August 2010 - Technology Rollup Mail - Manageability
News
Management Pack Authoring Guide Complete!
The final section of the Operations Manager Management Pack Authoring Guide just went live!
Configuration Manager & SMS
Steve Rachui’s Manageability blog – ConfigMgr/OpsMgr
https://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/
System Center WebLog by Russ Slaten
https://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/
The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/
The Deployment Guys
https://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys
System Center Configuration Manager Solutions
https://blogs.technet.com/mwiles/
Carlos Santiago's Manageability Blog - Configuration Manager
https://blogs.technet.com/carlossantiago/
Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings
https://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/
Paul Thomsen at myITforum.com
https://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/pthomsen/default.aspx
Jeff Gilbert's Web blog at myITforum.com
https://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/default.aspx
Operations Manager & MOM
The Operations Manager Support Team Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/b/operationsmgr/
Kevin Holman’s OpsMgr Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/
Jonathan Almquist on Operations Manager
https://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/
Jimmy Harper’s Operations Manager Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/b/jimmyharper/
Other
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
https://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/
The App-V Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/
The Out of Band Management Support Team Blog
https://blogs.technet.com/oob/
Documents
Microsoft Operations Framework
MOF 4.0 is practical guidance for IT organizations. With the release of version 4.0, MOF now reflects a single, comprehensive IT service lifecycle—it helps IT professionals connect service management principles to everyday IT tasks and activities and ensures alignment between IT and the business.
Downloads
Operations Manager
Windows Server DHCP Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007
This management pack monitors DHCP infrastructure health, availability, and performance.
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Pack
The Operations Manager 2007 R2 management pack helps you manage your System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 infrastructure by monitoring the health of the Operations Manager components and services.
Configuration Manager & SMS
Download Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Beta
Forefront Endpoint Protection simplifies and improves endpoint protection while greatly reducing infrastructure costs. It builds on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, allowing customers to use their existing client management infrastructure to deploy and manage endpoint protection. This shared infrastructure lowers ownership costs while providing improved visibility and control over endpoint management and security.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/ff182914.aspx
BDD and MDT Archive
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1 is the recommended process and toolset to automate desktop and server deployment. The support status of earlier versions is outlined here.
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 VHD
This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2.
Events/Webcasts
Other
TechNet Webcast: How to Deploy Microsoft Office and Manage Windows Clients in Midsized Organizations (Level 200)
Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 brings unified physical and virtual management to midsized organizations that have up to 500 client workstations and 50 servers. Attend this webcast to learn how easy it can be to deploy Microsoft Office 2010 and maintain client workstations running Windows operating systems for updates. We also look at backing up client computers running Windows with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2010.
Presenter: Jason Buffington, Senior Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
View other sessions from Managing a Microsoft Infrastructure: Improve Reliability and Performance
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42364#42364
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42363
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42365
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42555
Microsoft System Center Overview On-Demand Webcasts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42366
If you have questions or feedback, contact us.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032454027&culture=en-US
New KB's
Article Title |
KB2288515 - Troubleshooting gray agent states in System Center Operations Manager 2007 and System Center Essentials |
KB2010168 - The system Center Operations Manager 2007 web console fails to open with "Error: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=9.0.0.0" |
KB2262476 - Attempts to opening the System Center Operations Manager 2007 console fails with "The client has been disconnected from the server" exception |
KB2022625 - Unable to import a license into the Opalis Integration Server License Manager |
KB979257 - System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cumulative Update 2 Release Notes |
KB982501 - The monitoring of SNMP devices may stop intermittently in System Center Operations Manager or in System Center Essentials |
KB2277825 - Alerts may not get forwarded as expected via a connector in System Center Operations Manager 2007 |