QuickTricks: Migrating subscriptions between Operations Manager environments (#SCOM, #PowerShell, #SYSCTR)
Recently during an OpsMgr 2007 R2 to OpsMgr 2012 engagement we needed to migrate all subscriptions, subscribers and channels from…
Updating the Windows Update Agent (WUA) with ConfigMgr
With the latest update to WSUS (described in KB2720211) also came an update to the WUA, version 7.6.7600.256; however, this…
Automating installation of the OpsMgr 2012 console with ConfigMgr 2012 (#SCOM, #CONFIGMGR, #SYSCTR)
To deploy the OpsMgr 2012 console, there are three items that need to be deployed. The first is .NET 4.0,…
QuickTricks: Unable to add a performance widget for a custom group (#SCOM, #SYSCTR)
I was recently working in an OpsMgr 2012 environment where there were problems adding a Performance widget because no counters…
Troubleshooting Office 365 issues
Today Microsoft and the http://community.office365.com site hosted an Office 365 Expert Discussion Series: Troubleshooting Issues with Sending and Receiving Email…
The Top-5 benefits of combining Operations Manager and SharePoint? [#SCOM, #SYSCTR, #SharePoint]
Environments which have SharePoint available gain several benefits from using SharePoint together with Operations Manager. The following is my Top-5…
Positives and negatives splitting monitoring between production and non-production systems (#SCOM, #SYSCTR)
A little while back I was asked a question that I wanted to spend some time on answering with more…
Office 365 International User Group August Meeting
On August 28th at 8:00pm GMT/UTC we will be holding the Office 365 International User Group Meeting. Below is a…
System Center 2012 Orchestrator FAQ (#SCORCH, #SYSCTR)
The following blog post is a series of Q&A items related to System Center Orchestrator 2012. Thanks to Marty List,…
Upgrading an all-in-one OpsMgr 2007 R2 environment to OpsMgr 2012 [#SCOM, #SYSCTR]
The following was done as part of a project to validate that network devices monitored by OpsMgr 2007 R2 using…