Using System Center Operations Manager to monitor your SharePoint environment (Dutch)

System Center Operations Manager 2007 is THE end to end Monitoring Solution. In this session we will discuss what you, as SharePoint guys, find relevant to be monitored.
System Center Operations Manager uses a SharePoint Monitoring toolkit for monitoring the SharePoint Environment. This toolkit consists of a set of System Center Operations Manager 2007 management packs designed to help IT pros monitor their WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 and 2007 SP1 environments. These newly released packs were engineered to take advantage of SCOM 2007’s features, including new and improved reporting, additional actions, new views, and integrate IIS and SQL health rollup for a better understanding of the system-level dependencies of the SharePoint environments.
And last but not least: System Center Operations Manager can also emulate end user experience by monitoring a Web Application. We will show you how to monitor a Web Application, even if it is require credentials, and how to record a browser session.

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1178

At Techdays 2009 in Antwerp SCUG interviewed Nigel Cain ( Program Manager - Operations and Service Management group) and asked him some questions on System Center Service Manager:

SCUG.BE interviewed the Jeff Wettlaufer (Sr. Technical Product Manager, System Center) at Techdays 2009 in Antwerp!

SCUG.BE interviewed Jeremy Chapman (Senior Product Manager in the Windows client enterprise team) on windows 7 deployment:

TechNet Springboard - Advancing Desktop Management
Imagine a future of enhanced productivity of your employees, while ensuring you have the needed level of control, manageability, and security. Employees can have access to applications and data on demand — virtually, wherever, whenever they need them. Microsoft offers a comprehensive, integrated set of solutions that will help you advance your desktop management, based on the following products:
• The Windows client operating system
• 2007 Microsoft Office system
• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)
• Microsoft Systems Center 2007 family of management solutions
• Windows Server 2008

Advancing Desktop Management  
Imagine a future of enhanced productivity of your employees, while ensuring you have the needed level of control, manageability, and security. Employees can have access to applications and data on demand — virtually, wherever, whenever they need them. Microsoft offers a comprehensive, integrated set of solutions that will help you advance your desktop management, based on the following products:
• The Windows client operating system
• 2007 Microsoft Office system
• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)
• Microsoft Systems Center 2007 family of management solutions

Part I - Optimized Desktop, Why? What? Approach? Tools?
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=918

Part II – Image Management
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=919#

Part III – Microsoft Deployment Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=920

Part IV – Office 2007 Deployment
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=921

Part V – Configuration Management
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=922

Part VI – Group Policy Preferences
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=923

Part VII - Advanced Group Policy Management
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=924

Part VIII - Application Compatibility
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=925

Part IX – Desktop Support
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=926

TechNet Springboard - Beheer van mobiele pc's

In deze sessie komen een aantal problemen in verband met het beheer van mobiele pc’s aan bod en worden de thema’s open en eerlijk besproken. Neem deel en bekijk onze demonstraties over het configureren van BitLocker Drive Encryption, het configureren van Group Policy om draadloze netwerkverbindingen te beheren en het doorsturen van mappen en offline-bestanden mogelijk te maken. We rollen ook software-updates uit met behulp van Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) en configureren Network Access Protection (NAP) om geïnfecteerde mobiele pc’s in quarantaine te plaatsen.

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1103

TechNet Springboard - Gérer les PC mobiles

Cette session étudie une série de problèmes liés à la gestion des PC mobiles et développe ce thème de manière ouverte, franche et honnête. Suivez nos démonstrations sur la configuration de BitLocker Drive Encryption, la configuration d’une Group Policy pour gérer des connexions réseau sans fil et mettre en place des fonctions de réorientation de dossiers et d’utilisation de fichiers en mode déconnecté. Nous étudierons également le déploiement des mises à jour de logiciels à l’aide des Server Update Services (WSUS) et la configuration de Network Access Protection (NAP) pour mettre en quarantaine des PC mobiles potentiellement dangereux.

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1107

Links to separate demos:

Windows Vista Bitlocker:

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1094 (Dutch)

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1109 (French)

Network Access Protection:
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1105 (Dutch)

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1117 (French)

Windows Vista Wireless Networking:

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1101 (Dutch)

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1115 (French)

Folder Redirection:

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1097 (Dutch)

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1111 (French)

Windows Server Update Services:

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1099 (Dutch)

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1113 (French)

Interesting Links

Application Compatibility and User Account Control resourses:

Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.5
Inventory, assess, and prepare applications for Windows 7 and Windows Vista deployment projects.

Windows 7 Application Quality Cookbook
Originally intended for developers, the Application Quality Cookbook is a comprehensive resource describing application compatibility changes in Windows 7.

Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility Resources
If you are in the process of piloting or deploying Internet Explorer 8 or Windows 7, these resources can help you determine potential compatibility impacts beyond the changes to the user agent string in IE8.

Windows Vista Compatiblity Center
Find the compatibility status for thousands of products and get links to the latest downloads for applications and devices.

Application Compatibility Downloadable List for IT Pros
Investigate the current compatibility status of third party applications using this downloadable XLXS format.

Application Compatibility Factory Partners
Leverage key partners to assist in the application compatibility testing and remediation process.

TechNet Webcast: Making Windows Vista Application Compatibility Testing More Predictable
Discover best practices for managing an application compatibility testing project.

In support of the upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 campaign, the Solution Accelerators Team has updated the following guides in the Infrastructure Planning and Design series to reflect new features and capabilities available in Windows Server 2008 R2:

• Active Directory Domain Services
• Internet Information Services 7.5
• File Services
• Print Services

Download the entire IPD series of guides or download an individual guide here. Download now.

