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SharePoint 2013 missing Manage services on server for farm admins

Problem:
Sharepoint is missing options for Manage services and Backup and Restores

Solution:
The issue is even though the admin or group is configured as a Farm administrator inside of SharePoint 2013 the admin/group is not configured on the server as an Administrator. The group must be added as a server Admin to be able to manage these functions.

SCCM 2007 – Server 2012 and Windows 8 Support

Problem:
SCCM 2007 SP2 is not showing any Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 updates in Software Updates.

Solution:

There are two fixes that need to be installed on the server:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30747
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2750782