* OpsMgr 2007 R2 on Windows 2003 setup steps guide download (6.7 M)
* Use Server Manager, Add Features, and under ".NET Framework 3.5.1 Features" select ".NET Framework 3.5.1"
* Install SQL 2008 Std x64, select Database Engine Services & Reporting Services (no SQL Server Replication, no Full-Text Search, no Analysis Services), then update to SP1. Use a domain account (such as MYCOMPANY\svcacct) for running SQL services. If you get this error "No mapping between account names and security IDs was done" then you might have not selected the "Generalize" checkbox when running Sysprep.
* Use Server Manager, add "Web Server" role. The following Web Server Role Services should automatically be selected: Static Content, Default Document, Directory Browsing, HTTP Errors, Request Filtering. Click to select additional Role Services: ASP.NET, .NET extensibility, ISAPI Extensions, ISAPI Filters, Windows Authentication, IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility, IIS 6 WMI Compatibility.
* Install AJAX Extension 1.0 for ASP.NET 2.0 (for WebConsole Health Explorer)
* NOTE: If SQL 2008 R2 is used, please use this setup guide http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2425714. Make sure to read this section first "High level steps for a new installation". The tool DBCreateWizard.exe can be found in <SCOM Installation Media>\SupportTools\AMD64 folder".
* Install Operations Manager 2007 R2 - Management Server Action Account: MYCOMPANY\svcacct (the account used for agent push installation)
* Install Operations Manager 2007 R2 Reporting - Start SQL Reporting service - Data Warehouse Write Account & Data Reader Account: MYCOMPANY\svcacct
* Manual agent installation on managed servers: - Servers to be managed often have personal firewall so manual agent installation is the easiest way. - To allow agent manual install, in OpsMgr console, click the Administration tab, Settings node, then Security item, Properties: and choose "Review new manual agent installation in pending management view" if it is has not been selected. - Copy the Agent folder (found in the OpsMgr installation media) to the servers to be managed, and launch "MOMAgentInstaller.exe" - In OpsMgr console, Admin tab,, Pending Management node, approve the manual agent installation requests.
============= Exchange Servers monitoring
- By default, after the agents are installed on Exchange servers, these servers are still not discovered and displayed in the SCOM console until we do some Override.
* Enable Proxy for Agents on Exchange servers
* Download and install some typical Management Packs: - Windows Server Base OS System Center Operations Manager 2007 MP.msi - Active Directory Operations Manager 2007 MP.msi - Exchange Server 2007 Operations Manager 2007 R2 MP.msi
* In Authoring/Management Pack Objects/Object Discoveries, override the following: (change the Disabled to Enabled, change the discovery frequency to 120 sec)- Exchange 2007 CAS Role Discovery
- Exchange 2007 CCR Clustered Mailbox Server Role Discovery? - Exchange 2007 CCR Node Role Discovery?
- See also: this article for Exchange 2010.
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* To enable External OWA synthetic transaction monitoring: - On DNS, create CNAME mail.mycompany.com.vn pointing to the Exchange CAS server. - On Exchange CAS: Open IIS MMC, select Server node, create Domain Certificate, set common name and friendly name to mail.mycompany.com.vn; select "Default Web Site" node, Binding, delete existing SSL binding, create a new one, and associate the newly created SSL certificate with it. - On Exchange CAS MMC, set both internal external OWA virtual directories to https://mail.mycompany.com.vn/owa, run New-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1, then Test-OwaConnectivity.ps1
* To see incoming emails with a specific subject from a Management Server - Authoring tab, create a "command line" task for Exchange Hub Transport servers, Full Path: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe, Parameters: -PSConsoleFile "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin\exshell.psc1" -command "Get-MessageTrackingLog -EventID 'RECEIVE' -MessageSubject 'test email' | fl Timestamp, Sender, Recipients, MessageSubject" - Monitoring tab, Exchange group, Hub Transport node, Hub Servers State, click the newly created task on Action pane
* OpsMgr 2007 R2 overview slide download
* OpsMgr 2007 R2 introduction labs video download (12M)01.Importing Mgmt Pack .e.3m.avi02.Creating n using Views.e.4m.avi03.Creating n using Tasks.e.6m.avi04.Monitor_Override_Simple_Event.e.6m.avi05.Monitor_Override_IIS_Performance.e.7m.avi06.Creating_IIS_Perf_Rule.e.6m.avi07.Web_Console.e.4m.avi08.Role-based Security.e.7m.avi
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* Monitoring Exchange 2010. Part 2
* How to test notification settings after you configure e-mail notifications for a recipient or for a subscription in Operations Manager 2007
* How to Obtain a Certificate Using Windows Server 2008 Stand-Alone CA in Operations Manager 2007
* How to Obtain a Certificate Using Windows Server 2008 Enterprise CA in Operations Manager 2007
* Creating Graphical Reports for Exchange 2007 (Part 1)
* Configuring the Native Exchange 2007 MP for OpsMgr 2007 R2 (Part 1)
* Why do my group memberships for Windows Computers have machines that don't belong there? There is a relationship in this MP that we need to disable.
