I was honored to be included in a group of speakers who will be covering five different tracks in a two-day virtual training event occurring on June 18th and 19th. The tracks include: Development Exchange SharePoint SQL Server Windows Topics for this event include Office 365, PowerShell, Hyper-V, SQL Server 2014, Big Data, and more.…
I recently had a situation where I was trying to determine where the VMM database was in my environment. It would not start because the database was not online. The registration on the VMM server provides this information under: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Server\Settings\SQL in the MachineFQDN and/or MachineName field shown below. Summary:…
One of the best parts of TechEd was getting to talk with customers who are using Operations Manager and had a specific question that they were looking for a resolution to. One of these conversations I had revolved around monitoring of processes in Operations Manager. The question was posed if it’s possible to monitor all…
If you are going to be in Houston on June 10th or Dallas on June 12th and you want to know more about System Center 2012 R2 you will want to check out this event! Catapult Systems and Secure Vantage are working together to provide this unique event showcasing System Center 2012 R2 and where…
In my "QuickTricks: Removing Images from the Topology and Image Widgets" blog post I explained a quick way to remove images which you added for the Image or Topology widgets. Behind the scenes I spent several hours trying to find any way to be able to remove these images. This blog post will go into…
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been almost two weeks since the HASMUG Day-5 (#TE14D5) event in Houston. If you missed the event, fear not! This blog post is designed to be your all-in-one spot to find information related to Day-5 for those who were unable to attend or for those who attended and…
With the release of UR2 for Operations Manager Microsoft has provided 11 new widgets which have some really cool abilities! (For details see here and here). Two of the new widgets are the Image widget and the Topology widget. For both of these you can upload your own images and use them in the widget.…
System Center Universe has spanned Houston Texas and Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in 2014. Europe is next on the SCU world stage and it’s an event you will not want to miss! What are this year’s highlights for the SCU Europe event? 40+ top speakers and community experts from around the world 3 conference days with…
The following is a summary from video from the DCIM-B381 session at TechEd 2014 and what additional information I have been able to gather about the upcoming Office 365 management pack. The new Office 365 management pack was developed as a joint effort between the Operations Manager team and the Office 365 team. As of…
If you are interested in the 74-409 exam (Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center) you should definitely check out this free study guide that Veeam has provided at: http://hyperv.veeam.com/study-guide-microsoft-certification-exam-74-409-server-virtualization-windows-server-hyper-v-system-center-4202/. By reading these 8 chapters of the study guide you will learn about: Virtual Machine Settings Virtual machine storage Hyper-V Virtual Networks and…
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