If you have an environment where you have upgraded to CU5 but you have manually installed agents the process to upgrade to CU5 is intensive. If your manually installed agents are NOT as a result of network communication restrictions, this approach is one that has been used to use the OpsMgr console to perform the…
System Center 2012 Orchestrator allows you to target multiple computers at once through the use of computer groups. However, these computer groups only allow you to add computers to them manually. So what can you do if you want to create a dynamic group? One option is to use the Active Directory Integration Pack. To…
Most project teams have tried some permutation of an agile or SCRUM process by now, and a consistent theme amongst those I see on consulting engagements is a failure to deliver the work done in a sprint to users before starting the next one. Continuous integration, standup meetings, and backlogs are usually present, and some…
First off I want to thank the people who attended today’s Inaugural Office 365 International User Group meeting! While we did not have a ton of attendees, the ones that did attend were treated to a great presentation and numerous great discussions around Office 365 (in my humble opinion). I think the meeting went very…
Most software applications leverage a variety of third party libraries, middleware products, and frameworks to work. Each of these tools typically comes with its own method of configuration. How you manage this configuration has an impact on your ability to reduce time wasted tracking down problems related to differences in the environment in which your…
Catapult Systems is assisting one of our Austin clients with the planning, design, deployment, and migration of a subset of users to a hybrid deployment with Single Sign-On for Office 365 Exchange Online. The client has approximately 1,200 mailboxes on Exchange 2007 in a single Active Directory forest with a mixed environment of Outlook 2003/2007/2010/2011.…
“Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012 offers significant new functionality, including enhanced network monitoring and application performance monitoring, as well as architectural changes to remove the root management server and to add management server pools. These capabilities are all important, but one of the most interesting investments is Operations Manager 2012’s integrated dashboard functionality.” Are…
The following are a set of some of the FAQ’s I’ve been asked recently about how licenses are handled in System Center 2012. Question: In OpsMgr how can I tell if I am running the evaluation version or a licensed version? Answer: Open the OpsMgr console open help, about and check the screen to…
I am now officially a Microsoft Certified I.T. Professional (MCITP) for Office 365, Administrator! I took the two Office 365 Beta Exams, Administering and Deploying, back in January. These exams are now available to everyone, http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/btl/b/weblog/archive/2012/04/04/microsoft-office-365-exams-are-here.aspx SkyDrive has been updated! A new desktop app is included with this update that makes sharing files with…
Well it is just about here, Tomorrow at 2pm Denver time (8:00pm GMT/UTC) the first Office 365 International User Group meeting will begin. I have updated my website with the Meeting information and a calendar entry to be downloaded. Looking to get this User Group off the group and to meeting Office 365 enthusiast around…
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