I have been a long time Windows Media Center user and have been seeing how to take this forward and utilize it in new ways (for background see the blog posts below). Workaround for no television guide available in Windows Media Center after July 20th 2015 Knowing what your Windows Media Center is up to…
Where IT was… In the last twenty-plus years I have spent working in Information Technology, I have seen a lot of changes. My career started on large-scale Unix systems where we had to dedicate a team of multiple systems administrators to keeping a few Unix systems running. When it was all said and done, our…
One of the common requests I hear for OMS is the ability to perform synthetic web transactions like we can in the box with System Center Operations Manager. Think of these as a simple web “ping” which can also check for things like simple content on a page and the size of the web page…
On April 27th at 12:00 CST I have the unique opportunity to combine my off-hours pursuits with of home automation together with my drive towards implementing automation into companies! Join me for “How is IT automation taking a page out of the home automation book?” and learn about both home and business focused automation in…
This year is shaping up to be a busy one for presentations covering a variety of technologies including: Operations Manager, OMS (from a what’s new, patch management, security and API perspectives), home automation, Microsoft Flow and Power BI! I have the honor of co-presenting with an incredibly talented set of presenters including: Wally Mead, Dieter…
Microsoft OMS recently added the “Update Solution” which provides analysis of the patch status for various operating systems and the solution and perform patch management for various operating systems. For more details on the “Update Solution” and how it compares with Configuration Manager see the recent webinar: “Battle of the Titans: Patching with ConfigMgr vs.…
On February 28th at 12-1 PM CST Wally Mead and I will have our first head to head matchup on patch management. Tune in live as the Godfather of Configuration Manager Wally Mead takes on Catapult’s own MVP Cameron Fuller in a head to head match up of Microsoft Systems Management. During the…
Are you like me and you stubbornly refuse to let go of your Windows Media Center? Would you like an easy way to open a mobile application and quickly see what’s going on with your media center? If so, this solution was made for you! This solution provides information on: What shows did the Media…
Do you use Azure Automation and want to know what jobs have run and their results? Would it be even more useful to have this available on your mobile? If so, check this out! Microsoft has provided a way to route Azure Automation job information into Microsoft OMS which is available at this article: Forward…
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to attend the Microsoft MVP Global summit? If so, consider me as your tour guide for this year’s event. Good news, you even got some back stage passes! (BSP = Back Stage Pass) The Microsoft MVP summit in and around Bellevue and Redmond Washington (extremely close to the…
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