The DNS Management pack has been updated.  The current version as of this article is 6.0.7000.0   Get it from the download center: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=633B718F-5FE8-47D5-A395-8203F8EC354F    ...

The BIG excitement for me in the Server 2008 R2 space is getting Dynamic Memory enabled on my Hyper-V servers. From TechNet: Dynamic Memory is a new Hyper-V feature that helps you use physical memory more efficiently. With Dynamic Memory, Hyper-V treats...

Microsoft recently announced the release of Service Pack 1 for both Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. SP1 is available for download with your MSDN subscription now, and general availability on Feb 22.   Documentation on SP1, what it includes, and changes...

I didn’t come up with this idea…. I got it from Cameron Fuller who got it from Rory McCaw’s session at MMS last year.  So credit goes to both of them for the idea and initially spreading it.  As I was talking to many of my colleagues, I found...

Not really an OpsMgr post….   but I have been working in my OpsMgr lab trying to get rid of older systems, running on older hardware, with a goal of getting to 100% Hyper-V virtualized.  Microsoft has several “Green” initiatives and this...

There is a new feature added to the R2 Cumulative Update 4 hotfix, which I recently wrote about HERE .  This new feature enables the OpsMgr Management Server to tolerate a SQL outage hosting the OperationsManager database better in specific cases...

I was installing a gateway in a locked down DMZ environment today, and ran across an issue getting my certificates to work. My DMZ based gateway has NO access to browse the Enterprise CA’s website, so I had to request and issue my certificates, and export...

  There is an issue where your SQL server hosting the OperationsManager database might consume large amounts of CPU for extended periods.  This is due to a security cache issue when a non-sysadmin creates a heavy workload on a TempDB database...

****NOTE OpsMgr 2007 R2 CU5 is now shipped and this is an old article. http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2011/08/03/opsmgr-2007-r2-cu5-rollup-hotfix-ships-and-my-experience-installing-it.aspx         The KB article describing...