Here's another interesting issue I came across the other day that I thought I would share with you just in case you happen to find yourself in a similar situation.  Hopefully if you do then this will help you get all this working the way it should...

Here's an issue that was sent to me courtesy of a couple different Support Engineers in our Operations Manager group. Apparently we're getting a call or two on this and they thought it might help if we got the word out. Issue: You may notice that on...

Just a quick heads-up that the System Center Operations Manager product team has uncovered an issue with the IIS Modules QFE (KB957123) where it may cause the SDK service and Config service to become disabled.  They're working on a fix now but if...

A couple months ago I spoke with a customer that had a relatively large environment that included several Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Clusters and there was some confusion generated by what we found under the Windows Cluster View in the Monitoring Pane...

Just an FYI, but if you haven't seen it yet NiCE has a DB2 Management Pack for OpsMgr 2007 in case you have any DB2 servers you're wanting to monitor.  I haven't used this myself but I've heard good things about it.  I included the brief overview...

We have a cool webcast coming up on Friday, February 20th concerning custom reports and Operational Dashboards in OpsMgr 2007.  Details and a registration link are below: ======== Language(s): English. Product(s): Microsoft System Center Operations...

Our very own Steve Rachui just posted a cool how-to on setting up connected management groups in Operations Manager 2007.  If you're not familiar with the concept, this allows us to create a 'single pane of glass' view of an OpsMgr environment with...

Just a quick FYI but over on the Operations Manager Team Blog they published a couple great resources for the heavy duty Management Pack author.  If this is you then you'll want to check these out:   ======== I just want to make sure everyone...

Over on msexchange.org , Rui Silva published a great article on monitoring Forefront Security for Exchange with OpsMgr 2007 so in case you missed it you can view it here .  He also has a great guide on Monitoring Exchange 2007 With System Center...

When running one of the tasks in the action pane of System Center Operations Manager 2007, the results may be displayed in a window as unformatted XML. This is due to a SQL transform that was added in the RTM (original) version and was changed with Service...

Confused about monitoring System Center Configuration Manager with Operations Manager in a 64-bit environment?  If so then My Phuong Le over on the Configuration Manager Team Blog   has a great post that should clear things up a little:  ...

Wanting to get your hands on the new beta of the native Exchange 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007?  Today is your lucky day: ======== A beta of the native Exchange 2007 Management Pack is now available. To request access to the Management...

Last week we had one new Knowledge Base article on MOM and two new articles for OpsMgr 2007.  Links and titles are below: ======== KB961046 - Error message when you use the SetActionAccount.exe utility to update the action account password or to...

Are you looking for a forum or newsgroup where you can get help with OpsMgr?  Would you like to provide feedback to the Operations Manager product team?  Or maybe you have a critical issue and need to contact one of our Support Engineers? ...

If you've ever said "You know, if I was the one designing System Center Configuration Manager I'd add ____" or "Why did they do it this way?  It would be much better like _____" then here's your chance to provide that feedback...

Looks like the public beta for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is now open.  To find out how to apply for the beta, download it and provide feedback, click here . J.C. Hornbeck | Manageability Knowledge Engineer

Just a quick note about an upcoming event we have planned that you may be interested in.  This one is taking place next Tuesday on February 10th in three locations across California: Irvine San Francisco Sacramento I know most of you probably aren...

A buddy of mine forwarded me a tip about a webcast coming up on 2/25 (two weeks from yesterday) that's going to cover System Center Operations Manager 2007 and how Quest helps to amplify Operations  Manager's capabilities to include your network...

Here's another cool webcast we have coming up on managing virtual solutions using OpsMgr and ConfigMgr.  This one is on March 24th (Tuesday).  Details and a registration link are below: ======== Language(s): English. Product(s): Other. Audience...

Just an FYI that we have 2 new Knowledge Base articles available for System Center Operations Manager 2007. It looks like these published the end of last week and I have the titles and links below: KB959497 - The System Center Operations Manager 2007...

Over on the Operations Manager 2007 product team blog they announced that they're launching a new survey to gauge the quality of management packs for Operations Manager 2007.  This is your chance to provide feedback straight to the team in charge...