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Move and Store Operations Management Suite (OMS) Log Analytics Data to Azure SQL Data Warehouse using Azure Data Factory – Part 1

From time to time, having conversations with customers about OMS Log Analytics, some questions come...

Author: Phil Gibson Date: 10/12/2016

Move and Store Operations Management Suite (OMS) Log Analytics Data to Azure SQL Data Warehouse using Azure Data Factory – Part 2

So let’s pick up where we left of in part 1 of this series. If everything was done correctly, you...

Author: Phil Gibson Date: 10/12/2016

Techniques for Tuning your Operations Management Suite (OMS) Log Analytics Ingestion

Lately I’ve been working with several customers on onboarding them to utilize the Log Analytics...

Author: Phil Gibson Date: 07/08/2016

Automating the Update of Baselines in System Center Virtual Machine Manager

Recently I’ve seen a request that asked if there was a way to automate the update of a baseline in...

Author: Phil Gibson Date: 08/05/2013

System Center Orchestrator - How to use a complex type and/or collection on the databus when using the “Run VMM PowerShell Script” activity from the Virtual Machine Manager Integration Pack

I’ve been working a lot of Cloud engagements lately focusing on extensive automation of service...

Author: Date: 06/18/2013

Automating the Move of System Center Operations Manager 2012 Databases using Windows PowerShell

In the case that you need to move your System Center Operations Manager 2012 OperationsManager...

Author: Phil Gibson Date: 10/24/2012

Installing System Center Operations Manager 2012 in Offline Mode (No Internet Connection) and receiving Exception Error Code: 0x80131509, Exception.Message: Cannot start service OMSDK on computer

  Recently I’ve been doing a lot of work in highly secure environments containing extremely...

Author: Phil Gibson Date: 10/24/2012

Using System Center 2012 for Host Cluster Remediation (Patching) and Host Cluster VM Rebalancing for Private Cloud – Part 2 of Many (VM Rebalancing)

This is Part 2 in my series “Using System Center 2012 for Host Cluster Remediation (Patching)...

Author: Phil Gibson Date: 05/11/2012

Using System Center 2012 for Host Cluster Remediation (Patching) and Host Cluster VM Rebalancing for Private Cloud – Part 1 of Many (Host Remediation)

So I’ve been working on Microsoft Private Cloud implementations for various customers. One of...

Author: Phil Gibson Date: 05/11/2012

How to use .NET managed code in a Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 R2 - Part 1 - The Overview

How to use .NET managed code in a Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 R2 - Part 1 - The...

Author: Phil Gibson Date: 04/12/2011