SQL Reporting Services 2008 R2 Report Manager Authorization Failure
I ran into an interesting issue setting up SQL Reporting Services 2008 R2 using a host header, i.e. SSRS.MyCompany.com. …
Q&A from Operations Manager Evolution: Taking Your Environment to the Next Level with Operations Manager (#SCOM, #SYSCTR)
Thank you to all of the people who attended today’s session! The PowerPoint deck (as well as the others in…
Check out John Savill’s upcoming Master Class Certified training session! (#Windows, #HyperV, #SYSCTR)
I just found out about this and had to pass it on! John and I have been colleagues for years…
Configuring the System Center 2012 SP1 VMM SQL Analysis Services Integration with Operations Manager 2012 SP1
I was in the process of configuring the OpsMgr / VMM integration and needed to turn on the SQL Analysis…
Using Windows Update to update System Center SP1 Operation Manager to UR2 running on Windows 2012
I was recently working with Cameron Fuller (https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/) and we decided to give Windows Update a try to get new…
Dynamically Updating Spreadsheet from Web Data
An auto-updating SQL Server Release History spanning the entire product line. Exposed to Microsoft’s new Data Explorer I was impressed…
How to correct the incorrect file names for the System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager OperationsManagerDW when installing on Windows 2012 with SQL 2012 SP1 also on Windows 2012
After the installation of Operations Manager 2012 SP1 on a SQL 2012 SP1 Database Server, with both the Database Server…
Weekly Exchange PowerShell Tip: List Unified Messaging Extensions
Tips and Tricks for SC 2012 SP1 VMM – Fix for the Upper and Lower Case host listings
Hello again to all my fans around the world! Here is a quick and easy fix for your VMM 2012…
SQL fragmentation explained
As the data in Microsoft SQL Server tables changes their indexes change. Over time these indexes become fragmented. This fragmentation…