This document contains a conveniently formatted source of command line syntax for Windows Server 2008 Core, and includes both RTM and R2 commands. It started out as a convenient source for my own reference, but after sharing with a few colleagues, they suggested I share.In any event, it makes for a handy offline reference if you've not memorized all the configuration commands for server core.

by, Kris Bash, A vbs script (as a .txt file) for use in a SCOM unit monitor to locally check the status of a listening TCP port.

Here's another great community solution for automated maintenance mode. In this case, J. Greg extended Derek Harkins 'Maintenance Mode without OpsMgr Admin Rights" solution to automate maintenance mode during monthly patch management.

This is a tool we originally released on systemcenterforum.org designed to run on the Essentials server or SCOM RMS to do one thing - export all management packs. Since the MP2XMLDumper.exe written by Clive errors out on the SCE 2010 platform, this is the best way to export MPs for deeper investigation today.

This is the sample Process Monitoring script referenced in the "HOW-TO Create a 2-State Script Monitor" tutorial for OpsMgr and Essentials 2007. Use as a learning tool only, not for production environments.

Step-by-step walkthrough on the steps required to configure notification in Operations Manager 2007. Updated Sept '07

This sample monitoring script illustrates how run a T-SQL query on a database and sets monitor state based on value returned. Good example of how to dynamically create the connection string when database server & database name must be discovered at runtime.

This is a short step-by-step article explaining how to publish reports for viewing outside the SCOM Operations Console. This is a technique I frequently share in training administrators, and worth a pointer here.

Powershell script for retrieving "Missing Updates" for SCE agent-managed systems.

This gadget makes it easier to find help for Microsoft System Center products because it uses Live Search macros to search specific sites instead of the entire web

Remove override references from the MP you are trying to remove

Subscription Tool is a simple GUI based tool that lets you enable and disable all notification subscriptions. The tool will automatically re-enable all subscriptions using “Send notifications for alerts Generated after the subscription is enabled”.

Allows you create multiple “virtual” network devices to test SNMP device monitoring in OpsMgr and Essentials 2007.

GUI based tool that lets administrators easily schedule maintenance mode for a server or group of servers inside System Center Operations Manager 2007.

Will allow you to configure a RunAs profile for agents in bulk

GUI tool that facilitates bulk reset health monitors and restart monitoring on demand for a group of monitored objects. Perfect for situations where you need to reset many health monitors at once

GUI tool for configuring and viewing agent proxy settings.

Configure and view agent proxy settings from the command line.

View what overrides exist in a management group

This utility that allows you to multiselect a number of rules, monitors and discoveries and create an override to enable or disable all selected items