• How To Configure SCOM To Monitor for Changes To The Domain Admins Group

    One of the demos that I do in my lab uses an Opalis workflow that is triggered by a SCOM rule watching the security event log on my domain controller for any changes to the domain admins group.  Once the alert gets triggered in SCOM, Opalis picks...
  • Using Opalis to Update Hyper-V VM Integration Components

    With the recent release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, those of you running Hyper-V are probably looking for an easy way to start updating your integration components. I'd guess that the primary reason for this would be so you could leverage...
  • CentOS Linux Guests Now Supported Within Hyper-V

    The CentOS Linux distribution is now supported as a guest within Hyper-V. Please see Sandy Gupta’s blog post: http://blogs.technet.com/b/openness/archive/2011/05/15/expanding-interoperability-to-community-linux.aspx ==================================...
  • Using Opalis & SCOM To Protect Your Domain Admin Security Group

    In a previous post , I described how you can use SCOM to create a custom alert that watches the security group on your DC’s for changes to the “Domain Admins” security group. I mentioned in that post that I was using this as a backdrop for an Opalis demo...
  • Accelerate adoption of Microsoft private and public cloud platforms with MAP 6.0 Beta

    The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.0 Beta. Join the MAP 6.0 Beta Members, bookmark this link to get the latest project details Planning your journey to the cloud just got a bit easier...