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Week of August 19: Let MVPs help you prepare for the Windows Server 2012 launch in October
Hi, all, It’s summer and many people are taking some time off (myself included) but some of...
Date: 08/14/2013
Week of July 15: Clustering Server Workloads, Updated Windows Server 2012 Rollup, Changes to Group Policy, and Practical Powershell with Windows Server MVPs
Greetings, all, Welcome to this week’s roundup of blogs from MVPs with expertise areas related...
Date: 07/14/2013
MVP Pro Speaker Series for 7/16 (So I've installed Service Manager - what's next?) has been canceled.
Please note the MVP Pro Speaker Series scheduled for Tuesday 7/16 has been canceled. We are...
Date: 07/11/2013
MVP Pro Speaker Series: Taking Control of NVGRE with PowerShell (Level 400)
Damian Flynn gave a great presentation today, Tuesday 7/09/13, titled Taking Control of NVGRE with...
Date: 07/09/2013
MVP Pro Speakers Series: Iron Chef Automation: Cooking Up Gourmet Self-Service Solutions with System Center 2012 SP1 (Level 300)
Pete Zerger gave a great presentation on June 19, 2013 titled Iron Chef Automation: Cooking Up...
Date: 06/24/2013
Week of June 19: New blog posts from WS/SC MVPs
Hi, all, This weekend, I’m off to TechEd Madrid (I'll be in the Hyper-V booth Tuesday and...
Date: 06/18/2013
MVP Pro Speaker Series for 6/18/2013 has been moved to 6/19/13
Due to a scheduling issue, we are moving the MVP pro speakers series from Tuesday 6/18/13 to...
Date: 06/13/2013
MVP Pro Speaker Series: Managing Windows Phone 8 & Windows RT devices with Windows Intune and/or Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 (Level 300)
Panu Saukko gave a great presentation today on Managing Windows Phone 8 & Windows RT devices...
Date: 06/12/2013
MVP Pro Speaker Series: Backup that really works using multiple members and functions of the System Center 2012 SP1 family (Level 300)
Robert Hedblom gave a great presentation on May 7th titled Backup that really works using multiple...
Date: 05/20/2013
MVP Pro Speakers Series: Building Workstation and Application Deployment Automation with Service Manager and Orchestrator (Level 300)
Nate Lasnoski gave a great presentation today titled Building Workstation and Application Deployment...
Date: 05/16/2013
MVP Speaker Series: Keeping Your CIO Happy: Executive Scorecarding with SQL, SharePoint and System Center 2012 Operations Manager (Level 300)
Gordon McKenna gave a great presentation on 4.25.13 titled Keeping Your CIO Happy: Executive...
Date: 05/07/2013
MVP Pro Speaker Series: Automating the Hyper-V Administration with PowerShell (Level 200)
Leandro Carvalho gave a great presentation on 4.23.2013 titled Automating the Hyper-V Administration...
Date: 05/06/2013
MVP Pro Speaker Series:Tips & Tricks to Using the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions (Level 300)
David Allen gave a great presentation today on Using the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions. If you...
Date: 05/02/2013
Announcement: Windows Server/System Center MVP Speaker Series presentation scheduled for 4/30/13 has been moved to 5/1/13.
The session originally scheduled to take place Tuesday 4/30/13, has been moved to Wednesday 5/1/13...
Date: 04/25/2013
NTttcp Version 5.28 Now Available
Leveraged extensively by both external customers and Microsoft Product Groups alike to profile and...
Date: 04/18/2013
Announcement: Special Windows Server/System Center MVP Speaker Series presentation taking place on Thursday 4/25/13
We will be having a special additional MVP speaker series session on 4/25/13 titled: Keeping Your...
Date: 04/17/2013
Announcement: Special Windows Server/System Center MVP Speaker Series presentation taking place on Wednesday 4/17/13
The session originally scheduled to take place today, Tuesday 4/16/13, has been moved to tomorrow,...
Date: 04/16/2013
Announcing new Windows Server/System Center MVP Speaker Series
We are excited to announce a new series open to everyone. Starting Tuesday April 16, 2013 we...
Date: 04/10/2013
Automating Service Request Catalogs with System Center-Service Manager and Service Request Fulfillment with Orchestrator
Our presentation demonstrates how to deploy the service catalog introduced in System Center 2012 -...
