http://blogs.technet.com/brianwren/archive/2008/03/10/update-to-the-maintenance-mode-sample-mp.aspxAndrzej Lipka, a fellow consultant in Poland, took my maintenance mode sample MP and added some interesting features. Have a look at the specific post here . I also added a link to Andrzej's blog to my general list since he has some great posts on OpsMgren-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)