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…
ConfigMgr 2012 and 32-bit Application Installers
Why are 32-bit application installers special and why do they need special handling? First, a caveat: If you don’t…