Working in VPN Land, or how I learned to use PowerShell to change Proxy Settings
If you are a consultant, then you learn to live with working in multiple client environments, and that often means…
The Cloud Process pack: Installation and high level configuration in a lab environment (#SCOM, #SCSM, #SCORCH, #SYSCTR)
As part of prep for an upcoming MMS session, I was spending some time assessing the current level of functionality…
Powerdelivery 2.0 released on chocolatey
There’s never been a better time to get started looking at continuous delivery with PowerShell and TFS than today. Over…
Hyper-V running 5 VMs on one Laptop
Recently I decided to run a full-fledged demo environment on my laptop, well almost full-fledged as the full environment is…
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. …