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New Screencast Series: Service Level Dashboard 2.0
In these three short screencasts, IT Pro Evangelist Matt Hester shows how you can use the Service...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 11/19/2009
Microsoft and Novell Announce Broad Collaboration on Windows and Linux Interoperability and Support
Maybe you missed this news being busy at Tech Ed Berlin ;-) But Microsoft and Novell announced a set...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 11/12/2009
TechNet Webcast: Optimizing Operations Manager for Monitoring, Auditing, and Dashboards (Level 300)
Check out this webcast. Event Overview Learn how to optimize Microsoft System Center Operations...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 11/05/2009
Interoperability: Monitor your Unix and Linux Servers with OpsMgr 2007 R2
Today I created a video demonstrating monitoring your Unix and Linux servers with OpsMgr 2007 R2 for...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/29/2009
New version of Savision Live Maps for Operations Manager R2
I just downloaded and installed the latest version of Savision Live Maps in my demo environment and...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/28/2009
Public Beta OpenUMR - Cross Monitoring Integrator available
Today I got a friendly email from Markus Schneider about the general availability of OpenUMR on...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/27/2009
OpsMgr Crossplatform Logging on the Unix Agent
I’m currently busy with learning more about Crossplatform monitoring with OpsMgr 2007 R2 and...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/24/2009
OpsMgr can monitor everything: The Coretech Coffee Monitor Management Pack – 0.0.0.1
How cool is this? Coretech has created a coffee monitor MP. This management packs can be used to...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/22/2009
Online documentation on Authoring in Operations Manager 2007 R2
Now the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Authoring Resource Kit has been released you may...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/22/2009
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Authoring Resource Kit
The System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Authoring Resource Kit is now available for download on...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/22/2009
Finding MP for Monitor with PowerShell
Today I needed to find the Management Pack for a certain Monitor using PowerShell. And it took me...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/12/2009
Microsoft Hyper-V Integration Components source code has made it to the Linux kernel tree
Source: Matthijs’s blog The Integration Components for Hyper-V made it to the Linux Kernel tree....
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/09/2009
Securing OpsMgr Reports in OpsMgr 2007 SP1
Today I got a question about retrieving the GUID for a newly created OpsMgr Report Operator...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/06/2009
Updated IPD guide for System Center Operations Manager
There is an updated version of the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for OpsMgr and Windows...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/06/2009
Adding Report Details to your Custom OpsMgr Report
So you finally created that super cool custom report in OpsMgr and you want to add all the info...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 10/03/2009
Direct access to the MP Guides and MP Catalog from the Ops Console
Today I got a question from a customer asking where they could find the MP Guides if they are...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 09/10/2009
Reblog: READY: Should you care about Windows PowerShell?
Source: get-powershellblog Marco Shaw posted this article on his weblog. “I’m going to start...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 09/07/2009
Everything you wanted to know about OpsMgr Data Warehouse Grooming but were afraid to ask
I know there are already quite some other blog posts about OpsMgr Data Warehouse Grooming. But I was...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 08/15/2009
Save the Date MMS 2010 April 19-23
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 08/03/2009
New bi-weekly news letter focused on MP Best Practices on OpsManJam
Source: OpsManJam This time in “Tech Talk”: “Managing noise with your management pack. A frequent...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/30/2009
The Partner Pack Newsletter: Subject related to MP Best Practices
Source: MOMTeam Maybe you have missed the blog post from Chris Fox about The Partner Pack Newsletter...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/29/2009
NEW nworks MP 5.0
Source: Gerben’s Blog On Virtualization “Veeam released a new version of it’s plug-in (Management...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/29/2009
When does my OpsMgr 2007 R2 Eval versions ends?
Today I am at a customer who has installed the OpsMgr 2007 R2 Evaluation version and wanted to know...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/24/2009
The failure code on the certificate was 0x800B010A (A certificate chain could not be built to a trusted root authority.)
