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Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer

smoss — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:44:53 GMT

Last night I heard about a cool FREE Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer that is available on the internet at https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/Default.aspx Its an Online Wizard that will...(read more)

October 2009 Operations Manager 2007 MP Updates

smoss — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:13:55 GMT

Listing of late October 2009 MP Updates. New client OS MP, that inculdes Windows 7 MP. Windows Client 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 Operating System Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 http://www.microsoft...(read more)

Atlanta SMUG – Friday October 9th 2009 updated agenda!

smoss — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:44:05 GMT

The Atlanta Southeast Management User Group invites you to attend the next SMUG meeting scheduled for October 9th, 2009 for a day of great presentations, discussions, and networking. Registration Link...(read more)

System Center Virtual User Group Meeting #8 October 15th Registration is Ready!

smoss — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:09:59 GMT

The next System Center Virtual User Group meeting #8 will be October 15th, 12 noon central start time. We have a great mix with presentations from AVICode, to Security Auditing SP2 for ACS a technical...(read more)

Windows Server Operating System Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 version 6.0.6667.0

smoss — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:23:00 GMT

available here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3529D233-5E3E-4B51-8F66-5D6F27005EC3&displaylang=en&displaylang=en Overview The Windows Server Operating System Management...(read more)

Operations Manager Learning Resources

smoss — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:42:30 GMT

I've been collecting links to resources for learning or learning more about Operations Manager. Expect more updates in the next month or two. AuthorMPs AuthorMPs - Site dedicated to Authoring MPs....(read more)

System Center Virtual User Group meeting #7 Recording available

smoss — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:21:34 GMT

Another great meeting last week. I wanted to thank the Speakers Omid Abdollahpour for his Hyper-V talk, Morgan Holm for his insight to the Bridgways Virtual Machine MP, and finally, Raphael Burri and Pete...(read more)

Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 version 6.0.6648.0 corrects SQL cluster monitoring problems

smoss — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:26:00 GMT

Download Link for SQL MP Overview Read the Important Pre-Requisite Notes as well as other supporting documentation The SQL Server Management Pack provides the capabilities for Operations Manager 2007 to...(read more)

System Center Virtual User Group Meeting #7 July 23rd Registration is Ready

smoss — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:56:00 GMT

The next System Center Virtual User Group meeting #7 will be July 23rd, 12 noon central start time. We have a great mix of Windows 2008 R2 hyper-V, monitoring Virtual Machines with Bridgeways products...(read more)

Management Pack University and MMS 2009 DVDs

smoss — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:35:00 GMT

Just got my MMS 2009 DVDs in the mail. Looking forward to seeing the sessions that I was double booked on! Also the Microsoft Technet web site now has Management Pack University. Check it out there is...(read more)

Atlanta SMUG - June 26, 2009

smoss — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:40:39 GMT

The Atlanta Southeast Management User Group invites you to attend the next SMUG meeting scheduled for June 26th, 2009 for a day of great presentations, discussions, and networking. Registration Link: http...(read more)

New OpsMgr Technet Forums!

smoss — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:05:00 GMT

Another update for the OpsMgr team, the old news group forums have moved to Technet Forums! http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/systemcenteroperationsmanager...(read more)

A few more Operations Manager 2007 Tools

smoss — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:37:27 GMT

Some tools that have been released recently that should be checked out. Notification Test Tool I've been waiting for this on, look forward to playing with it in the lab. http://blogs.technet.com/momteam...(read more)

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

smoss — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:29:00 GMT

Is available for download at this url. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e9f3cd3f-9bc0-45cd-b10f-120e937ee4c4 This management pack is only supported on the R2...(read more)

MP Viewer 1.7 and MP Studio Lite, not showing object discovery frequency in IIS 7 Management Pack

smoss — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:36:00 GMT

During a recent IIS 7 MP tune up, I noticed in MP Viewer 1.7 was only showing 6 discoveries with time frequencies, which seemed odd because I had just made overrides for more than 20 Object Discoveries...(read more)

