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Licensing Changes Make DPM Even Cheaper!

I was informed recently by MS that the licensing of DPM had changed and I was getting some information together to write a post about it when Jason Buffington posted all the details on his blog yesterday. So rather than wasting my time writing up...

Published Fri, Jun 25 2010 9:53 AM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: DPM

DPM vNext – Have Your Say!

DPM 2010 was only released earlier this month but the product team are already looking at the next version. They are currently scoping what should go into the next version of the DPM and they want to know what you want! Follow the link below and...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 5:46 PM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: DPM

Management Group Check-up – A Database Perspective

On June 11th 2010, Kevin Holman presented a session to the System Center Virtual Users Group where he discussed management group health from a database perspective. Following from this presentation, Kevin has posted the slide deck he used...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 12:31 PM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: OpsMgr 2007, OpsMgr 2007 R2

System Center Service Manager 2010 is on MSDN & TechNet

Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010 is now available on both MSDN and TechNet for download! I recommend you download and start looking at SCSM today, it’s a great product and is going to be a key part of the System Center suite. Log into...

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 9:30 AM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: Service Manager

Free Hyper-V R2 Management Pack from BridgeWays

BridgeWays have released a free management pack for Operations Manager to monitor Hyper-V R2. The default MS management pack only provides you with basic state monitoring of the Hyper-V R2 server, virtual machines and virtual networks which is nowhere...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 9:46 AM by David Allen MVP

OpsMgr 2007 R2 Documentation

The latest Operations Manager 2007 R2 documentation is available to download from Microsoft. Although all MS documentation is on TechNet, I do like having a downloaded copy in MS Word as it’s easier to search and I don’t need to rely on an internet...

Published Thu, May 06 2010 2:25 PM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: OpsMgr 2007 R2

Shavlik SCUPdates

We recently held a LiveMeeting event , free for all to join, where representatives from Shavlik put on a 30 minute demo of the SCUPdates product. I like this one, its quick, to the point and show you what the tool delivers. You can check out the recording...

Published Thu, May 06 2010 2:00 PM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: ConfigManager

Operations Manager 2007 R2 - Cumulative Update 2

Microsoft have released another cumulative update for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. The download is available here, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=61714687-668a-46e4-b127-ad8519594351&displaylang=en . This update...

Published Sat, May 01 2010 9:27 PM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: OpsMgr 2007 R2

DPM 2010 POLL

Hello All, Have your say and vote on what your new favourite feature or improvement is in DPM 2010. Just click this link, http://www.scdpmonline.org/poll.aspx , and select the option that reflects what you think. Here are the current standings:...

Published Thu, Apr 29 2010 8:10 PM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: DPM

DPM 2010 Documentation

Source: SCDPM Online - DPM 2010 Documentation The DPM 2010 documentation is now online here, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff399192.aspx , and there is plenty to read! :-) David Allen MVP System Center Operations Manager http://www.scdpmonline...

Published Mon, Apr 26 2010 11:58 AM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: DPM

Where’s the Documentation for Service Manager. . .

… here, http://blogs.technet.com/servicemanager/archive/2010/04/25/where-s-the-docs.aspx . The link above is a page that provides a single index of all the Service Manager documentation out there. Very handy to keep in your favourites...

Published Mon, Apr 26 2010 9:18 AM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: Service Manager

Service Manager 2010 RTM Eval

At the beginning of the week it was announced at MMS that Service Manager 2010 has been released to manufacturing :-) And now they have published the correct link (after many attempts) for the eval. Get it here, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 8:43 AM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: Service Manager

DPM 2010 is RTM

It's finally happened, DPM2010 has been released to manufacturing. Announced at MMS, this 3rd version of the DPM product brings a lot of improvements and great new features. Check out full details of the release here, http://blogs...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 5:15 PM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: DPM, MMS

I will not be at MMS :-(

Due to the volcanic ash in the sky above Europe, I will not be able to attend MMS this year :-( This is very disappointing, especially with all the news on SCCM, DPM2010 and Service Manager that is scheduled. I hope as many people as possible can...

Published Sun, Apr 18 2010 2:23 PM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: MMS

Will I get to MMS?

With the Icelandic volcanic ash in the air, will I make it to Las Vegas for MMS? I’m not scheduled to leave until Monday afternoon so I am hoping it will all blow over by then, but as weekend flights are already being cancelled I’m not very hopeful at...

Published Fri, Apr 16 2010 4:03 PM by David Allen MVP

Filed under: MMS

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Licensing Changes Make DPM Even Cheaper!

DPM vNext – Have Your Say!

Management Group Check-up – A Database Perspective

System Center Service Manager 2010 is on MSDN & TechNet

Free Hyper-V R2 Management Pack from BridgeWays

OpsMgr 2007 R2 Documentation

Shavlik SCUPdates

Operations Manager 2007 R2 - Cumulative Update 2

DPM 2010 POLL

DPM 2010 Documentation

Where’s the Documentation for Service Manager. . .

Service Manager 2010 RTM Eval

DPM 2010 is RTM

I will not be at MMS :-(

Will I get to MMS?