Workaround for no television guide available in Windows Media Center after July 20th 2015

I have been a Windows Media Center user for a while as can be easily seen from the variety of blog posts which I have written on this topic (as shown below): https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2009/08/18/windows-media-pc-netflix-and-hulu-using-technology-to-go-back-to-basics-save-money-and-control-media-content/ https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2013/12/11/no-network-connection-when-adding-a-media-center-extender/ http://www.systemcentercentral.com/a-computer-geeks-lessons-learned-while-installing-an-attic-antenna/ http://www.systemcentercentral.com/why-should-i-upgrade-from-media-center-in-vista-to-media-center-in-windows-8/ https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2015/03/13/fun-with-opsmgr-and-windows-media-center-part-1-differences-writing-a-management-pack-with-and-without-a-custom-class-structure/ https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2015/03/20/fun-with-opsmgr-and-windows-media-center-part-2-creating-a-class-structure-and-discovery-with-mp-author/ https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2015/03/27/fun-with-opsmgr-and-windows-media-center-part-3-gathering-information-and-developing-a-health-and-alerting-model/ https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2015/04/03/fun-with-opsmgr-and-windows-media-center-part-4-adding-rules-monitors-and-services/ What’s the issue? Recently I found that no programs were scheduled for recording on my…

Join the discussion on Operations Manager and its relevance in the cloud

Do you have questions about Operations Manager and its place in the world of the cloud? If so join myself and Dennis Rietvink from Savision to tackle the question: “Is Operations Manager still relevant in the world of the Cloud?“ Registration for the webinar is available at: https://www.savision.com/resources/webinar/free-webinars-operations-manager-still-relevant-world-cloud-mvp-cameron-fuller The whitepaper on this topic is also…

San Antonio user group meeting today!

 I’m in San Antonio today for the San Antonio user group meeting which is occurring at the Microsoft office on Sonterra Boulevard (details below): I’m glad to be presenting on “What’s new in the world of Microsoft monitoring” and to be sharing the stage for presentations with Microsoft Field Engineer Steve Rachui and 1E as…

Configuring Azure Site Recovery plus Automation and Backup in #MSOMS

At Microsoft Ignite there was lots of great stuff related to Microsoft technologies and some good stuff specific around Operations Manager. For Operations Manager related updates I would recommend the following sessions: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager: Monitoring is a modern world:  http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK2467 Platform Vision & Strategy: What’s new in System Center for Management: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK2459…

Can you use the same RRAS server for multiple concurrent VPN connections to Azure?

During a recent presentation on Integrating the Microsoft Cloud with Your Environment (from http://forms.windowsitpro.com/Building-Your-Business-Cloud-Agenda), there was an excellent question which was asked that I tried yet. Specifically they asked “Can you use the same RRAS server for multiple connections?” My initial thought was that this should work, but I wanted to test it out. To…

Taking a break

I will be taking a break from all things IT related for a little while. I do plan on returning to my blogs, so be prepared for some interesting new content in the near future (maybe I’ll finish some of the 170+ draft blog posts which I’ve accrued over the last couple of years!). As…