Written by Alex Fedotyev, edited by Pete Zerger, MVP and contributing author, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Unleashed, and Kerrie Meyler, MVP and author, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Unleashed When monitoring an application with an...

Talk TechNet is about discussing topics and trends in the world of IT Professionals. Episode 28, on May 6, 2011, will have guests Kerrie Meyler, Cameron Fuller, and John Joyner. Kerrie, Cameron, and John are Operations Manager MVPs and the authors of the...

Microsoft Codename “Atlanta” is a configuration-monitoring cloud service for Microsoft SQL Server deployments. Customers install an Atlanta gateway at each site where there are SQL Servers systems to monitor, and then install an Atlanta agent on each ser...

Microsoft has announced immediate support for deploying a new Operations Manager 2007 R2 installation with SQL Server 2008 R2. Upgrading your R2 deployment from SQL Server 2005 SP 3 / SQL Server 2008 SP 1 to SQL Server 2008 R2 will be supported with a fu...

We were asked not too long ago if OpsMgr 2007 R2 is 508 compliant. Section 508 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act requires that individuals with disabilities have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use by those emp...

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...

or … don’t believe everything you read on Amazon. if you’ve looked at the page at Amazon to order the book recently (http://www.amazon.com/System-Center-Operations-Manager-Unleashed/dp/0672333414), you’ve noticed it says availability is 1-3 months. What’...

The next keynote just wrapped up and there was a lot of good information. Here’s our top 9 items we heard in order of importance: 1) System Center Roadmap: New versions in 2011 for Operations Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, Configuration Manager, Servi...

We just wrapped up attending the MMS 2010 Keynote by Bob Muglia this morning which was a really good session. There was too much good stuff to go through in details, so what we’re going to do is hit the highlights that we saw during the session: 1) Offic...

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...