October, 2010

[5th Nov 2010 - Updated the title of the blog - from "Windows Azure Monitoring MP ..." to "Windows Azure Application Monitoring MP ..."] We are pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate (RC) of the Monitoring Management Pack (MP...

Good morning everyone.  Well, TechEd EMEA in Berlin is only 2 weeks away now, and the team are working hard on delivery some great new Opalis content. If you are coming to Berlin, we would love to meet you, and see you in Opalis sessions.  Speaking...

Hey guys, we just wanted to get you a heads up that the TechNet landing page for the Configuration Manager VHD Test Drive program has updated, so the VMs should now be a little easier to find.  You can find the link here . Jeff Wettlaufer Sr Technical...

Hello everyone, recently the Beta 2 of MED-V was released, and we wanted to make sure everyone on this blog was aware of it.  Originally announced on the MDOP blog, and the Windows for your Business Blogs, MED-V is an incredibly cool Desktop Virtualization...

Today we are pleased to announce the release and availability of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 ! Organizations of all sizes use System Center Configuration Manager for better insight and control of their servers, PCs and devices across physical...

The System Center team is very excited to announce the release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3. This release is a significant accomplishment for the engineering team for a lot of reasons. Not only does ConfigMgr R3 drive new scenario support...

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The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager is the next evolution of the Microsoft Security Compliance Management Toolkit (SCMT) Series.  Leveraging Microsoft’s extensive guidance and documentation this new tool enables organizations to assess and...

Charles has compiled 2 blog posts that provide links to all the information that is publicly available for Opalis. You can find this information in the links below: Part 1 – Platform Part 2 – Integrations Hopefully this makes things a bit easier for your...

Hi, Everyone— I am excited to announce that Microsoft has acquired AVIcode, Inc, a Baltimore-based private company recognized as a leader in .NET application performance monitoring. AVIcode will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft, with the...

Hi everyone, we have been working hard to get all of our labs posted to the TechNet platform. Today we are pleased to let you know that they are live and available!  We have a collection of Beta 1 labs now available for you to access on demand to...

Onur is  a Sr. Program Manager and has been in Microsoft for 10 years. For the first 5 years Onur was in Microsoft Consulting Services specializing in the architecting and deployment of MS Management technologies in large enterprises worldwide. For...

Hey everyone, we just came out of a meeting in Building 37 with our friends Stephen Rose and Jeremy Chapman, talking about the European Bus tour.  Building on the North American tour from last year, the boys are off to travel through Europe with...

Hi everyone, we have had incredible interest in our Community Evaluation Program for ConfigMgr v.Next, that starts this week.  The program application is still open, and we are still accepting entry.  Are you thinking about some free training...