* Logical disk space monitoring
* ForeFront TMG 2010 overview silde download (4M)
* Đảm bảo an toàn truy nhập Internet với Microsoft ForeFront TMG (3M)
* ForeFront TMG 2010 overview demo video download (22M)
* Microsoft ForeFront TMG home page
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* Installing and Configuring the Email Hygiene Solution on the TMG 2010 Firewall – Part 1: Installation
* Installing Threat Management Gateway 2010 RTM Enterprise Edition
* Overview slide presentation download (3M)
* App-V 4.5 setup steps (PPT format) (14M)
* RDP 6.1 for WinXP-KB952155-x86 (1.6M)
* App-V 4.6 Public Beta now available for download
* App-V 4.5 trial guide (1.6M)
* App-V 4.5 demo video download (3.7M)
* SoftGrid for TS demo video, 5 min version (0.6M)
* SoftGrid for TS demo video, 12 min version (1.3M)
* Scripting within OSD files (0.05M)
* Sequencing, a detailed guide (3M)
* Microsoft App-V 4.5 documentations
* Sequencing Best Practices
* Methods for Upgrading or Updating Virtualized Applications
* SoftGrid: Sequencing Office Professional 2007 in 30 easy steps
* Upgrading an Office 2007 package to SP1 in 20 easy steps
* App-V on Microsoft.com site
* Dung K Hoang (HP USA) blog: http://dungkhoang.spaces.live.com/default.aspx - VM creation script
* PowerShell management library for Hyper-V
* Hyper-V remote management configuration: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/HVRemote
* Windows Activation steps:- slmgr.vbs -ipk [product key here]. This step is only needed for MAK keys.- slmgr.vbs -ato- slmgr.vbs -dli- slmgr.vbs -dlv
More info: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows-Server-License-Manager-Script-slmgrvbs.html
* To configure various settings such as domain joining, networking, remote management, Windows update, date/time: just issue the command sconfig
* Exchange 2010 tech overview slide download (6M)
* UPDATE: Exchange 2010 SP1 typical installation on a single Windows Server 2008 R2 Std SP1 domain controller
The prerequisites can be installed using the followings PowerShell commandsImport-Module ServerManagerAdd-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy -Restart
Then install Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Packs from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=191548
Outlook 2010 60-day evaluation can be downloaded from here (and can be used 30 day without having to activate)Typical deployment steps (in PowerPoint format) can be downloaded here (8 MB).
* Exchange 2010 RTM typical installation on a single Windows Server 2008 R2 Std domain controller:
NOTE: If you use the WS08R2 Server Manager GUI to install IIS and W3SVC... you may still receive errors saying that the metabase database cannot be accessed. The solution is to use PowerShell scripts to install those prerequisites as described in http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb691354(EXCHG.140).aspx
Summary of the steps:- Download and install Office 2007 System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60C92A37-719C-4077-B5C6-CAC34F4227CC&displaylang=en- Right click Start/Accessories/Windows PowerShell/PowerShell, Run As Admin, and execute 3 following commands:+ Import-Module ServerManager+ Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework,RSAT-ADDS,Web-Server,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Metabase,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,WAS-Process-Model,RSAT-Web-Server,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Dyn-Compression,NET-HTTP-Activation,RPC-Over-HTTP-Proxy -Restart+ Set-Service NetTcpPortSharing -StartupType Automaticand then you can run setup. It took me 20min on my laptop.
Keep in mind that "setup /prepareAD" will be performed automatically and then no Exchange 2007 can be added.
* Exchange 2010 Editions and Product Keys (source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232170.aspx)
Enterprise Edition can scale to 100 databases per server; Standard Edition is limited to 5 databases per server. These are licensing editions that are defined by a product key. When you enter a valid license product key, the supported edition for the server is established.
Product keys can be used for the same edition key swaps and upgrades only; they can't be used for downgrades. You can use a valid product key to move from the evaluation version (Trial Edition) of Exchange Server 2010 to either Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition. You can also use a valid product key to move from Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition
* WS08R2 overview slide download (6M)* Live Migration demo video (short version, 3M)
* Live Migration & System Center POC demo video (8M). The video is from http://www.caosonblog.com and was done by Son Vu (MSVN HCMC) and HPT HMSC HCMC.
* Convert your Windows 2008 and 2008 R2 to a workstation
* Windows 7 Enterprise introduction slide (2.8M)
* Want to copy files from the host to VMs quickly? I have been so comfortable with drag-and-drop support in Virtual PC so I find it frustrating when Hyper-V VMs do not support it. Here you are the solution: create a virtual private network in the host, assign the newly created NIC with 192.168.1.100, in VMs try to ping that IP, if you are OK pinging it, issue the command net use \\192.168.1.100 /user:host_user_name and then you can copy files from the host to VMs and vice-versa!
* Configure Hyper-V Remote Management in seconds
* Configure Hyper-V Remote management (5 parts)
* If you have not done so, configure the client workstations (both domain-joined and workgroup) to use the WSUS server (by using Group Policy or registry files)
* Enable Client SUP installation method in Site Database / Site Management / <site code> – <site name> / Site Settings / Client Installation Methods.
* Behind the scene, the Configuration Manager Client update bits get automatically approved in WSUS and then pushed to the client workstations.
* On the client machine, open c:\windows\WindowsUpdate.log and check for something simiar to the below (use the wuauclt /detectnow command to expedite the process)
2009-06-15 13:46:13:628 832 66c Agent ** START ** Agent: Installing updates [CallerId = AutomaticUpdates]2009-06-15 13:46:13:628 832 66c Agent *********2009-06-15 13:46:13:628 832 66c Agent * Updates to install = 12009-06-15 13:46:13:638 832 66c Agent * Title = Configuration Manager Client Installation2009-06-15 13:46:13:638 832 66c Agent * UpdateId = {428DF9AD-10A9-4B6E-8FD1-6FBA23B41E22}.12009-06-15 13:46:15:013 832 66c DnldMgr Preparing update for install, updateId = {428DF9AD-10A9-4B6E-8FD1-6FBA23B41E22}.1.
* Fore more information, please visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb633194.aspx