VSAE – TechNet Wiki
Hi All, Yesterday I created a new TechNet Wiki page for Visual Studio Authoring Extensions,...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleased is Unleashed
Today the System Center 2012 Operations Manager book became available in Amazon. I would recommend this book to anyone that works with Operations Manager! Purchase the book (paperbook or Kindle) here,...
View ArticleVSAE – Management Pack Template Groups
Using the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions to build your management packs, one extremely useful piece of functionality is the ability to create multiple rules/monitors/discoveries/tasks/views etc....
View ArticleSCOM Management Packs – Microsoft Raising the Bar
Over the years there has been a number of management packs from Microsoft that have left some customer wanting, with both the level of monitoring and knowledge provided within them. That being said,...
View ArticleSCOM Management Packs – Wiki
There has been a very useful TechNet Wiki page posted that lists all the currently available management packs, and the relevant links to download them. The page also includes all management packs...
View ArticleSCOM Sessions at MMS 2013
Want to know all the OpsMgr sessions that are going to be on this year at MMS, well here they are....
View ArticleVSAE Wiki Updated
Hi All, I have updated the TechNet Wiki page on the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions with two additional subjects, courtesy of Matthew Long. The two new subjects are: Switch MP Project between 2007...
View ArticleWin a Full MMS 2013 Conference Pass from Infront Consulting Group!
Enter to Win One Full MMS 2013 Conference Pass from Infront Consulting Group Hello everyone, Infront is pleased to give away one full conference pass to MMS 2013 worth $2195. We would love to give it...
View ArticleInfront MMS Full Conference Pass Winner has been Announced
The winner of the Infront Consulting Group Full MMS Conference Pass giveaway has been announced by Rory McCaw in a video on Facebook. Get over there now to see if you’re the lucky winner,...
View ArticleVSAE – Include File Content
One of the features I love in the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions is IncludeFileContent. This feature enables you to include script files into a management pack, without needing to write the script...
View ArticleDPM & Certificates
The good folks at Microsoft have recently put out a three post series on DPM certificate troubleshooting, which I thought I would share. Certificates seem to be a common cause of problems, so this...
View ArticleMVP Speaker Series
Hi All, This week sees the start of a new MVP Speaker Series covering Windows Server and System Center technologies. Many of the presentations will be sessions that couldn’t be accommodated at MMS,...
View ArticleTech.Days Online UK Starts Tomorrow
So, Tech.Days UK starts tomorrow and runs through until the end of Friday, and it is all available online. Take a look at the session schedule here,...
View ArticleTech.Days Online UK Starts Tomorrow!
So, Tech.Days UK starts tomorrow and runs through until the end of Friday, and it is all available online. Take a look at the session schedule here,...
View ArticleCentralise DPM 2010 Availability Reporting
We all know that one of the biggest frustrations of DPM is that each DPM server has to be managed individually as there is no central console. This also includes reporting and this can be an even...
View ArticleMonitoring DPM 2010 using OpsMgr, Cookdown & PowerShell
A query I often here is, “how can I accurately monitor DPM?”, and this is actually more difficult than it sounds. If you only have one DPM server, it is quite easy to monitor the state of your backups...
View ArticleData Source Monitoring Script for OpsMgr (Cookdown)
This script is for use in a Operations Manager 2007 R2 / 2012 monitor and requires the DPM Server Name to be passed to it. For full details on how to use this script, see the article “Monitoring DPM...
View ArticleDPM 2007 Shell – Error ID: 4319
Migrated from scdpmonline.org on May 6th, 2013. If you try to run DPM cmdlets in the DPM Management Shell on a computer other than the DPM server after installing SP1 you will probably see this error....
View ArticleVisual Studio Authoring Extensions Tips & Tricks
Hi All, Last week I did a presentation on Tips & Tricks to Using the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions for the MVP Pro Speaker Series. If you use VSAE or are planning to, I recommend taking a...
View ArticleBlogging from Microsoft Surface RT
Recently I became the owner of Microsoft Surface RT, and I must say I have been very impressed with it. I had been debating buying one for a while now, and then Microsoft announced that they would give...
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