News
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cumulative Update 4 has shipped
The big update this month is the release of Cumulative Update 4 for OpsMgr 2007 R2. This update includes a number of fixes, support for upgrading to SQL 2008 R2, and a new feature which helps Management Servers recover from a database outage.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2449679
Operations Manager 2007 R2 lands Microsoft as a Gartner Magic Quadrant ‘Leader’
Microsoft was very pleased to see that in consideration of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, Gartner placed Microsoft in the Leader Quadrant of its ECA MQ !
Premier
OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT
Microsoft Premier Support UK - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/
Configuration Manager & SMS
Steve Rachui’s Manageability blog – ConfigMgr/OpsMgr
http://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/
System Center WebLog by Russ Slaten
http://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/
The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/
The Deployment Guys
http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys
System Center Configuration Manager Solutions
http://blogs.technet.com/mwiles/
Carlos Santiago's Manageability Blog - Configuration Manager
http://blogs.technet.com/carlossantiago/
Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings
http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/
Paul Thomsen at myITforum.com
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/pthomsen/default.aspx
Jeff Gilbert's Web blog at myITforum.com
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/default.aspx
Operations Manager & MOM
The Operations Manager Support Team Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/operationsmgr/
Kevin Holman's OpsMgr Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/
Jonathan Almquist on Operations Manager - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/
Jimmy Harper’s Operations Manager Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/jimmyharper/
Brian Wrenn on OpsMgr MP Authoring – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mpauthor/
Other
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/
The App-V Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/
The Out of Band Management Support Team Blog
Tweets
Operations Manager & MOM
@OpsMgr
Tweets from the Ops manager team
@MPReleases
Notification of new Management Pack Releases as they happen.
Downloads
Operations Manager & MOM
SCOM 2007 R2 VHD
This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. It enables you to evaluate System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=ef67ea4f-b8af-436f-80ae-33936f26f110
Windows Server DNS 2003/2008/2008 R2 Monitoring Management Pack
This management Pack monitors DNS infrastructure health, availability and performance on Microsoft Windows server 2003/2008/2008 R2.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=633b718f-5fe8-47d5-a395-8203f8ec354f
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Monitoring Management Pack
The Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Monitoring Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of the Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 and Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 SP1 cluster environment. It monitors Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 and Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 SP1 components – such as the head node, compute nodes, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) broker nodes, workstation nodes, the cluster network, and the HPC Job Scheduler service – to report issues that can cause downtime or poor performance for the cluster that is running Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 or Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 SP1.
BizTalk Server 2010 Management Pack
BizTalk Server 2010 Management Pack offers monitoring capabilities for BizTalk artifacts and BizTalk-related platform components. It allows administrators to monitor health state of various BizTalk artifacts such as Send Ports, Orchestrations etc. and platform artifacts such as Host Instances (BizTalk service). Further, this mp includes performance views, diagnostic capability and alerts.
SQL Server Appliance Base Management Pack
The SQL Server Appliance Base Management Pack helps you manage your SQL Server Appliances by discovering different types of SQL Server Appliances in your network and distinguishing them from other Windows Servers.
Events/Webcasts
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42364#42364
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) On-Demand Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42363
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42365
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 On-Demand Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42555
Microsoft System Center Overview On-Demand Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=42366
If you have questions or feedback, contact us.
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032454027&culture=en-US
New KB's
Configuration Manager & SMS
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Secondary Site server roles do not use Custom Web Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496160/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007: Distribution Manager in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 may require several hours after startup before it begins to process packages
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956194/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2: Asset Intelligence "License 01A" report incorrectly reports the MSDN editions of Windows Server 2008 as Windows XP in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 if MAK keys are used
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2481567/en-US
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2: Software inventory is incorrect for .exe, .dll, or .ocs files for Windows Embedded CE 5.x-based or Windows Embedded CE 6.0-based mobile devices in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2483226/en-US
Other
Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010: Description of Cumulative Update 1 for System Center Service Manager 2010 Service Pack 1