Configuration Manager (SCCM)
“In the Cloud” podcast
- Making Your SCCM Infrastructure Accessible from Anywhere
- How we use SCCM at Microsoft, Part 2
- Whitepaper: Securing and Hardening NDES for Microsoft Intune and System Center Configuration Manager
- Updated: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager support Microsoft SQL Server 2014
- Understanding Software Updates Management in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
- New FREE ebook: Microsoft System Center Software Update Management Field Experience
- New Extension Now Available: Conditional Access for Exchange Online
Problems and Fixes
- ConfigMgr 2012 Support Tip: WSUS sync fails with HTTP 503 errors
- Task sequence fails in Configuration Manager if software updates require multiple restarts
- HOTFIX: Restore fails when the site database uses SQL Server 2014 on a server that is running ConfigMgr 2012
- KB: Configuration Manager PXE boot causes Windows Deployment Services to crash
- ConfigMgr Support Tip: Troubleshooting high CPU utilization on UNIX and Linux clients
- Support Tip: High CPU utilization on Domain Controllers due to WSUS IIS issue
- KB: Windows Phone 8.1 devices managed by ConfigMgr 2012 are blocked from device enrollment and app installation
- Support Tip: ConfigMgr 2012 update scan fails and causes incorrect compliance status
Operations Manager (SCOM)
- Dynamics CRM 2015 Management Pack Released
- Data Protection Manager 2012 R2 Management Pack released
- A new Update Rollup for Microsoft Monitoring Agent is now available
- SCOM 2012 Maintenance Mode Scheduler 5.1
- How can we tell which server is the active resource pool member?
- Kicking the tires on the new Dashboards by Savision product
- HP MSA P2000 Management Pack – Upgrade
- Consolidate Multiple Squared Up Instances into Single Dashboard
- Passing Data in Composite Workflow
- Script Based Monitor With Consecutive Samples
- Export OpsMgr 2012 overrides to HTML, CSV and XML
- World War Widget: The alert view vs the alert widget
- Logical Disk Free Space Monitor (extended)
- Importing a list of ICMP Devices
- Using Squared Up As an Universal Dashboard Solution
- CMP Tool V 1.0 (Compare Management Pack Tool)
Azure Operational Insights
Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series
- New Onboarding User Experience (Part 14)
- Plans and Retention (Part 15)
- Collecting Logs from Azure Diagnostics (Part 16)
- Collecting Text Log Files with a custom PowerShell Script
- Enabling Collection of Azure Diagnostics Data from Storage Account
Custom Solutions
Fun with OpsMgr and Windows Media Center
- Part 1: Differences writing a management pack with and without a custom class structure
- Part 2: Creating a class structure and discovery with MP Author
- Part 3: Gathering information and developing a health and alerting model
- Part 4: Adding rules, monitors and services
- SMS / Voice Notifications: PowerShell, System Center Operations Manager, Twilio
- Recover SCOM Management Server after removed or damaged
- SCOM Management Pack Windows Azure Pack (WAP)
- SC Orchestrator Additions Management Pack for SCOM 2012
- Management Pack Fix for IIS 7.5 Web Management Service alert
- Hyper-V 2012 R2 management pack for Operations Manager 2012 R2
Problems and Fixes
- How to troubleshoot agent connectivity issues in System Center 2012 Operations Manager
- SCOM does not properly groom all MT*_Log tables
- KB: Error 800706D3 occurs and push install fails for a SCOM 2012 agent to Windows Server 2012
- Exchange 2010 Correlation Engine Not Generating Alerts
- Support Tip: Having problems monitoring clients in Operations Manager? Check this first
- Alert: ‘Script Based Test Failed to Complete’
- Troubleshooting gray agent states in System Center 2012 Operations Manager
Service Manager (SCSM)
- March Service Manager #LyncUp Recording is now Available
- How to change URLs in SCSM 2012 notifications templates using PowerShell
- Service Manager 2012 SP1 now supports SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2
- How to help users help themselves with #SCSM Knowledge?
- Support Group Incident Timer – Part 1 – Creating the Object
- Determine Required Field for Service Manager Object
- SCSM – Passing Attachments via Web Service e.g. SMA Web Service
- How to edit LDAP Query filter of Active Directory Connectors in SCSM2012
- HOTFIX: Data type conversion error after you install UR5 for System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager
- Direct download file attachments from the SCSM self-service portal!
- Details on Configuration Manager (LFX) Connector Performance Improvements
Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
- New Twitter feed just for System Center Virtual Machine Manager
- Deploy highly scalable tenant network infrastructure for hosting providers
- Guidance for a SCVMM / Hyper-V deployment in a locked down, multi-forest environment
- KB: VMM service does not start and returns ReflectionTypeLoadException after you apply an update rollup
- KB: Error 11823 when Operations Manager integration is refreshed from the VMM 2012 console
- Azure Site Recovery: How to protect a large VHD image to Azure
- VMM service does not start and returns ReflectionTypeLoadException after you apply an update rollup
- Description of Update Rollup 9 for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager SP1
- Error 11823 when Operations Manager integration is refreshed from the VMM 2012 console
- Free Microsoft System Center ebook: Deploying Hyper-V with Software-Defined Storage & Networking
- VMM: “Needs Attention” host status after you rebuild the WMI repository
- Azure Site Recovery: How to protect a large VHD image to Azure
- More Updates on User Voice and Recruitment for Microsoft System Center VMM 2012 R2 UR6
- System Center 2012 R2 VMM – Forecasting for Capacity Planning
Orchestrator
- Getting PowerShell v3/4/5 & Orchestrator To Play Nice
- Help shape the future of Microsoft Automation/Orchestrator!
- How to run Active Directory cmdlets in Orchestrator .Net Activity
Data Protection Manager (DPM)
- DPM Protection of Microsoft Workloads to Azure
- Considerations when applying Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager
- Announcing Centralized and Customizable backup reports using Data Protection Manager
- TCO reduction with the Azure Backup pricing in DPM deployments
DPM Database Maintenance blog series
- Part 1: Database consistency check and your DPMDB
- Part 2: Identifying and dealing with fragmentation in your DPMDB
- Part 3: Dealing with a large DPMDB
- Update for Azure Backup to enable Protected Instances pricing
- Support Tip: Consistency Check fails with “DPM encountered a retryable VSS error”
- KB: “The system cannot find the file specified” error when you use Data Protection Manager to restore DPMDB.bak
- HOTFIX: Console crashes running inquiry after installing DPM 2012 R2 UR5
- Troubleshooting Exchange Protection and Recovery Issues in Data Protection Manager
