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System Center 2012 Beta Software Available
System Center 2012 cloud and datacenter management solutions empower you with a common management toolset for your private and public cloud applications and services. They help you to deliver private cloud services that empower business teams, provide greater insights into application performance, and allow you to carry forward current IT investments as you adopt public cloud computing.
Try the latest beta versions of the System Center 2012 capabilities
Operations Manager: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26804
Configuration Manager: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ff657840.aspx
Orchestrator: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26503
Virtual Machine Manager: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/gg678609.aspx
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
The Manageability Guys
http://blogs.technet.com/b/manageabilityguys/
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.
@MS_SystemCenter
We are the System Center Support team. We support App-V, ConfigMgr, DPM, MED-V, Opalis, OpsMgr, Server App-V, Service Manager, SCE, SCVMM, WSUS and more.
@system_center
The folks at Microsoft who work on the System Center family of products and solutions.
Downloads
Cumulative Update 5 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is available
This article contains a complete description of all changes that are contained in Cumulative Update 5 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.
Cumulative Update 5 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 includes all previous cumulative updates for Operations Manager 2007 R2 and includes all cross-platform updates.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2495674
System Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Azure Applications
The Windows Azure Monitoring Management Pack enables you to monitor the availability and performance of applications that are running on Windows Azure.
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Management Packs
The System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Management Packs enable discovering, monitoring, and managing UNIX-based and Linux-based computers by using the same interface and tools that you use to manage your Windows-based computers. They provide both proactive and reactive monitoring of the UNIX and Linux operating systems. The management packs monitor components such as processes, resources, and server agents. The monitoring provided by the management packs includes availability and configuration monitoring, performance data collection, and default thresholds. You can integrate the monitoring of UNIX and Linux components into your service-oriented monitoring scenarios. In addition to health monitoring capabilities, the management packs include reports, diagnostics, tasks, and views that enable near real-time diagnosis and resolution of detected issues. The management packs also enable the installation of the Cross Platform Audit Collection Services Management Packs.
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
Operations Manager & MOM
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007: Event ID 4625 is logged every 5 minutes when using the Exchange 2010 Management Pack in System Center Operations Manager 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2591305/en-US
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: You are prompted for the latest version of the Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library management pack when you try to edit a new management pack in Operations Manager 2007 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2590414/en-US
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: System Center Operations Manager 2007 Support for SQL 2005 SP4