Date: 04/03/2013
System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager at Microsoft IT
Watch this session to learn how Microsoft IT uses System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 in...
Date: 04/03/2013
Advanced Real World Help Desk with System Center 2012 SP1 Service Manager
Learn how the Cloud and Datacenter Management team built a CUBE using Service Manager and Operations...
Date: 04/03/2013
Copying User Roles Between Environments in Service Manager 2012
If you’ve ever created user roles in a test or pre-production Service Manager environment and wanted...
Date: 03/28/2013
Week of March 25: New blogs from Windows Server/System Center MVPs
Hi, all, Christa Anderson here with this week’s MVP blog update. Here’s a quick overview...
Date: 03/25/2013
Automating Backups of Custom Management Packs in Service Manager 2012
During a disaster recover scenario, it would be nice to know that all of your custom data is backed...
Date: 03/22/2013
Upgrading Operations Manager 2012 to SP1: The CDM Monitoring and Management Experience
Introduction Hi, I’m Dave Hatton and welcome to my 1st System Center - Operations Manager (OM)...
Date: 03/19/2013
Week of March 18: New blogs from Windows Server/System Center MVPs
Hi, all, Christa Anderson, community lead from the Partner and Customer Ecosystem here with this...
Date: 03/18/2013
Week of March 11: New blogs from Windows Server and System Center MVPs
Greetings, all, Christa Anderson here with another MVP blog roundup. This week, MVPs have created...
Date: 03/11/2013
Extending the Service Request Form and Exposing the Request Offering Field in System Center 2012: Service Manager
In Service Manager the portal is used to submit new incidents and service requests. Once an end-user...
Date: 03/11/2013
Sending mail to users in the “Configuration Items: Computers, Services and People” field in System Center 2012 SP1 – Service Manager
The latest revisions to the Exchange Connector creates configuration items for the users on the To...
Date: 03/06/2013
Automating Service Manager Service Request Catalog Deployment through PowerShell and CSV files
Goals The purpose of this post is to provide users of System Center 2012 – Service Manager with the...
Date: 03/04/2013
Week of February 25: New from Windows Server/System Center MVPs
Hi, all, We took a week off for MVP Summit but we're now back with this week's installment of blogs...
Date: 02/26/2013
Monitoring .Net Web Applications Using Global Service Monitor and Application Performance Monitors
A Few Details About Our Service and Environment I’m a member of the Monitoring and Management...
Date: 02/25/2013
Week of Feburary 11: New from Windows Server/System Center MVPs!
Hi, all, Christa Anderson here with this week's roundup of MVP blogs and articles. It's a good time...
Date: 02/11/2013
Week of February 4: New blogs from Windows Server/System Center MVPs
Hi, all, Getting started with Windows InTune or Windows Server Essentials? Curious about how Office...
Date: 02/04/2013
Week of January 28: New blogs from Windows Server/System Center MVPs
Hi, all, Christa Anderson here with a quick summary of what you’ll find in the WSSC MVP blogs...
Date: 01/28/2013
Upgrading to System Center 2012 SP1-Service Manager (SCSM) at Microsoft
Intro and Description of Our Environment The Monitoring & Management (M&M) team inside the...
Date: 01/22/2013
Keep up with new blogs from Windows Server/System Center MVPs!
Hi, all, Christa Anderson here. Here’s a quick summary of what you’ll find in the MVP...
Date: 01/22/2013
Service Provider Framework – Import a Certificate prior executing setup.exe
Hi there! This is Thomas Roettinger with the first blog post this year on Microsoft Service Provider...
Date: 01/15/2013
Fast TCP Loopback Performance and Low Latency with Windows Server 2012 TCP Loopback Fast Path
TCP Loopback Fast Path is a new feature introduced in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. If you use...
Date: 12/05/2012
ARP Spoofing Prevention in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
Hi there! This is Thomas Roettinger with a new blog post on how to implement ARP Spoofing protection...
Date: 11/18/2012
Planning for Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control Deployments - DAC
HI this is Kevin Beares, Senior Community Lead for the Windows Server and System Center Group. The...
Date: 11/07/2012