One question that seems to pop up every now and then is how to create a query based collection based on Security or Distribution Group Membership. The bottom line is you need to use the domain name followed by double backslashes then the group name: DomainName...

With System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 out I thought it might be a good idea to send a reminder about how to configure Windows Server 2008 for Site System roles. Failure to properly configure your Windows Server 2008 Site System...

Here's another issue hot off the presses.  If you start seeing client problems after moving from Mixed to Native mode this may be when you're running into: ======== Problem:   After migrating a site from mixed mode to native mode, clients may...

Here's another common issue you might run into.  This one causes the agent setup to fail due to a missing WMI class: ======== Issue: The installation of the Operations Manager 2007 Agent may fail and you may see the following in the setup log on...

I get asked about how to enable AD integration for an untrusted domain in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 from time to time and since I didn’t see it documented anywhere I thought I’d post a step-by-step here. 1. If you’re still on...

UPDATE: We released a hotfix for this issue under KB953148 . The fix is actually in SP1 so if you're current you should be good to go. ======== We have received several customer reports describing problems with Wake on LAN – specifically the symptom...

Here's another common issue we're seeing quite a bit of so if you're seeing these 1103 and 10720 events you'll definitely want to check this out: ======== PROBLEM: When using System Center Operations Manager 2007, you may experience one or more...

Overview Everyone should be aware by now that Windows PowerShell is the latest scripting environment for managing and maintaining Windows servers, workstations and applications. This cube note provides a brief introduction to PowerShell resources and...

Below is a small utility I wrote that I think you may find helpful. This is a small utility that can be used to view Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Server/Agent Event Logs on a remote computer. For example, this could be a computer at...

We've seen this problem a couple times now so if you're getting HTTP 401 errors when checking events on the Monitoring tab of the System Center OpsMgr console then you'll want to take a look at this: ======== Issue: When using the Operations Manager 2007...

A question I get asked every now and then that doesn't seem to be particularly well documented is whether SMS 2003 supports renaming of the domain or domain migration.  While technically two different things, the short answer is no, we do not support...

Satya Vel, recently blogged on a great new doc the OpsMgr team has put together for troubleshooting AEM and DEM configuration issues,  Satya is one of our top Program Managers for System Center and the link to his post can be found below. We have...

Here's an issue we just came across that you'll probably want to be aware of. An update is being investigated but there's an easy workaround towards the bottom: ======== Symptoms : In the Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 admin console, when using...

The Operations Manager 2007 Capacity Planning model has now been released to the Web. The download is available here: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6fec1f12-a62c-4e8d-8a19-56879192adc3&DisplayLang=en The Capacity Planner...

We recently released the very cool System Center Operations Manager 2007 SCW Roles and Security Hardening Guide for Windows Server 2003 and a brief description and download link is below.  Check it out: ======== Brief Description: The Operations...

We have a couple updates to the old tried and true docs you might be interested in.  The updated docs and what's new or added are below: ======== Security Guide (April Update) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d826b836-59e5...

It's here!  SP1 is now available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/cc562979.aspx .  An overview and some details are below: ======== Overview System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is the next version of Systems Management Server...

Last week at MMS 2008 we released the Operations Manager Public Beta (Cross Platform and Interop).  This includes agents for Linux (SuSe Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Server, Sun Solaris, HP-UX) and IBM AIX (Available at RTM). Also...

Just an FYI that the Operations Manager 2007 Authoring Console has finally RTM’ed. The X86 version is available from http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/4/3/f438d6a0-290c-42b8-8f9c-c6660f89e1aa/OpsMgr07_x64_AuthConsole.exe The X64 version is...

For a long time we've been trying to cover most System Center and WSUS related support news on the same blog (here) but since Windows Server Update Services is becoming such a large part of our business I think it's about time we spun it off on its own...

We recently released the System Center Essentials 2007 Technical Walkthrough CD which is an interactive self-paced learning tool that explains the process of installing and operating Essentials 2007. If you ever thought about System Center Essentials...

We had a couple new Knowledge Base articles for the week, including one for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and another for SMS 2003.  Links and titles are below: ======== http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948303 Active Directory System...

We had four new Knowledge Base articles and all were on System Center Configuration Manager 2007.  Titles and links below: ======== http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=950527 Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 SP2, and Windows...

We had a couple new Knowledge Base articles for the week, including one for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and another for System Center Mobile Device Manager.  Links and titles are below: ======== http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949767...

Coming up next Monday we're hosting a live webcast to discuss our Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Tools. Kickoff is at 9:30am Pacific time and details are below: ======== Microsoft Deployment Toolkit was created to assist in deploying the Windows Vista...