Good news: Today in Operations Manager 2012 with SP1 we have a variety of web synthetic transactions which are available! Bad news: Today in Operations Manager 2012 with SP1 we have a variety of web synthetic transactions which are available! So how do we know which one to use and what to use it for?…
The Azure Applications Management pack is the same management pack that I blogged about at: https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2012/11/09/kicking-the-tires-using-the-azure-management-pack-in-opsmgr-2012-scom-azure-sysctr.aspx. This blog post provides some additional detailed on this management pack such as management pack details, what the management pack adds to Operations Manager and an important note on certificates in Azure/Operations Manager. This is the first part of…
Windows 8 added a new feature to Remote Desktop Connection UI that I had not seen up to this point (Thank you to Jonathan Cowan for pointing this out to me!). Smart sizing allows you to scale the contents of the remote desktop connection to fit the boundary of the window as you change the…
Once in a while you work on something which is so cool that you have to share it. Once in a while you run into something that you want to have so badly but it just doesn’t exist yet. However this is the first example I can remember where I’ve seen where both situations are…
SystemCenterCentral has just announced a new contest where you can win a Surface RT or a copy of the Operations Manager 2012 Unleashed book signed by Pete Zerger and myself! What do you need to do to win? Share what you already have learned as an Operations Manager administrator – How you tune your alerts…
During a recent blog post on how to solve the “Monitor the Monitor” question using SolarWinds and Operations Manager, I wrote three blog posts on the topic: Operations Manager and SolarWinds: Integrating the SolarWinds management pack for Operations Manager 2012 Operations Manager and SolarWinds: Monitoring Operations Manager with SolarWinds Operations Manager and SolarWinds: Monitoring…
Microsoft recently announced that TechNet subscribers would have a free benefit to use Office 365. The fulfillment of this was discussed at: http://windowsitpro.com/microsoft-office/another-promise-kept-office-365-free-technet-subscribers. Unfortunately, quickly after that announcement Microsoft also announced the upcoming retirement of TechNet. Information on this decision is available at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms772427.aspx. There has been upset from the community over this decision.…
This is the third of a three part blog series highlighting the integration available between System Center Operations Manager 2012 and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor. This topic was initially mentioned around the timeframe of the Microsoft Management Summit this year – information is available at: http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2013/04/09/monitor-the-monitor-alert-on-operations-manager-health/. I’ve been working with the folks at SolarWinds…
For quick reference (and mine!), the following are my blog posts and podcasts on the soft skills and consulting. This idea spawned from a blog post that I did on “Skilling up in IT Consulting” – which focused on the importance of soft skills to successful consulting. There following are my personal insights in consulting…
During a recent discussion on monitoring for devices which can be monitored with Operations Manager (but without installing an agent) one of my co-workers mentioned that we can use the new Operations Manager 2012 network monitoring for non-SNMP devices by using ICMP only mode. This approach lets you monitor devices which can only be…
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