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Microsoft Generation 4 Datacenter
15 December 08 10:49 PM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

Great video about how the datacenter of the future might look like. Mike Manos’ blog post is great on detailing this vision. Read More...

Filed under: Management and Operations

MS Hyper-V Server: in 30 days for $0
08 September 08 10:25 AM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

These a great news ! The show begins in 10 hours, but the news it out: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a new hypervisor-based server virtualization product (like ESXi), will be released within 30 days and be available at no cost via the Web Microsoft will Read More...

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Security Compliance Management toolkit
11 June 08 02:50 PM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

Monitor the Security Compliance State of Your IT Environment for Computers Running Windows The toolkit provides best practices from Microsoft about how to plan, deploy, monitor, and remediate a security baseline. The toolkit includes 12 Configuration Read More...

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System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 released
23 May 08 07:20 PM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

Noticed that is now avaiable on Microsoft Download Center the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1. Full Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Support: Deploy and manage Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008—with full support for the latest Read More...

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Monitoring HP-UX®, Sun Solaris™, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, and SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server environments with SCOM
06 May 08 09:39 AM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

Microsoft released a beta of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions, which will provide out-of-the-box service management for HP-UX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Sun Solaris. More info here: Read More...

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Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 Documentation
23 February 08 02:56 PM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

This download contains the following documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007: • Operations Manager 2007 Deployment Guide: This guide steps you through the deployment process for System Center Operations Manager 2007. • Active Directory Read More...

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Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 available on download center
23 February 08 02:47 PM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

Just noticed SCOM 2007 SP1 is now available on download center. System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 helps you increase efficiency while enabling greater control of your IT environment—so you can spend more time driving business success. Read More...

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Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007
12 October 07 08:28 PM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

Finally, the Exchange Server 2007 MP is avaiable: The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 management pack is designed to be used for monitoring Exchange 2007 events, collecting Exchange component-specific performance counters in one central location, and for Read More...

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WSS 3.0 MOM Management Pack is avaiable
13 December 06 11:19 AM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

Overview The Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Management Pack monitors events placed in the application event log. This Management Pack highlights events that might indicate possible service outages or configuration problems, so you can quickly Read More...

Filed under: Management and Operations, Information Worker

PowerShell released
14 November 06 11:42 PM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

Microsoft Windows® PowerShell is a new command-line shell and scripting language that is designed for system administration and automation. Windows PowerShell lets IT professionals and developers control and automate the administration of Windows and Read More...

Filed under: Management and Operations, Windows

Configure the 2007 Office system for a hard disk image
19 October 06 09:42 AM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

With the upcoming release of Office System 2007, read on this Technet article on how to configure the 2007 Office system for a hard disk image. Continue at source Read More...

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SCCM 2007 peer distribution point functionality
26 August 06 06:47 PM | jfonseca | 0 Comments   

Steve Rachui has an intruduction to peer distribution point (PDP) functionality in System Center Configuration Manager 2007. This should be very interesting in scenarios where you dont want to deploy a server in the remote location. A local workstation Read More...

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