Upgrading Operations Manager from 2012 SP1 to 2012 R2 step by step (upgrading to 2012 R2 series)
The following blog post was written by Brett Boone. Thank you for sharing this with the community Brett! The following…
Unable to Open Outlook Message File in Web Browser (.MSG)
I recently ran into an issue where a user had uploaded an Outlook Message file to a web application.…
Automated defragmentation using OpsMgr for Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 (#SCOM, #SYSCTR, #WinServ, #PowerShell)
If you have been using Operations Manager 2012 for a little while you have probably had that moment when you…
Presentation road trip before SCU 2014: Houston Texas!
It’s hard to believe, but it’s not too long until SCU 2014! My first road trip (other than SCU DACH…
Upgrading a Hyper-V host from Windows 2012 to Windows 2012 R2 step by step (upgrading to 2012 R2 series)
The following is the results of my lab environment’s upgrade of my first Hyper-V host from Windows Server 2012 to…
Service Management Automation Permissions
After you install Service Management Automation (SMA) there are two groups created on the SMA server. There are the MgmtSvc…
Updated management packs released including the Windows Server Operating System management pack
There is a whole slew of updated management packs which Microsoft has released. Information on the recent round of updated…
Service Management Automation Lab Step by Step Install
Service Management Automation (SMA) is included with System Center Orchestrator 2012 R2. SMA is a Windows PowerShell workflow engine…
November Office 365 International User Group Meeting scheduled
I have been on the road for basically the last 10 weeks and this week is my last week of…
Change Windows 8.1 Lock Screen Before Activating
I recommend that you always activate you windows install. However, in some lab and test environments you may not be…