April, 2010

Today the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Toolkit V2 went live on the Microsoft Download Center. This release is a follow up to our original release back in 2007. With this V2 release we re-introduced the Delete Group Class , MP Troubleshooter...

When I meet with partners and customers about our client management technologies, I am frequently asked for information about companies with similar circumstances or case studies. We have a great library of case studies on System Center that demonstrate...

We are excited to announce the beta release of the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool v3.0. If you’ve used version 2.1, you know that it offers free, tested guidance and automated tools that let you safely service offline virtual machines in your SCVMM library...

Good morning everyone, we are about to start a really interesting Panel Webcast, hosted by Mark Russinovich. Come and join Microsoft Technical Fellow, Mark Russinovich, as he will be leading a discussion around the process of planning, testing, assessing...

Last week was published a video where I provide a brief introduction to System Center Service Manager 2010 . Frankly, I only scratch the surface of the rich capabilities of Service Manager, but you’ll get a decent overview of what the product can do including...

As mentioned in Brad Anderson’s blog that covered the opening of MMS as well as in the Service Manager team blog , Tuesday saw the announcement of the eagerly awaited RTM of Service Manager 2010 (build 5826) with the immediate availability of the product...

It’s a truly an amazing time to be working with Configuration Manager. The road map for this product is unprecedented and Microsoft is making huge bets on it long term like never seen before. I have watched this product evolve over the past 10 years as...

Hello everyone. My name is Hassen Karaa and I am a program manager in the System Center Configuration Manager engineering team. Over the last couple of years, I have been working on mobile device management features for ConfigMgr v.Next. We are very excited...

With the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day upon us, today, we are very pleased to announce the release of ConfigMgr 2007 R3 Beta. Power management is at the core of the ConfigMgr 2007 R3 release, and addresses the need that many organizations have to monitor...

For the folks onsite at MMS with us, hope you are having a great time! For the rest of us, we're trying our best to keep you informed of the happenings in here! Among a ton of exciting vision from Bob Muglia’s keynote yesterday, we're also announcing...

It’s that time of year again – MMS! I always get so energized hanging out with customers for a week to hear what we’re doing well, and what we’re NOT doing so well! Either way – the learning and the camaraderie is what keeps us all doing what we do –...

Good evening from Vegas. Bob Muglia’s keynote today was absolutely awesome. For both the attendees here in town, as well as our guests watching the streaming feeds, there were four major demos showcasing our datacenter vision. Next up is Brad, and our...

Hello from Las Vegas, where we just kicked off the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2010. This year’s theme is Manage the Future: Desktop to Cloud. This theme really reflects where IT systems management is headed right now. During customers conversations...

The System center team is in Las Vegas for #MMS2010, and we are hanging out backstage setting up all the 11 keynote demos. Here are some cool videos of the behind the scenes…….. Jeff Wettlaufer Sr. Technical Product Manager System Center

Underscoring its commitment to providing midsize businesses with cost effective solutions for managing both physical and virtual IT environments, Microsoft today announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of System Center Essentials 2010 and System...

We are truly disappointed by how many are effected by the current flight situation in Northern Europe. Not only are there impacts to the guests of MMS, but also to our colleagues, event staff and partners. We really hope you can make it to Vegas, even...

Our friends over in the Solution Accelerator team have relaunched their blog . Its really worth checking out, the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a great add on to System Center Configuration Manager. MDT and System Center will be covered pretty...

Available for immediate download, the operations management pack for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (version 14.0.19.1000) monitors the health of the key components in your FAST Search Server 2010 deployment. Key features of this management pack...

We’ve got promos galore heading into the spring , but I want to call out one in particular that we’re really excited to be sponsoring. The Management Pack Extensions Contest , which we are officially launching today with our friends from System...

Sorry, couldn’t resist. For some reason that ol’ “Schoolhouse Rock” song bubbled to the surface of the boiling cauldron of my brainpan in these hyperactive days before MMS and Convergence . But, let me get to the point, straightway: We’ve got 3 promotions...

Hello everyone, we managed to grab a few minutes with Brad this week to briefly talk about the Management Summit happening next week in Vegas. We talked about what will be happening there at the event, and for those of you that cannot get there, how you...

It’s always great to see blogs on our System Center products, especially when it relates to a recently acquired technology, and when it comes from outside the organization. Marnix Wolf from the Netherlands has written this introductory blog on Opalis...

Whether you are attending #MMS2010 next week in Las Vegas or not, we want to hear your questions about the next release of Configuration Manager. We are running a panel session at MMS on the Thursday, details are: EA01 - Configuration Manager v.Next ...

At MMS 2010 this year in Las Vegas we have a panel of experts ready to address your Operations Management questions at our EB01 Operations Management - Ask the Panel of Experts session, running on Wednesday 21st from 5:30pm to 6:30pm in Veronese 2501A...

My colleague Chris Fox has been hard at work creating a series of podcasts that focus on Operations Management, and that have been published through Opsmanjam.com , as well as through Zune Marketplace and iTunes . Today the following six podcasts available...