System Center MVP Cameron Fuller authored a great blog post on using a common SQL backend database for System Center.  I get this question all the time in my conversations with customers/partners and Cameron’s advice is spot-on. http://blogs.catapultsystems...

Couple things first.  Check out the TechEd 2012 Session on what’s coming in SC 2012 SP1:  http://northamerica.msteched.com/topic/details/2012/VIR201#fbid=ovh6LDyxJpE Download SC 2012 SP1 CTP2 Here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details...

Introducing Windows Server 2012 , by Mitch Tulloch, is now ready for free download! Please see the links below to download one or all of the available formats. PDF Introducing Windows Server 2012 PDF ebook EPUB Introducing Windows Server 2012 EPUB ebook...

So, you want to get started with Windows Azure VM’s and System Center? Well, here’s the fast track. Check this out when you have time – Mark Russinovich @ TechEd talking about Azure Virtual Machines . Get an Azure 3 month trial account: https://www.windowsazure...

What can I do with this thing again? Convert-WindowsImage is the new version of WIM2VHD designed specifically for Windows 8. Completely rewritten in PowerShell, this command-line tool allows you to rapidly create sysprepped VHD and VHDX images from setup...