Atlanta SMUG Meeting - June 26, 2006

smoss — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:36:02 GMT

Live Meeting Recording for System Center Virtual User Group Meeting #6 May 21nd, 2009

smoss — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:20:30 GMT

The Live Meeting Recording for System Center Virtual User Group Meeting #6 May 21nd, 2009 is available for download. Get it Here! Run Time: Steve Rachui (SCCM Topic) start to 50:43:00 break/poll/technical...(read more)

Operations Manager 2007 R2 has been RTMed!

smoss — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:36:32 GMT

Check out the R2 Web Site! http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/operationsmanager/en/us/default.aspx R2 can also be found on Connect. Have a great Memorial Day weekend!...(read more)

System Center Virtual User Group Meeting #6 May 21st Registration is Ready

smoss — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:22:00 GMT

The next System Center Virtual User Group meeting #6 will be May 21st, 12 noon central start time. We have a good mix of SCCM and Operations Manager presentations. Agenda (Central Time Zone) Presenter...(read more)

System Center Virtual User Group Meeting #6 May 21st (registration soon)

smoss — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:48:05 GMT

The next System Center Virtual User Group meeting #6 will be May 21st, 12 noon central start time. I'm in the process of confirming speakers so look for a good mix of Operations Manager and SCCM in...(read more)

MMS 2009 Round up

smoss — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:12:11 GMT

Another great Microsoft Management Summit. So many news items I'll try and sum it up in a few lines. Pre-MMS News: Visio Add-in for Operations Manager 2007 R2 beta, is available for download on connect...(read more)

PowerScripting Podcast

smoss — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:37:47 GMT

Not sure if I've ever brought up this or not on my blog so I'm going to drop it in today. I had the pleasure of sitting in on the recording of the PowerScripting Podcast 66th episode last week...(read more)

QFE update for OpsMgr 2007 IIS MP has been re-released

smoss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:51:00 GMT

The QFE update for OpsMgr 2007 to support the IIS 7 MP ver 6.0.6539.0 has been re-released. This QFE hot fix should be deployed any RMS, Management Servers, Gateway Servers, and Manually installed agents...(read more)

Microsoft TechDays Defy All Challenges

smoss — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:23:00 GMT

On April 1st, 2009, Microsoft is putting on a free 24 hour virtual event covering developer-related topics. There will be 95 live sessions provided via Live Meeting in the following tracks: *Windows Development...(read more)

Operations Manager 2007 R2 Release Candidate available on Connect!

smoss — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:47:00 GMT

Just checked connect and Operations Manager R2 Release Candidate is available for download....(read more)

Dell OpsMgr Management Pack Version 3.1.1

smoss — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:37:00 GMT

An updated Dell MP was released this past Friday. Dell OpsMgr 2007 Management Pack Version 3.1.1 Some notes: Version A00 changes: - Dell Server and Printer Management Pack (Dell.Connections.001.mp) code...(read more)

System Center Virtual User Group Meeting #5 March 19th

smoss — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:20:00 GMT

The next System Center Virtual User group meeting #5 will be March 19th, 12 noon central time. We have a good mix of SCCM, DCM, Powershell and OpsMgr 2007, on with the agenda! Agenda (Central Time Zone...(read more)

SCOM cmdlet New-ManagementGroupConnection

smoss — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:24:00 GMT

How would one manage two different management groups from one PowerShell console? This is when you would need to use the two cmdlets New-ManagementGroupConnection and Set-Location. You have two different...(read more)

QFE update for OpsMgr 2007 IIS MP ver 6.0.6539.0 has been pulled

smoss — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:53:00 GMT

If you downloaded the QFE update yesterday, trash it. Microsoft is in the process updating the QFE hotfix for OpsMgr 2007 that was released for the IIS MP. I'll update with a new post when the updated...(read more)

Windows Server Internet Information Services for System Center Operations Manager 2007 ver 6.0.6539.0 Released!

smoss — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:53:14 GMT

Prior to installing this IIS MP deploy this QFE update to the RMS, Management Servers, Gateway Servers, and manually installed agents. QFE UPDATE Windows Server Internet Information Services for System...(read more)