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Operations Manager Management Pack design and authoring from the Microsoft IX Team

Discovering Multiple Services of an Application

I got the question below related to my MP development training.  It seems like a common...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 06/05/2014

Management Pack Development Training

This is kind of old news since I’ve had the first lessons out there for a few weeks, but I wanted to...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 04/07/2014

OM12 Dashboards

Brad Anderson put out a blog post a few weeks ago talking about dashboards in System Center 2012...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 07/24/2013

VSAE Video

David Allen who is an MVP from Infront Consulting Group in the UK just completed a great video going...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 05/08/2013

MMS 2013

It’s that time of year again!  I know it’s April when my days start getting filled up with...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 04/04/2013

Some Love for Visual Studio Authoring Extensions

We announced Visual Studio Authoring Extensions back at MMS last April, and it’s now become our...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 01/27/2013

Custom Shape for Visio Management Designer

We put out an article in the TechNet Wiki and the code for a sample shape in the TechNet Gallery for...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 01/07/2013

System Center Authoring Hub

I wanted to call everyone’s attention to the new System Center Authoring Hub on the TechNet...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 01/07/2013

Retiring OpsManJam

Many of you may be familiar with OpsManJam which we have used for the last few years to deliver...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 10/31/2012

New management pack samples – kind of

I just posted a variety of management pack samples into the TechNet Gallery.  These are...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 08/28/2012

The new authoring tools are here!

We announced our new tools for building management packs in Operations Manager back at MMS but ran...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 06/28/2012

Where is VSAE and VMPD?

At MMS 2012, Baelson Duque and I presented our new management pack authoring tools.  Visio...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 05/30/2012

MMS Samples Available….Finally!

Took me a bit longer than expected, but I finally got the samples out that I showed at my session at...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 05/29/2012

Authoring in System Center 2012 Operations Manager

I’ve been pretty silent here on the blog in the last few weeks as I was heads down in getting...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 11/12/2011

New Module Documentation

In our documentation for authoring Operations Manager management packs, we regularly reference the...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 09/21/2011

Custom Monitoring for Windows Azure Management Pack

The Windows Azure Application Monitoring Management Pack allows you to specify an application...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 06/20/2011

Sealing a Management Pack

We have a had a variety of comments about our lack of guidance on using MPSeal to seal a management...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 05/19/2011

Blog Plug - Monitoring Azure

I wanted to make a plug for a blog run by one of our application development consultants. ...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 05/04/2011

Designing Managed Applications Whitepaper

In my session at MMS a month or so ago, I mentioned a whitepaper that was been written by our...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 05/03/2011

Cloud Search for Management Pack Authoring

One of the real challenges that we have had in the world of MP Authoring is people locating...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 04/15/2011

Sample Management Pack Specification Available

Sample management pack specification now available in the OpsManJam Management Pack Library. ...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 03/28/2011

Discovery Series Part 4 – Discovery Scripts

The next video in the Operations Manager R2 Discovery Series is now available.  This one is on...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 01/14/2011

Parameter Replacement in Web Applications

We got an article out for a new feature in Operations Manager 2007 R2 CU3 that allows you to pick up...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 12/20/2010

Azure Management Pack

We have a new version of the Azure Management Pack guide available with the MP.  I typically...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 12/20/2010

Undiscovering with Multiple Discoveries

I am going to include this issue in a video in the Discovery series I’ve been putting out (Script...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 12/02/2010

Discovery Series – Parts 2 and 3

The Operations Manager R2 Discovery Series continues with videos on Registry Discovery and WMI...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 11/16/2010

How Discovery Works

Our first video in the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Discovery series, titled How Discovery Works, is...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 10/18/2010

Taking the mystery out of SCOM 2007 Discoveries

Some of the most common questions we get in the Operations Manager 2007 authoring world are about...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 09/23/2010

Linked Reports

Linked reports allow you to create a customized report in a management pack with minimal...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 09/13/2010

Complete MP Authoring Guide Available for Download

The complete version of the Management Pack Authoring Guide is now available for download in Word as...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 08/01/2010

Target Video Now Available

We have new video available on the System Center Tech Center.  This one covers the basic...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 07/29/2010

Management Pack Authoring Guide Complete!

The final section of the Management Pack Authoring Guide just went live!  New Sections This...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 07/14/2010

How Do I? Videos

The first management pack authoring video is now available in the System Center How Do I? Videos...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 06/07/2010

Management Pack Basics

Okay, so the name probably doesn’t invoke a lot of excitement for the more advanced crowd, but...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 06/01/2010

MP Samples

I put the management packs that I showed in the Advanced Monitoring Scenarios session at MMS last...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 04/30/2010

New Mail Account

We have a new mail account to solicit feedback on our documentation and all things related to...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 04/28/2010

Follow us on Twitter

MPAuthor now has a Twitter account.  We’ll be using this for various announcements such as new...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 04/28/2010

Reflections on MMS 2010

After a very busy few weeks  I'm having finally a bit of time to relax and reflect on...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 04/26/2010

Authoring Guide Health Model Section Live

The Health Model section of the Management Pack Authoring Guide is now available.  This section...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 04/17/2010

Bug Fix

Thanks to kboomsliter for pointing out on a previous post that the procedure for creating a monitor...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 03/29/2010

Management Summit 2010

Almost that time of year again – MMS in Las Vegas!  I’m starting to plan out my sessions, and I...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 03/06/2010

MP Authoring Guide available for download

Our original plan for the MP Authoring Guide was to publish sections on TechNet as they were...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 02/11/2010

NetApp Management Pack

I was just reading through a great series of blog posts by Oskar Landman on System Center Central on...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 02/05/2010

New Authoring Guide Section Published

A couple of weeks ago, we published the new version of the Management Pack Authoring Guide which...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 01/31/2010

New Blog Launch

For those who didn’t follow my old blog at BWren’s Management Space my name is Brian Wren, and I’m a...

Author: Brian Wren Date: 01/29/2010