Headlines
System Center 2016 to launch in September
We are pleased to announce that Microsoft System Center 2016 will be launched at the Microsoft Ignite conference in late September. Highlights of System Center 2016 include:
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Support for new Windows Server 2016 technologies, including lifecycle management for Nano server-based hosts and virtual machines, Storage Spaces Direct, and shielded virtual machines
- Performance and usability improvements, including all the update rollups since System Center 2012 R2, improved UNIX and Linux monitoring, and ability to tune management packs and alerts
- Native integrations with Microsoft Operations Management Suite to give you expanded analytics, data correlation, orchestration, archival, and hybrid management capabilities
The Windows Server 2016 Application Platform – Nano Server, Containers and DevOps
There has been a lot of press on Nano Server and Containers as new technologies coming in Windows Server 2016. In this blog post we’ll discuss how these two technologies are core pieces of the Windows Server 2016 developer/DevOps solution, discuss the full inbox stack, and provide links to additional resources to get you started. In addition to this post, at Build 2016, Taylor Brown and Andrew Mason presented a session with demos on this topic. The recording is available on Channel9.
Gartner names Microsoft as a leader in DRaaS
With Operations Management Suite and Azure Site Recovery, organizations can achieve low recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO) targets for every major IT system, without the hassle or the cost of a secondary data center. With this disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) offering designed for the needs of enterprises, customers can tap into effectively unlimited capacity at a moment’s notice.
Configuration Manager (SCCM)
- Update 1606 for Microsoft Configuration Manager Technical Preview 5 is now available
- Simplify application whitelisting with Configuration Manager and Windows 10
- See how Microsoft IT installed Configuration Manager 1602 using in-console updates
- The Fastest Customer Upgrade to ConfigMgr EVER!
- PE Peer Cache Custom Reporting – Examples
- Learn about the Microsoft Configuration Manager current branch model and how it works with the Windows 10 servicing model
- FAQ: System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)
- KB: Product updates are not downloaded in System Center Configuration Manager current branch
Intune / Enterprise Mobility
- Introducing Enterprise Mobility + Security
- New in Intune: Conditional access for browsers, Dynamics CRM Online and Cisco ISE
- The Endpoint Zone, Episode 15: How Avanade uses Intune MAM
Operations Manager (SCOM)
- New Features in SCOM 2016 – Maintenance Schedules
- SQL MP updates – version 6.7.2.0
- New Features in SCOM 2016 – Management Packs: Updates & Recommendations
- Silect MPAuthor version 7.0 released
- VSAE Installation Guide
- PowerShell script for triggering (forcing) a SCOM discovery
- Updated SQL RunAs addendum MP’s
- How to make a SCOM implementation project successful
Operations Management Suite (OMS)
- OMS View Designer: Visualize your data your way
- Redesigned OMS Log Search Page
- Bring your custom collectd metrics into the OMS Log Analytics platform
- Where is My csHost Field for IIS Logs in OMS Log Analytics?
- Surface Hub Monitoring with OMS/Azure Log Analytics
- OMS Mobile App: Your Bespoke Tiles and Dashboards at Your Finger Tips
- OMS Log Analytics: Create Tiles, Drill-ins and Dashboards with the View Designer
- Quickly add Azure diagnostics to OMS
- How to deploy OMS Agent on Linux
System Center Service Manager
Virtualization
- Cumulative Update 2 for System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Technical Preview 5 is now available
- How to collect traces in System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Automation