consultants released the App-V USB Tool 1.0 which you can download
here.
The App-V USB Tool is an add-on to the App-V 4.5 Client. It makes it possible to automatically, or by request, import and register App-V enabled (sequenced) applications into the App-V Client from any USB storage device. Note: This will only work with applications that are sequenced with App-V 4.5 sequencer or above.

Matt Goedtel has authored guidance on a method to control the deployment and distribution of an Management Pack
Click here for the downloadable version of the article

Richard Trusson: Working on customer site recently I was perplexed by why I could not create an unattend.xml file from within MDT 2010 for my custom Windows 7 x32 image. So I did some digging and finally located a program manager who could explain to me what was going on. The summary is that;
* if you run Windows 7 x32 and WAIK x32 you can create unattends for both x64 and x32 custom images.
* if you run Windows 7 x64 and WAIK x64 you can not create unattends for x32 custom images.
* running x32 WAIK on Windows 7 x64 is not supported.
What the program manager said…(
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Walter Eikenboom: Still a lot of people seem to have problems with Service Principal Names (SPN) and where and how to set them. So with this post I want to clarify a few things and get some basic understanding of the SPN for SCOM 2007 R2 and what the configuration should look like for the most common scenarios.(
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This document gives an overview of creating PRO-enabled management packs and walks you through the steps required to create a simple PRO-enabled management pack.

Download:
Building PRO-Enabled Management Packs

Zane Adam: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 has RTM’d and GA via volume licensing is set for October 1. This is great news for all and I’d like to especially thank our VMM 2008 R2 Development, Product Management, and Test teams. Lots of hard work fueled by their passion in virtualization and management has resulted in a very good software release.
A 180-day evaluation version is now available, too, on the Microsoft Download site. You can access it
here.
Please experience for yourself what the 10,000+ people who have previously downloaded our ‘Release Candidate’ plus organizations such as Continental Airlines, Lionbridge Technologies, and Indiana University have seen with VMM 2008 R2!
I encourage everyone to explore the new System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 and its new features such as quick storage migration, live migration, and many others. We even offer support for vSphere 4.
To learn more on the new features and capabilities of VMM2008 R2, please try to attend our upcoming TechNet session ‘Technical Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2’. Presented by our Technical Product Manager Kenon Owens, it will be chocked full of new and cool VMM 2008 R2 items. Go here to register for this Wednesday, September 09, 2009 (10:00 AM Pacific) event.