We're starting to see a couple of these issues roll in so I thought a heads up might be in order.  This solution comes from Brian Shaw, one of our top gun support Engineers our in Charlotte, NC: ======== Issue: Some clients may not show as being...

I get asked this every once in a while and since I couldn't find it mentioned anywhere I thought it might be a good idea to post it here.  Under certain circumstances it may be necessary to install the OpsMgr 32-bit agent on a 64-bit operating system...

A lot of people are curious to know what Microsoft's official support policy is regarding OpsMgr 2007 running on a virtual machine (VM) so Clive Eastwood, Senior Program Manager for Operations Manager, recently wrote up some guidance that should add a...

Here's a cool tip we've already received a couple calls on.  This one comes from Brian Shaw, a real life Support Engineer from Charlotte, North Carolina: ======== Issue: When trying to install the RTM version of System Center Configuration Manager...

We just released our support hotfix for Windows Server 2008 as KB954049 that adds support for installing System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 or Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 on a Windows Server 2008-based computer. This is essentially...

Here's another emerging issue we're starting to see so if you're having trouble installing Reporting then you'll want to check this out. A big thanks goes to Dennis Donahoe for getting this written up. Dennis is one of our superstar Support Engineers...

I've been getting a few questions lately about slow performance with the console so I thought a post might be in order.  Luckily for me, Tim Helton, one of our top Support Escalation Engineers, had already written some great tips that he uses to...

I mentioned the Service Level Dashboard for Operations Manager 2007 before but I wanted to send another heads up now that it's released.  Below is some genuine Microsoft marketing verbiage followed by a download link, a link to the video and a link...

Yesterday I posted some of you ConfigMgr 2007 virtual labs so today I thought I'd post some on OpsMgr 2007 as well.  If you're new to OpsMgr 2007 or wanting to learning something new these TechNet Virtual Labs are a great place to start: =======...

We're seeing a new issue that seems to be biting a couple people here recently so here's a heads up on avoiding the problem.  Jeff Gilbert originally wrote most of this up on his blog so credit should go to him.  You can see his original post...

Here's an interesting issue uncovered by Michael Sadoff, one of our top Support Escalation Engineers out in North Carolina.  If you're looking to monitor DFS Link Targets with the Microsoft Windows Server DFS 2003 management pack then you'll definitely...

Here's a cool tip from Frank Rojas, ConfigMgr 2007 Support Engineer out in North Carolina.  If you're seeing duplicate records in your reports and want to get rid of them then check this out: ======== Problem:   When running reports in SMS 2003...

We had six new Knowledge Base articles for the week: Two on System Center ConfigMgr 2007, three on SMS 2003 and one on System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008.  The links and titles is below: ======== http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953156 CPU...

Have you heard about the Service Level Dashboard for System Center Operations Manager 2007?  If not then you'll definitely want to check this out.  Below is a brief synopsis of what the Service Level Dashboard is that I stole from their website...

If you're new to ConfigMgr 2007 or just looking to hone your skills then these TechNet Virtual Labs are a great place to start.  Each contains everything you need to setup and configure the associated scenario and explore the technology in question...

Yesterday I posted on the available of KB954049 that adds support for installing System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 or Essentials 2007 Service Pack 1 on a Windows Server 2008-based computer, and now we also have a couple Management Packs...

Here's another issue I didn't see doc'ed anywhere.  Hopefully this will help you out if you're seeing the OpsMgr console crash with a NullReferenceException. ======== Symptoms: When changing an alert property in an alerts view with alerts displayed...

We're starting to see more of these issues come in so I wanted to make sure you all were aware of it.  Thanks to Support Engineer Milan Jajal for uncovering this: ======== Issue: After the installation of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Reporting...

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Release Candidate 1 is now available at http://connect.microsoft.com . You'll have to log in to get it but if you search on "System Center Configuration Manager 2007" you should eventually get to a...

One of the Program Managers in User Research sent me a heads up on a ConfigMgr study that's coming up in a few weeks so if you're in or around the Puget Sound area and are interested in helping shape the next version of Configuration Manager then this...

We had six new Knowledge Base articles for the week: Two on System Center ConfigMgr 2007, three on OpsMgr 2007 and one on System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008.  The links and titles is below: ======== http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=949863...

Here's another Operations Manager 2007 issue you might want to keep your eyes open for: ======== Symptoms: When attempting to deploy a System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 agent the deployment succeeds but the HealthService fails...

This was posted by Nathan Barnett over in one of the ConfigMgr 2007 forums so I thought you might like a heads up here as well: ======== Issue When the Configuration Manager 2007 operating system deployment feature is used to deploy a Vista SP1 image...

We had four new Knowledge Base articles for the week: Two on System Center OpsMgr 2007, one on SMS 2003 and one on System Center ConfigMgr 2007.  The links and titles are below: ======== http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=954214 The SMS_Site_Component_Manager...