For one day only we'll be hosting an event at our Microsoft Campus near Reading titled Microsoft Virtualisation and Management technologies - if you would like to join us and are able to be in Reading for the day then all you have to do is visit the registration site and sign up - it's free of charge...

The Windows Management User Group are meeting up on Tuesday 13th May at Microsofts office in Reading from 18:30 onwards. Its free to attend. Two of the leaders to MMS and will share their highlights with you. Full details are available on the WMUG website as listed in this post In addition, Paul Collins...

A few moments ago I presented at Microsoft Ltd's Architect Insight Conference near Windsor Castle in England. My session discussed architectural approaches to security management in a virtual World including a discussion explaining how System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM) works. It's important...

Many of you have asked me both by posting comments to my NAP post and also at the main launch event last week in Birmingham If you'd like to register and find out the exact details for the locations then browse to the Launch tour area of the HeroesHappenHere website . Note: The Keynote will not...

There are plenty to choose from including the following: Read Only Domain Controller BitLocker on the server Active Directory Rights Management Active Directory Certificate Services Integrated firewall with IPSec task based interface Architectural improvements Increased scope...

There a literally a handful two handfuls (not that that's really a word!) of places left for the Windows Mobile and System Centre Mobile Device Manager TechNet event that's taking place in London in the morning of 26th of February. All you have to do is follow the link to register for free. It's a great...

I've been speaking today in Falkirk (Scotland) and have been asked "what's the difference between Standard and Enterprise editions of DPM?" - the answer lies on the Data Protection Manager 2007 Licensing page which goes into great detail regarding the options for purchasing System Center Data Protection...

Click here to register for the event titled "Manage your core infrastructure from Desktop to Data centre" The event takes place on the 15 January 2008 from 9am until 5pm in London. The details of the event are as follows: A new style of launch event from Microsoft – multiple presenters demonstrating...

Thank you to those of you who spread the word about places being available on our Q2 TechNet On The Road tour - there are still some places available but we now have enough people to make the shows viable. We really didn't want to disappoint anyone by cancelling any of the sessions so it's good news...

As Eileen mentioned IT Pro Momentum is our programme to help you deploy our latest technologies - if you'd like to take advantage of free technical support and gain (online) access to Microsoft experts then feel free to email the appropriate Evangelist. All we ask for in return is for you to share your...

I've wanted to write about this for ages...Finally we've announced System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM) - it's due to be released in the first half of next year. Today the story for managing Windows Mobile devices centered around Exchange Server 2007 which provides the means to enforce basic policy...

TechNet Webcast: Reporting with System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200) Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:00 A.M.–9:00 A.M. Pacific Time TechNet Webcast: Security and Enterprise Features of System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200) Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9...

I was surprised to see that our formal data centre hosts 1224 Virtual Machine instances on only 86 physical hosts - that's a pretty good consolidation story. It's all managed with System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and has been running on beta software with zero impact on their Service Level...

The Windows Virtualization Team blog includes a detailed post covering the Release To Manufacture of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). You can download a trial of the released version here . SCVMM is cool as it enables you to dynamically manage your virtual workloads across multiple physical...

There are those that do. Perhaps you? For most people topics like “data storage” and “backup/retention” just sound dull. That is until things go horribly wrong. Investing some time and effort ahead of time can save you a great deal of pain. System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) is a replacement...

Welcome to the TechNet Conversations show of the 31st August. It's available as a WMA and an MP3 . This week we are joined by Cliff Hobbs - an expert in management technologies. Cliff is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), a leader for the Windows Management User Group (WMUG) and the author...

Unlike Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 includes effective role based security. There's a high degree of granularity available allowing the administrator to define exactly which operations are available and what information can be viewed on an Active...

Right here! There are several interesting recordings including discussion of System Center Operations Manager, an update on the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI). Note: click on the name of the speaker to hear/watch the associated session recording: The keynotes from both Bob Muglia (Senior Vice President...

Many people (outside Microsoft) have cited concerns over how to manage Windows Vista's Bitlocker encryption feature set for large groups of machines. The native Active Directory functionality works pretty well and covers the automatic publication of the recovery keys so that you can both meet corporate...

John Orefice has written a great paper titled SMS Evolved: A Powerful New Solution to Manage Your Systems for this month's TechNet Magazine . John explains in some detail important advances including "binary delta replication" which solves the problem of how to minimise the network traffic resulting...

System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) includes an important new feature termed "Internet-Based Client Management". There is a growing trend for large organisations to have remote workers who hardly ever connect to the corporate network. The Jericho Forum (named after the first walled city) are...

Larry Orecklin ("General Manager at Microsoft focussed on the System Center family of Management products and Virtualisation") has announced that System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is due to be Release(d) To Manufacture (RTM) by the end of August. This is good news as SCVMM provides the means...

Note: This post has been amended as I originally stated that SCCM was at RTM - apologies for the confusion As Rob Marshall mentions , System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is now in the Release Candidate 1 (RC1) state - it's the replacement for Software Management System (SMS) v3. The folks...

System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) has been my star of the show for our week of intensive technical training (TechReady). I love the way it produces Powershell scripts as you operate the GUI - taking the mystery out of how to script. Building a dynamic datacentre on any scale - even if just...

There is a wealth of information available via the Managing a Microsoft Infrastructure webcasts area of Microsoft.com . There are webcasts on Microsoft Systems Centre including Operations Manager(SCOM), (SCE) Essentials and Configuration Manager(SCCM) - it's a great place to become familiar with the...