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Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:38 AM
[Announcements] New FAQShop Facebook Page Now Available
I'm pleased to announce that the new FAQShop Facebook Page is now up and running which you can access at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FAQShopcom-Microsoft-System-Center-FAQs/350202469935 I know everyone is different and we all consume information...
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Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:00 PM
[MMS] Best of Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) UK 2010: Manage the Future – Desktop to Cloud
In case you missed the Best of MMS is making a VERY welcome return to the UK on the 18th May at Microsoft’s Cardinal Place in Victoria, London. Covering ConfigMgr, DPM, SCE, OpsMgr and other members of the System Center family it’s certainly one not to...
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010 9:07 PM
[Events] Free MMS Convention Pass for the price of an email
If you’d like to go to MMS but the price of the Summit pass is beyond you don’t worry as someone is going to win a free pass. How do you enter this free competition? Easy just send an email as detailed below: Secure Vantage Technologies (SVT) is pleased...
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Monday, March 08, 2010 7:30 AM
[MMS] New MMS 2010 Schedule Planner Available
From the MMS 2010 News page: A new download is available on the MMS 2010 site to help schedule your time at MMS 2010. The document provides a session listing grouped by timeslot, with a list of the topics being presented in that slot. To plan your schedule...
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Friday, March 05, 2010 7:56 PM
[System Center] New System Center Training Portal
I think this one slipped through the net whilst I was at the MVP Summit but it seems Microsoft has created a new System Center Portal which attempts to centralise all of the training information on System Center in one place rather than you having to...
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Monday, February 15, 2010 5:36 PM
[Virtualisation] How Microsoft IT Uses System Center Virtual Machine Manager to Manage the Private Cloud
Real world scenarios showing how Microsoft IT uses System Center Virtual Machine Manager are a key component of its management strategy in supporting the virtualized data center. http://edge.technet.com/Media/How-Microsoft-IT-Uses-System-Center-Virtual...
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Friday, January 08, 2010 12:28 PM
[MS KBs] Most Recent KBs for <product> RSS Feeds
One of the most useful set of RSS Feeds I use to keep up-to-date with what is happening in Microsoft is their “Most Recent KBs for <product>” one’s. Now for some BIZARRE reason I don’t yet understand I’ve lost my subscriptions to a whole bunch of...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:20 AM
[SCVMM] Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 Now Available
Overview The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 helps organizations maintain virtual machines that are stored offline in a Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager library. While stored, virtual machines do not receive operating system...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:15 AM
[SCVMM] System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 Documentation Download
You can download the technical documentation for VMM 2008 R2 from: Version: 1.0 Date Published: 12/10/2009 Language: English Download Size: 110 KB – 975 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e547b676-112f-419e...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:00 PM
[SCVMM] Directions for using the SCVMM MPS Reporting tool
From the SCVMM Team Blog : I noticed this weekend that the directions for the SCVMM MPS Reports utility are incomplete. The only instructions that come with the utility are the ones on the download site that tell you how to download and run the tool:...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009 8:54 AM
[SCVMM] What does 'over-committed' status really mean?
From the SCVMM Team Blog : One of the top questions that I keep hearing from our customers is to explain the ‘over-committed’ status and why we sometimes display this status. An example of when this status might be displayed is when attempting to migrate...
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Monday, November 16, 2009 9:50 PM
[MS KBs] When you remove a virtual hard disk from a virtual machine in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, the .vhd file on
Full Title: When you remove a virtual hard disk from a virtual machine in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, the .vhd file on the Hyper-V server is deleted without warning SYMPTOMS In Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2...
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Monday, November 16, 2009 9:40 PM
[MS KBs] Description of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 hotfix rollup package
INTRODUCTION This article describes the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 issues that are fixed in the hotfix rollup package that is dated November 10, 2009. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=976244
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:06 PM
[WSUS] New Product Category for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
From the WSUS Product Team Blog : There will be a new product category added to your WSUS server Products and Classifications dialog under the existing System Center Virtual Machine Manager family, titled Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager...
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[MMS] 2010 Registration Opens 3rd November 2009
Registration for MMS 2010 officially opens in less than three weeks time on the 3rd November. I HOPE to be able to make it next year but can’t make any sort of commitment just yet (a few other things in the pipeline I’m working on). For more details of...
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