April 25 2012 11:22 AM

#MMS2012 DVDS have been release!! well Almost.. #MMSFUN

Included is a script and Excel Spreadsheet that is used to grab all the MMS2012 Video presentations and copy them by category to the folder of your choice. Read the notes, as there is one line that needs to be modified so the files are downloaded to the c...

March 12 2012 11:25 AM

Working around ‘Referenced management pack not found:’ issues

If you work with Management Packs in SCOM, you will likely run into the following issue at some point. You attempt to open the Microsoft.SystemCenter.OperationsManager.DefaultUser.xml file in the SCOM Authoring console only to get the following error. Wh...

November 17 2011 10:05 PM

MMS 2012 Registration now open

MMS 2012 registration is now open, and we’re back in the Venetian! Register for the big event at http://www.mms-2012.com/ Innovation. Expertise. Community. At the 2012 Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) the brightest and most skilled IT Professionals from...

November 17 2011 5:13 AM

Christjan's IT Minutes

Blog about technical challenges, workarounds, automation, solutions on technologies such as Configuration Manager, Group policies, scripting, OS deployment, Windows, etc.

July 28 2011 1:19 PM

Private cloud definitions and the Dynamic Data Center toolkit

Lets look at what the cloud actually means

July 28 2011 12:10 PM

Microsoft Dynamic Data center toolkit Overview

In this video I will overview the DDC 3.1 and show the user experience for the toolkit. This is going to be the first of a large series in the DDC toolkit.

March 20 2011 5:36 PM

MMS Tips for Newbies

MMS is a great event. IMO, it’s the best Microsoft event of the year (next to the MVP summit) but it can be daunting and lonely if you are new to the community and don’t know anyone upon arrival. I have been coming to MMS now since 1994 and have been a s...

February 14 2011 9:16 AM

New SystemCenterCentral.com Sponsor webcast

BDNA WEBCAST: How to Normalize SCCM Data, Highlight Suites & Bundles – February 22 Operational data from SCCM rules your day-to-day activities. With it, SCCM administrators keep the lights on, secure the devices, and provide the business with tools for s...

May 30 2010 12:55 PM

OpsMgr 2007 R2 by Example: the Exchange 2010 MP

Written By: Pete Zerger [MVP] and John Joyner [MVP] ; edited by Kerrie Meyler [MVP] The Microsoft Exchange 2010 Management Pack includes a change in direction in terms of management pack design that bears some explanation before we begin discussion of ma...

April 11 2010 10:39 AM

OpsMgr R2 by Example: the nworks MP for VMware

Written By: Cameron Fuller [MVP], Kerrie Meyler {MVP], John Joyner [MVP], and Andy Dominey One of the most comprehensive ways to monitor VMware ESX hosts in an Operations Manager environment is with the nworks management pack (MP) from Veeam. Version 5.0...