The management pack for SharePoint 2013 (including server and foundation) is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35590 As of this writing – the version on the download site is 15.0.4425.1000 however the...

  This will be a basic walkthrough on installing SharePoint 2013.  The TechNet documentation for the process is here:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262957.aspx     Windows Server 2012 and SQL 2012 will be used...

  A new Base OS MP Version 6.0.7026.0 has shipped.  This management pack includes updated MP’s for Windows 2003 through Windows 2012 operating systems.  This updated MP will import into OpsMgr 2007 or 2012 management groups.   http...

  I recently did a deep dive on how to apply UR2 to System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager.  http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2013/04/11/applying-update-rollup-2-ur2-to-opsmgr-2012-sp1.aspx   The following article covers...

    Update Rollup 2 (UR2) for OpsMgr 2012 SP1 has shipped.  This post will be a simple walk-through of applying it.  This hotfix is included on my Hotfix page for SCOM:  http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2009/01/27...

  One of the features in OpsMgr2012 is the ability to create rich dashboards, and then publish them to a SharePoint site.    This is covered in the product documentation here:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh212924.aspx...

        CU1 for OpsMgr has been released for some time now, this post will be a simple walk-through of applying it.  This hotfix is included on my Hotfix page for SCOM:  http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2009...

  For those that are unfamiliar, MAP is a tool from the solution accelerator team which provides inventory, assessment, and reporting that will help you assess your current IT infrastructure status and determine the right Microsoft technologies for...

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  Way back in the day I wrote about this issue, where the SCOM agent in some cases can consume above typical resource levels of memory, handles, etc.  When this occurs – we will restart the agent to kill any “runaway” processes.  Read about...

  Available at:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2790831/en-us   This hotfix addresses an issue found in Windows Server 2012 (and Win8) that can be exposed when performance data is queried via WMI.  Products that regularly query WMI...

  A little frustration I had recently – and decided I would write on it.   When you open the Orchestrator Runbook designer, remember to always open this “As an Administrator”   The reason for this, is that as you are using the Runbook Tester...

  The following document will cover a basic install of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 at a generic customer.  This is to be used as a template only, for a customer to implement as their own pilot or POC deployment guide. ...

  The following article will cover a basic install of System Center Service Manager 2012 SP1.   The concept is to perform a limited deployment of SCSM, similar to our deployment guide on TechNet:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us...

This is to be used as a template only, for a customer to implement as their own pilot or POC, or customized deployment guide. It is intended to be general in nature and will require the customer to modify it to suit their specific data and processes....

  System Center Orchestrator 2012 SP1 is extremely easy to setup and deploy.  There are only a handful of prerequisites, and most can be handled by the setup installer routine. The TechNet documentation does an excellent job of detailing the...

There is already a very good deployment guide posted on TechNet here:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh457006.aspx   The TechNet deployment guide provides an excellent walkthrough of installing OpsMgr 2012 SP1 for the “all in one...

  System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 has hit the GA (General Availability) milestone.   The best place to see what impact this has in new features and fixes will be here:   http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2013/01/15/system...

  Had an interesting call with a customer.  He had a working SCOM 2012 RTM environment, and applied SP1, and the service pack upgrade appeared to immediately break the web console with the following error:     In the Application log...

  With the new Server Manager that shipped with Windows Server 2012, and Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 , you can manage previous versions of the Server operating system, such was Windows 2003, 2008, and 2008R2.  Some of the...

  I wanted to put together a list of all recently released MP’s which surround the Windows Server 2012 Operating System release, and the roles and feature MP’s that support it.   I’ll update this as new MP’s release.  Last updated 3/08...

  Download:  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12375   Changes in This Update Version 4.0.7577.203 of the Lync Server 2010 Management Pack includes the following changes: Added functionality to support co-existence...

  Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3290   I previously wrote about the older MP and some challenges and workarounds here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2008/08/27/print-server-mp-updated-added...

  As with almost all Microsoft products, there is an MP to monitor ConfigMgr 2012.  This MP is such a divergence from the previous ConfigMgr 2007 MP, I wanted to take a moment and point out the differences.   Not a conversion MP! The previous...

  Download it here:     http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=245476   This guide outlines the infrastructure design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation of Operations Manager. It guides you through the...