HyperV, Windows 8, and networking on a laptop (#Hyperv, #Win8)
As a consultant, my laptop is oftentimes our primary method to provide demonstrations for Microsoft technologies. With the release of…
Evernote’s servers were compromised
I love Evernote. I decided to use Evernote rather than Microsoft’s OneNote for keeping all of my notes organized. OneNote…
Weekly Exchange PowerShell Tip: Whitespace in DB’s
Get whitespace in DB’s: 2010: Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | Select Servername, Name, AvailableNewMailboxSpace 2007: Get-MailboxServer | Get-MailboxDatabase | Select Server,…
Windows Azure – Get more benefits from the MSDN subscription! (#WindowsServer, #Azure)
I initially blogged on this topic (using Azure benefits from your MSDN subscription) on 10/1/2012. At that point in time…
Tips and Tricks: Service Manager 2012 – Useful commands to view XML and Projection Type
Thanks to Chris Ross of SCSM.US for sharing this great information! Here are a few little queries you can use to…
OpsMgr 2012: Unable to create network device discovery rules or modify a current network device discovery rule
Here’s some disastrous notes I used as I was trying to fix the Network Discovery Internal MP. SITUATION: Unable to…
How To prepare for the OpsMgr 2012 upgrade prerequisites: OpsMgr 2007 R2 CU Installation Order
In order to upgrade to OpsMgr 2012, You must be at the minimum CU4 for OpsMgr 2007 R2. If you…
OpsMgr 2012: Live Maps 2012 – Initial installation and creation of a Domain Controller Live Map View
1. Download from here: · http://www.savision.com/download 2. Run the executable LiveMaps2012_V1011.exe 3. Click Run, at the Security Warning 4. The…
Adding Unix/Linux computers as CI’s in Service Manager (#SCOM, #SCSM, #SYSCTR)
During a recent conversation on Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 with Unix/Linux agents it was discussed that Unix/Linux agents cannot currently…
Setting up and using the new System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Analyzer
The System Center (SC) 2012 SP1 Configuration Analyzer was recently released on February 22, 2012. The new Configuration Analyzer is…