I thought I'd post the release notes for SP1 here. They will be available online (publication pending), but are also available with the ProductDocumentation folder of the 90-day eval version.   The following Release Notes describe important information...

The Exchange 2003 Management Pack has been refreshed and is available for download from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9ff454f4-6d34-4fb9-9e0b-f5b68c6edc4f&DisplayLang=en   Overview The Exchange 2003 Management Pack...

An updated version of the ADMP (6.0.6278.3) has been released to the Web containing a number of fixes outlined below. This supercedes the version for OpsMgr07 RTM and the version supplied on the SP1 media. This MP contains an updated MP Guide too. Overview...

Online links to this documentation are in the process of publication at the time of this post. Below information is provided from the SP1 SCE_Help.chm file located in the ProductDocumentation folder of the 90-eval download. Upgrading from Essentials 2007...

I stated in a previous post that the existing trace KB article was undergoing a refresh due to changes in OpsMgr SP1 and SCE SP1. The updated article is now available http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942864   Details below:   INTRODUCTION This...

A refresh to the Active Directory Management Pack is now available from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=008f58a6-dc67-4e59-95c6-d7c7c34a1447&DisplayLang=en   The MP contains the following corrective fix "Active Directory...

  KB949451 - The ScheduleFilter module is removed from a rule in System Center Operations Manager 2007 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949451 KB949452 - Event 4618 is logged when you use the AdtSetup.exe program to update an Audit Collection Services...

This is a common alert received after SP1 upgrade and is being actively researched by the product group. Please see http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2008/03/01/performance-module-could-not-find-a-performance-counter.aspx for a temporary solution...

The much awaited Cluster monitoring MP for OpsMgr07 has released to the Web (MP catalog update may take a little longer) Here's the download center link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ac7f42f5-33e9-453d-a923-171c8e1e8e55&DisplayLang...

I know there are more than a few of you that are running the Evaluation version SP1 Release Candidate currently unable to upgrade to SP1 RTM due to the availability of the full SP1 slipstream media. The date I have for release of the media to licensing...

KB946433 - Description of the mode that GSM modems must support to work with SMS notifications in System Center Operations Manager 2007 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946433 KB948730 - WMI does not work correctly after you install the Microsoft System...

The KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949389 discusses the list of issues fixed in System Center Essentials Service Pack 1 (Released today!!). The list below includes specific SCE KB articles and Operations Manager 2007 issues which affect SCE fixed...

System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 (Currently English only - other languages to follow) has now been released! Feature Bullet Summary: System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) incorporates the following the improvements and major changes...

KB949447 - You may have to restart the computer when you install the security update that Microsoft Knowledge Base article 933579 describes - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949447 KB949446 - The mouse pointer disappears and the mouse rotation operation...

A standalone copy of help file (.CHM) for the OpsMgr SDK has been made available for download. Makes off-line reference that much easier! http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/2/5/525fc3d0-f31c-44c8-a323-53bde80ce210/OpsMgr2007SDK.exe

KB946437 - How to disable the use of certificates that are imported by using the MOMCertImport.exe tool in System Center Operations Manager 2007 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946437

The Microsoft Windows System Resource Manager 2003 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 has released and is available for download from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8bbf0f86-9717-4b39-b652-c4648e7413c1&DisplayLang...

French, German and Japanese versions of the DFS MP are now available for download from the MP Catalog http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/scp/opsmgr07.aspx

French, German and Japanese versions of the DHCP 2000-2003 MP are now available for download from the MP Catalog http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/scp/opsmgr07.aspx

French, German and Japanese versions of the DPM 2006  MP are now available for download from the MP Catalog http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/scp/opsmgr07.aspx

Just a heads-up. Those avidly watching MP updates may have noticed a re-publication of the Print Server MP ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=35d1fece-867b-4a0c-8642-57e84e327018&DisplayLang=en ).  The contents haven't...

Boris has created a great PowerShell script for placing groups of computers into maintenance mode. See http://blogs.msdn.com/boris_yanushpolsky/archive/2008/03/04/one-more-maintenance-mode-script.aspx