We seem to run into overlapping boundaries issues every so often and without the right tool, troubleshooting these kinds of problems can be very difficult and frustrating.  Typically the way this problem manifests itself is that you find that an...

One issue we still seem to see a lot of confusion about is the way that you use System Center Operations Manager 2007 to target computer groups.  It's different than the method you might have used in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 so if you try...

This is an issue that still seems to get a lot of people so I wanted to send out a quick heads up in the hopes that I could maybe save you some pain and heartache down the road.  On your System Center Operations Manager 2007 CD you'll find a \Support...

Yea, so this isn't something specific to SMS or MOM or System Center but I thought you might appreciate a heads up anyway.  Yesterday we released an update that has all the latest time zone changes in it and as far as I know it will be pushed out...

A few minutes ago, the ConfigMgr team published it’s first ever hotfix update to the boxed ConfigMgr chm. You can go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=81997356-7f18-48b2-a53a-d6f995a47f35&DisplayLang=en to download...

We only had two new KB articles but here they are: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944375 How to obtain error code descriptions in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 reports 11/15/2007 Sys Center Config Manager 2007 AL EN-US http://support.microsoft...

Overview The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 MSIT Intermediate Configuration Pack is designed to be used for managing the configuration of Exchange 2003 servers. This configuration pack defines recommended configurations based on a substantial number of...

Here's a tip on an issue we seem to be seeing every so often.  We've had a few calls lately where when running reports for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, you may experience some of the following symptoms: - Reports run slow. - Reports run for...

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack is now available for download. ====== Overview The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 MSIT Basic Configuration Pack is designed to be used for managing the configuration of Exchange 2003 servers...

The Office Communications Server 2007 QoE Monitoring Server Management Pack for MOM 2005 is now available for download. ====== Overview The Office Communications Server 2007 QoE Monitoring Server Management Pack for MOM 2005 monitors the audio and video...

We recently released our ConfigMgr 2007 Toolkit that contains seven downloadable tools to help you manage and troubleshoot Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.  The toolkit will install two sets of tools, the CCM Tools and the DCM...

I know this is technically the "SMS and MOM" blog but we do a lot of work with SoftGrid, especially now that SCCM and SoftGrid will be so closely integrated, so every once in a while I may post some SoftGrid stuff here. I'll try to appended 'SoftGrid...

In MOM 2005 you may have found that it is easy to set up a notification when a service goes down and comes back up, but what if you wanted to get an alert every so often while the service was down until it came back up? This is something that is much...

Can't decide whether or not to protect you DP?  Sounds like a silly question but in reality there are a lot of things that you'll need to consider.  Learn about the pros and cons in our latest doc update below: ====== Decide Whether to Protect...

If you’re somewhere in North America then you’re probably not reading this, but if you’re reading this from some other continent and aren’t familiar with our Thanksgiving holiday there’s a nice write-up on Wikipedia...

Like many other features in Configuration Manager 2007, software update management has been dramatically revamped. Configuration Manager separates the way that updates and regular packages are pushed to a managed agent by creating a new state-based high...

We recently published a new key concepts guide for System Center Operations Manager 2007 that's available on the download site.  It covers: · Overview of model-based design · Service models and understanding relationships · Health...

The new System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Configuration Pack is available for download: ====== Overview Software installation errors and misconfigurations compromise security and stability, resulting in escalated support costs. The System Center...

The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Vulnerability Assessment Configuration Pack is released on the web and ready for download: ====== Overview Software installation errors and misconfigurations compromise security and stability, resulting in...

Were you aware that Microsoft offers many forums for System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Operations Manager, System Center Essentials as well as many others?  If not you really should check them out.  Ask a question, post a question...

My buddy Clive Eastwood put up a post about our new management pack for SCOM 2007 over on his blog so if you're looking for the latest and greatest check it out: ====== The Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Management Pack for Microsoft...

Looking for information about how branch and standard DP's work (and work together)?  Check out our updated topic titled "About Standard and Branch Distribution Points". ====== About Standard and Branch Distribution Points Topic last updated—November...

So the other other day I'm chatting with a buddy of mine that works at a company other than Microsoft and he says: "Hey J.C., we have an SMS 2003 SP3 infrastructure and we also use the OSD Feature Pack across all our sites.  Based on what you...

For details see http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032358171&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US . ====== Language(s): English. Product(s): System Center. Audience(s): IT Professionals. Duration: 60...

Here's another new piece of documentation that's pretty cool.  There aren't any pretty flowcharts in this one, just old fashioned text based information: ====== Choose Between a Standard and Branch Distribution Point Topic last updated—November...