Last week I was helping a customer with some OpsMgr certificate issues with their monitoring Agents...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/21/2009
Microsoft Technet: Tip: Uncover Memory-Related Bottlenecks
Source: Microsoft Technet “Memory is often the source of performance problems, and you should always...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/21/2009
Reblog: Submit questions for the Operator's Manual
Source: Word and Software (Jeanie Decker) Jeanie Decker want you to submit questions for the OpsMgr...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/11/2009
Reblog: Integrating VMM and OpsMgr Maintenance Mode
Source: System Center Virtual Machine Manager Alan Goodman: “Since the introduction of this feature...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/10/2009
Tip on Custom OpsMgr Report Parameters
Sorry for not posting any new OpsMgr posts lately, but I’m just too busy right now. Hopefully I’ve...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/08/2009
Reblog: Tool: OpsMgr 2007 - RuntimeHealthExplorer
Source: Notes on System Center Operations Manager I’ve updated my OpsMgr toolbox collection with a...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/04/2009
New website about Interoperability @ Microsoft
Source: @dehaaspeter Microsoft has launched a new website Interoperability @ Microsoft. The...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 06/03/2009
MP Template Guide on OpsManJam
Jeanie Decker Vlad Jonaovic have put together a mp template and guide for creating MP guides. Use...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 05/21/2009
When will there be WSDL for the MP Catalog Webservice?
Did you know that in PowerShell V2 using a Web service is very easy with the new Cmdlet...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 05/15/2009
visViewer: Free Shareware Visio Viewer
Source: The Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog Visio MVP David Parker recently developed visViewer as...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 05/14/2009
Reblog: FREE .NET / C# Tutorial from pluralsight
Source: Gold Coast If you are like me and want to be programmer there is a great free .NET / C#...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 05/13/2009
MMS 2009 first day Keynote announcements
Bob Kelly (Picture by Andre Pronk) At the 10th annual Microsoft Management Summit this week in Las...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/29/2009
Reblog: Announcing a New Program for System Center Influencers
Source: Nexus SC Yesterday there was a new announcement at MMS 2009. A new program for System Center...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/28/2009
First MMS 2009 announcements
Today was the first unofficial day of MMS 2009 in Las Vegas and here are some announcements:...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/28/2009
Become an MMS 2009 “Virtual Attendee”
Source: MMS 2009 organization I just got an email from the MMS 2009 organization that’s possible to...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/27/2009
My Operations Manager 2007 SQL Queries
Jonathan Almquist started a blog post about Operations Manager 2007 SQL Queries. “I’m starting a new...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/25/2009
Reblog: Visio Add-in for Operations Manager 2007 R2 Beta released
Source: System Center Operations Manager blog The Visio Add-in for System Center Operations Manager...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/25/2009
New downloads for OpsMgr 2007 R2 on Connect
There are new downloads available for OpsMgr 2007 R2 on Connect. Bulk URL Editor (BUE) for...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/23/2009
Following MMS 2009 on Twitter
MMS 2009 is very close now and I’m getting ready to leave on Sunday for Las Vegas. More and more...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/23/2009
Remote Operations Manager 2007 to Be Retired
The decision has been made to retire System Center Remote Operations Manager 2007. This means that...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/14/2009
Reblog: Release: Veeam nworks 4.5
Source: Gerben’s Blog On Virtualization Veeam released version 4.5 of it’s nworks monitoring...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/11/2009
System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Internet Information Services 7.0 Monitoring support
Source: Microsoft Download Center Brief Description This QFE updates the System Center Operations...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/09/2009
TechNet Webcast: Operations Manager 2007 R2 Deployment and Upgrade Best Practices (Level 300)
Source: Microsoft Technet Language(s): English. Product(s): Microsoft System Center Operations...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/09/2009
Time To Prepare For MMS 2009
I just received an email from the MMS Event Team to prepare for MMS 2009. I’ve already done that,...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/08/2009
Reblog: Do you have an interest in Microsoft System Center products and solutions?
Source:User Groups and Community The Microsoft System Center team is pleased to announce the...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 04/02/2009
Yet another Maintenance Mode GUI
Today I got an email from Mark Wolzak with the question if I could give some exposure to his newly...
Author: Stefan Stranger Date: 03/26/2009