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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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 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...

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

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...

Take a look in the Authoring Management Packs section of the following page http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/default.aspx for 32-bit and 64-bit downloads of the release candidate. The Authoring Guide is also available for download from the same...

An updated Operations guide has been released to the web and is available for download via http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/bb498235.aspx Here is the revision history for this update:     February 22, 2008 Added "Maintenance and...

Finally the edits for SP1 RTM have been made to  http://support.microsoft.com/?id=944443   SUMMARY This article lists the issues that are fixed in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). INTRODUCTION This article...

The SQL MP has been refreshed which is a documentation update only http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363&DisplayLang=en The MP Guide now includes the changes made to the MP in the last update...

The following new converted (Converted MOM 2005 MP's)  MP's have been released to the Web:   Antigen 9 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=72cda2c2-6dbd-4c70-bfcc-d2c8c6e459d3&DisplayLang=en Automated Deployment Services...

The Report Authoring guide is now available via the following link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d826b836-59e5-4628-939e-2b852ed79859&DisplayLang=en   Also applies to the original release, however one aspect Report...

    On Feb 22nd we shipped the Service Pack 1 of OpsMgr 2007. We made one last minute change to one of the upgrade steps in the upgrade guide which did not make it to the upgrade documentation that was shipped with the SP1 bits. If you are upgrading...

I've seen several questions on this topic both internally and externally so it deserves more of an explanation than the upgrade guide possibly supplies. If you have installed the SP1 RC Evaluation version or SP1 Evaluation version and need to upgrade...

All these by the way are issued fixed in Service Pack 1 KB941017  (The "Columns to display," "Sort columns by," and "Group items by text" values in the Inventory View properties are not localized in System Center Operations...

The Operations Manager Authoring Guide is now available http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/OM2007_AuthGuide.doc . The Authoring Console RTM is not yet available. The Deployment Guide updated for SP1 is available...

Worth while keeping your feeds updated with info on  http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2008/02/23/system-center-operations-manager-2007-service-pack-1-sp1-now-available.aspx The TechCenter is already in the process of updates related...