ReSearch This Management Pack Updated for OpsMgr 2012 (#SCOM)
Management Pack Description: The ReSearch This management pack is a free community written management pack that provides a way to…
Operations Manager Shell Fails to Load Properly
Recently I discovered that the OM Shell on my RMSe (MS1) was failing to load properly. I quickly opened…
Tuning to consider when multihome migrating OpsMgr 2007 and 2012 environments (#SCOM, #SYSCTR)
One of the subtle changes in OpsMgr 2012 was a re-write of the agent CPU utilization script. This new script…
Upgrade Preparation Tips: OpsMgr 2012 – How to Move Full OS and Server Core Agents that Report to the RMS to a Secondary Management Server
Reference Checklists provided on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh241301 Reference How to Move Agents to a Secondary Management Server (Operations Manager Upgrade): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh241298 IMPORTANT:…
Configuration Manager 2012 Site Design: Do I need a CAS? How many Primary Sites do I need?
There are many questions to ask yourself or your customer if you are trying to outline the overall System…
Self Tuning Thresholds in OpsMgr 2012 and the Performance View (#SCOM, #SYSCTR)
Self Tuning Thresholds (STT’s) have been around since Operations Manager 2007 released. I admit that most of my exposure to…
Integrating Savision Live Maps into Service Manager 2012 (#SCOM, #SYSCTR, #Savision)
So you have an Operations Manager environment with Savision Live Maps and you thinking about integrating Live Maps with Service…
Office 365 Lync to Phone
Good news, Microsoft’s Office 365 now has new functionality for Lync Online, this is called Lync to Phone. This service…
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Recap
Last week in Toronto was the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). While I did not attend in person, I watched…
Overcoming your quality debt to enable continuous delivery
If you want to release software faster, it’s a given that you need automated deployment capabilities, and an incremental product…