The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 has released to the Microsoft download site and is available via the following link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=df07094c-59e9-4ce6...

An update has been released to the backward compatibility MP's for Operations Manager 2007. These MP's are installed by default during a Management Server install and to update them you will need to import the new MP's extracted by this MSI. The updates...

An updated version of the SQL Server 2000-2005 management pack for MOM 2005 have been released to the Web http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=79f151c7-4d98-4c2b-bf72-ec2b4ae69191&DisplayLang=en this includes updated support for...

For those with a long memory, you may recall the Server Base OS MP 05.0.3500.0000 was withdrawn last October a short time after its release, due to technical issues. The most prevelent issue was that MOM agents could fail to restart on boot. See my earlier...

KB937826 is in the process of publication and should be available via the following link http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937826 Introduction You can upgrade the 180-day evaluation version of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 to the full...

In order to make it easier to obtain the Perf and Scale Whitepaper has moved to the Microsoft downloads site. Here's the link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a1b7610d-3dbe-4e51-bcb3-446d50dadf14&DisplayLang=en

The Operations Manager 2007 authoring console is currently still in beta and is available from http://connect.microsoft.com via the System Center Operations and Service Management connection. The help file for the Authoring console, which discusses MP...

Well it's easy enough to do in PowerShell but there are a few caveats involved. I'm running System Center Essentials, I don't have Powershell. Or, I'm sitting at my desk wanting to examine the MP's on my fancy new Vista OS; do I really have to walk all...

Two hotfixes have been released and are currently only available through Microsoft Customer Support Services (CSS). You will not be charged for the support incident. System Center Operations Manager 2007 Hotfix details The forthcoming KB article...

KB937050 will be available via the following link shortly http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937050 Symptoms Users are assigned a specific console scope in Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. These users open the MOM 2005 Administrator console. However...

KB936178 has been released http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936178 SYMPTOMS When you try to import a management pack in Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007, the console stops responding. Then, you receive the following error message: OutOfMemoryException...

The System Center Operations Manager 2007 administrator console contains a settings dialog for Alert resolution states and auto-resolve settings which is not present in System Center Essentials 2007. The console dialog was removed from Essentials to reduce...

KB934757 ( http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934757 ) has been released SYMPTOMS When you open the Web Application Editor - ApplicationName dialog box, and then you click Start capture to monitor a Web browser session in Microsoft Systems Center Operations...

KB934756 ( http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934756 ) has been released INTRODUCTION This article describes how to test the notification settings after you configure e-mail notifications in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. MORE INFORMATION...

KB934760 ( http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934760 ) has been released SYMPTOMS When you try to install a management agent on a remote computer in Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007, you receive the following error message in the Agent...

KB937292 has now been published http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937292 SYMPTOMS When you run the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Prerequisite Viewer for the Server component, the prerequisite check returns the following failure status...

KB919598 ( http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=919598 ) has been recently updated to reflect the fact that all management packs affected have now been published to the Web with updated reports. There is no longer the need to contact Microsoft Customer...

The Vista monitoring MP is now available from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a2d42208-d4fd-46a6-9e8d-0ff7694b5634&DisplayLang=en Overview The Windows Vista Client Monitoring Management Pack is built on the Windows Diagnostics...

The SMS 2003 MP Guide for OpsMgr07 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5a512803-01d2-4ae0-8c9e-4030271fb4ce&DisplayLang=en

The WSUS 3.0 MP for MOM 2005 has been released http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b9eb24e0-93df-430e-9ea7-e46f09a6ab80&DisplayLang=en Overview The WSUS 3.0 Management Pack helps you diagnose and resolve the issues reported as...

KB924043 has been released http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924043 SYMPTOMS Consider the following scenario. You install Multiple Management Group Rollup Solution Accelerator in a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 environment. Then, you use Multiple...

This issue occurs when a new Web Page View is created in the Operations Manager 2007 console. This view is not supported in the Web console which causes this error to be displayed. Microsoft are currently working on a fix for this issue. I'll blog details...

This is currently a known issue. The Reporting install will roll back when installed in a disjointed namespace. The symptoms can be the same as those for http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936219 (Error message when you try to install System Center Operations...

KB936219 has been released http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936219 CAUSE This problem occurs if you configure Operations Manager 2007 to use the Local System account as the OpsMgr SDK Service account. In this configuration, the installation queries...

Seeing these symptoms? Even after rebooting and waiting a long period of time for availability data to be collected from servers, they still don't appear on reports OR Servers appear on reports but their availability metrics appear static between report...