The core MP’s have been updated on their regular schedule.  If you are running OpsMgr 2007 R2 – you should update these as soon as possible.   You can get the update here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=61365290...

There were some changes made in the most recent SQL MP I wrote about here: SQL MP version 6.1.314.36 released–adds support for SQL 2008R2 and many other changes   Some of the noisy rules and monitors were disabled by default – and some workflows...

      Many people have commented that there is no Print Server Management Pack for Server 2008 R2.   As of this writing – the current Print MP is 6.0.6392.0 which supports monitoring Print Services on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and...

Some customers have decided it is too much trouble to mess with setting Agent Proxy enabled on agents on an as-needed basis.  In some cases, they have too many agents being added on a daily basis, and the amount of work to keep up with this setting...

The Basic Service Unit Monitor is a very common monitor type to check the running status of any Windows Service.   The design of this Monitor by default – is to ONLY monitor the service – if the Startup Type is set to “Automatic” This is because...