Attending MMS and interested in Cloud and Datacenter Management? (#MMS, #SYSCTR)
One of the proposed Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions at MMS is “Cloud and Datacenter Management Roundtable”. This BOF session is…
Hyper-V, WiFi, and Cisco VPN
Unattend XML Error During Windows 7 Deployment OSD Using Configuration Manager 2012
I recently received this error in my OSD task sequence while attempting to deploy Windows 7 Enterprise via System Center…
IT Consulting: Identifying “Optimal” Commute Times
In a previous blog post I discussed the challenges which long commute times as a consultant and gave some options…
System Center 2012 Operations Manager – The printed books have arrived! (#SCOM)
I had a surprise on my doorstep when I got home tonight, check it out! I’m betting that Amazon…
OpsMgr 2012 SP1: Cannot Install OpsMgr due to OperationsManagerDW database files in a non default location for User Databases – Error Code: 0x80131500
I ran into this issue where the RMSe Installation would fail at the Data warehouse configuration during Operations Manager Setup. …
Weekly Exchange PowerShell Tip: Retrieve Send-As Permissions
To determine who has send-as permissions on a mailbox but isn’t the owner of that mailbox you can use this…
Windows Server 2012, Data Deduplication savings for TB sized drives (#WinServ, #HyperV)
One of the features I was recently excited about with the release of Windows Server 2012 is Data Deduplication. I…
OpsMgr 2012 SP1: Reporting Installation Error: Unable to connect to the Data Access Service for this Management Server
Situation: When running the Operations Manager Installation for Reporting, an error is seen below at the Specify a Management Server…
OpsMgr 2012 SP1 and Server 2012: Memory Consumption in MonitoringHost.exe and WMI Handle Leak in WmiPrvSE.exe
I noticed these links in a recent OpsMgr Newsletter that Cameron Fuller had shared and wanted to share a few…