These guides outline the critical infrastructure design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation of Windows Server 2008 R2. The reader is guided through the multi-step process of designing components, layout, and connectivity in a logical, sequential order. Following the steps in these guides will result in a design that is sized, configured, and appropriately placed to deliver the stated business benefits, while also considering the performance, capacity, and fault tolerance of the system.

Infrastructure Planning and Design streamlines the planning process by:

• Defining the technical decision flow through the planning process.
• Listing the decisions to be made and the commonly available options to be considered.
• Relating the decisions and options to the business in terms of cost, complexity, and other characteristics.
• Framing decisions in terms of additional questions to the business to ensure a comprehensive alignment with the appropriate business landscape.

ProExchange event: Exchange 2010 Overview

Get a high-level overview of the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, presented by Tonino Bruno, Johan Delimon, and myself. What's new, what's gone, what's different? A lot…

Part I: http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1176

Part II: http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1177

Certificates and Exchange 2007: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

In this session you will be provided with an overview of how certificates are used by almost every Exchange 2007 component for encryption and/or authentication. After attending the session, you will be able to understand how certificates affect your Exchange configuration, and how you should configure certificates for both Transport Layer Security and Secure Sockets Layer services.

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=777

Some additional Chopsticks resources:

How to restore one item using DPM2007
In this video, llse will show you how you can use DPM 2007 to restore one item in a mailbox, by using the Recovery Storage Group in Exchange 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=631

Fun with Regular Expressions for Office Communications Server
Office Communications Server 2007 and its tools use Regular Expressions for phone number manipulations and rules. You will see how you can build your own Regular Expressions from scratch. This first part will show you how easy it is to make regular expressions to capture and replace phone numbers.

Part I: http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=567

Part II: http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=611

Exchange2007: How about Autodiscover, DPM, Database Portability, and EMS - TechDays 2008
In this session you will be given an in-depth overview of the configuration requirements of the Autodiscover service in Exchange 2007, including its importance for the Office Communicator Phone Edition (code-named Tanjay), Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, and Windows Mobile 6.1. You will also be able to decide why Data Protection Manager should be deployed in your Exchange organization. And then, you will dive into this great feature included with Exchange 2007 Mailbox server: Database Portability. To conclude, Ilse will show you five great Exchange Management Shell cmdlets that you will keep in mind when managing your Exchange environment.

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=545

Find more sessions delivered by the ProExchange team:

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?list=tag&id=100

Enjoy!

 Introduction: What is OCS? Positioning, business value
Let’s start with a flashback on the history of Office Communications server (OCS) (LCS 2003, LCS 2005, LCS 2005 Sp1, OCS 2007) and Microsoft Unified Communications. After this short introduction, you will learn more about the power of those tools and why you should care about it.
Next-Generation Collaboration
This first session focuses on “dial-in audio conferencing”, providing you with an on-premise audio conferencing bridge managed by IT as part of the overall communications infrastructure. You will also discover the “desktop sharing across platforms” possibilities (Windows, Macintosh & Linux), through a Web-based interface and the interest of “persistent group chat”, offering the ability to participate in topic-based discussions and even offline.

Unified Communications with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 – Part I (Dutch) :http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1000

Unified Communications with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 – Part I (French) :http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1008

Enhanced Voice and Mobility
This session will introduce to you the “Attendant console and
delegation”, enabling receptionist, and others to manage calls and conferences. Then we will have a close look at the “Initiation Protocol Trunking”, thereby reducing costs by enabling business to setup a direct VoIP connection between an Internet telephony service provider and OCS. You will also learn more about “Mobility and single-number reach”, allowing users to communicate using presence, IM and voice as an extension of their PBX from a unified client and get a view on “Response Group” which provides a simple-to-use basic engine for call treatment, routing and queuing.
Architecture OCS 2007 R2
During this part of the presentation we will discuss the OCS 2007 R2 topology and the different hardware and software requirements

Unified Communications with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 – Part II (Dutch) :

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1004

Unified Communications with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 – Part II (French) : http://www.microsoft.com/belux/technet/nl/chopsticks/default.aspx?id=1012

OCS 2007 R2 - Custom Presence State
In this chopstick, Ilse shows you how you can assign up to four custom presence states to you Office Communicator 2007 R2 users, by creating an XML file, publishing it via a web site, and editing the client's registry.

Virtual Labs

Experience Office Communications Server and discover how you can streamline communications for your users, experience the flexibility and control you need to manage your communications infrastructure, and provide an extensible platform for communications-enabled business processes.

No complex setup or installation is required to try a full-featured TechNet Virtual Lab. You get a downloadable manual and a 90-minute block of time for each module.

• View the Office Communications Server Virtual Labs

Virtual Hard Drive

This download enables you to evaluate Office Communications Server 2007 R2. It is a pre-configured virtual machine contained within the Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) format and provides you with trial software that will automatically expire after 60 days.

This installation requires Hyper-V; you will need to have a base install of Windows Server 2008 (64bit edition), running Hyper-V. For more information on obtaining and installing the latest version of Hyper-V, please visit the Hyper-V home page. Please refer to the system requirements section for more details.

Download the VHD for Office Communications Server 2007 R2

TechNet Product Documentation

Visit the Office Communications Server TechNet Library for a full view of all Office Communications Server product documentation.

• Office Communications Server TechNet Library

Featured Documentation

• Getting Started with Office Communications Server 2007 R2
• New Server Features for Office Communications Server R2
• New Client Features for Office Communications Server R2

Enjoy!