June, 2011

I am pleased to announce the release of the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Administration Resource Kit. The System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Administration Resource Kit includes three tools designed to help improve the Operations Manager...

We are pleased to announce the release of the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Administration Resource Kit. The System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Administration Resource Kit includes three tools designed to help improve the Operations Manager...

SCSM 2010 has a very simplified ( too simple?) portal interface for users to submit change requests.  SCSM 2012 will dramatically improve on this by introducing a service catalog.  More details on that and a demo can be found in the SCSM 2012...

A common issue that comes into the MED-V support team involves the following scenario: An application that was used in MED-V v1 was brought over to the new Virtual PC engine. The application functions perfectly when ran from the Virtual PC when accessing...

Here’s a new System Center Operations Manager 2007 Knowledge Base article we published today. This one is just a short note on how the Alert Priority field in a System Center Operations Manager 2007 connector may have a different wording than in the Operations...

Here’s a new App-V Knowledge Base article we published today.  This one covers the %SFT_SOFTGRIDSERVER% environmental variable: ===== Symptoms After modifying the %SFT_SOFTGRIDSERVER% environment variable, Microsoft Application Virtualization (App...

Hello, my name is Walt Whitman and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer with Microsoft.  Today we will be discussing how Data Protection Manager 2010 knows about the different data sources that comprise a SharePoint farm. SharePoint farms come...

Looks like the good folks over on the Operations Manager team blog just announced that they’ve started taking applications for the OpsMgr 2012 Community Evaluation Program (CEP).  So what exactly is a CEP?  Well many of you are likely familiar...

At TechEd 2011, we announced that the OpsMgr 2012 Community Evaluation Program (CEP) is now taking applications. What is a CEP Many of you are likely familiar with Microsoft TAP’s, Technology Adoption Programs, where a small pool of customers partner...

This article describes a hotfix package that resolves some issues in Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Issue 1 After you install Cumulative Update 1 for System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1, the following events that...

The next version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit—version 2012— is now available for beta download. To participate, register for MDT 2012 Beta 1 at Microsoft Connect. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Beta 1 rides the next wave of System Center...

Just a quick FYI on a new Data Protection Manager Knowledge Base article we published today: ===== Summary While trying to create a protection group in System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 or System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, you may...

Join this webcast to learn how Microsoft System Center 2012 cloud and data-center management solutions empower you with a common management toolset for your private and public cloud applications and services. Learn how to deliver flexible and cost-effective...

Here’s another great article I found while I was checking out what was new over on the TechNet Wiki this morning.  This one was written by Kim Ditto-Ehlert and shows you how to replace MSE with the FEP client using ConfigMgr 2007: Microsoft does...

We’ve often been asked about bandwidth requirements for Windows Intune. Below is an excerpt from the recently updated Windows Intune FAQ that describes in detail how the service uses bandwidth. The average bandwidth usage for each client computer...

One of the benefits of dogfooding is to be able to use new technology before it's fully released. System Center Configuration Manager 2012 has some great new features and our team is doing more than just testing it - they're deploying it across 150,000...

I was checking out what’s new over on the TechNet Wiki this morning and came across a neat SCVMM article written by a Microsoft Partner who goes by the screen name Pronichkin .  In it he talks about the cause and resolution to a scenario where you...

The following article explains the necessary steps to successfully restore large amount of data using SAN Based Recovery in System Center Data Protection Manager 2010. Imagine a scenario in which DPM 2010 needs to restore over 4TB of data on a SQL Database...

Currently some of our customers are reporting that they are having issues running a virtualized App-V application that is started from a network location such as a UNC path or a mapped network drive.  When this occurs they get an application error...