November 2005 - Posts

Why MOF and not just ITIL?
30 November 05 04:33 PM | Randy_Young | 0 Comments   

Are you very familiar with ITIL concepts and wonder why implement MOF? A new white paper on MOF: An Actionable and Prescriptive Approach to ITIL has been published to the Microsoft Download Center. This white paper explains how MOF builds on and extends Read More...

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Free Add-On Monitoring Solution Available for SMS 2003 to Support Configuration Management
17 November 05 04:55 PM | Randy_Young | 0 Comments   

From the Desired Configuration Monitoring user guide … “Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) enables you to author desired configuration manifests, and to monitor and report on compliance of your computers against a desired configuration. DCM thereby Read More...

Filed under: Service Mgmt, Systems Mgmt Software

Another great source for MOF and ITIL training.
07 November 05 07:57 AM | Randy_Young | 0 Comments   

I saw an email recommending ITpreneurs.com as an excellent source for training classes. They offer traditional classroom delivered, e-learning (self paced, virtual instructor led), and Virtual Classroom style training. They have courses on: MOF ITIL COBIT Read More...

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