June 2011 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability
News
Download Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2
Consumerization is a growing challenge for IT organizations. System Center Configuration Manager 2012 helps IT empower people to use the devices and applications they need to be productive, while maintaining corporate compliance and control.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ff657840.aspx
Premier
OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT
Microsoft Premier Support UK - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/
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 - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/
Jonathan Almquist on Operations Manager - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/
Jimmy Harper’s Operations Manager Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/jimmyharper/
Brian Wrenn on OpsMgr MP Authoring – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/mpauthor/
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/
Tweets
Operations Manager & MOM
@OpsMgr
Tweets from the Ops manager team
@MPReleases
Notification of new Management Pack Releases as they happen.
@MS_SystemCenter
We are the System Center Support team. We support App-V, ConfigMgr, DPM, MED-V, Opalis, OpsMgr, Server App-V, Service Manager, SCE, SCVMM, WSUS and more.
@system_center
The folks at Microsoft who work on the System Center family of products and solutions.
Downloads
Operations Manager & MOM
SQL Server Monitoring Management Pack
The Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 SP1 and R2 provides discovery and monitoring of SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2008 R2.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363
SQL Server 2000 Monitoring Management Pack
The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of SQL Server 2000 in an enterprise environment.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=653d9fb9-b1c6-4702-a152-99852dcb2772
Events/Webcasts
Talk TechNet with Keith Combs and Matt Hester – Episode 28: The OpsMgr Unleashed authors on Operations Manager 2012 (Level 200)
5/6/2011 9:00 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Talk TechNet is about discussing topics and trends in the world of IT Professionals. In our May 6th show we’ll have guests Kerrie Meyler, Cameron Fuller, and John Joyner. Kerrie, Cameron, and John are Operations Manager MVPs
and authors of the System Center Operations Manager Unleashed series, and will be discussing System Center Operations Manager 2012. Call in and join us for what promises to be a lively 60 minute session.
Presenters: Keith Combs, Sr. Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, Matt Hester, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation, Cameron Fuller, Microsoft MVP - Operations Manager, Catapult Systems, John Joyner, Microsoft MVP - Operations Manager, Clear
Pointe and Kerrie Meyler, Microsoft MVP - Operations Manager, Independent Consultant and Trainer.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032484791&culture=en-US
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
Configuration Manager & SMS
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2: You cannot perform catalog synchronization by using an Asset Intelligence synchronization point on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 site server after the bootstrap certificate expires
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2483225/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2: Task sequence that installs many updates stops responding on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 client
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2509007/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2: Category is incorrectly overwritten when you import the same driver on to a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 site server
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2513499/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2: Task sequence does not run if it has lots of Install Software steps in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2516517/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2: The restart computer step of a task sequence does not work on an embedded device that has System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 clients
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2516850/en-US
Other
Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010: A hotfix is now available to let you add or remove rights for an operation in profiles to accommodate custom types that were added to the System Center Service Manager 2010 environment
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2525307/en-US
Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010: A hotfix for Cumulative Update 1 for System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1: May 2011
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2538810/en-US
Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010: Description of Cumulative Update 2 for System Center Service Manager 2010 Service Pack 1