Lync 2010 and OCS - Planning and Deployment announcements
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Requirements
- Lync Server 2010 Cumulative Update 4 (CU4); KB2493736; download
- Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Mobility Service and Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Autodiscover Service; download
- Infrastructure and configuration updates (see references)
- Lync Mobile client; see Microsoft Lync 2010 for Mobile Devices (updated 20 Dec 2011)
References
- Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Mobility Guide (download)
- Planning for Mobility (link)
- Deploying Mobility (link)
- Monitoring Mobility for Performance (link)
Enjoy!
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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 180-Day Trial
(x64 only; includes both Standard and Enterprise Editions)Microsoft Lync 2010 client Trial
- x86 version
- x64 versionMicrosoft Lync Server 2010 Group Chat Trial
Enjoy!
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Microsoft Lync Released to Manufacturing
http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/10/27/microsoft-lync-released-to-manufacturing.aspxEnjoy!
Configuration Manager 2007 General announcements
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Check out the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Superflows
The SuperFlow interactive content model provides a structured and interactive interface for viewing documentation. Each SuperFlow includes comprehensive information about a specific Configuration Manager 2007 dataflow, workflow, or process. Depending on the focus of the SuperFlow, you will find overview information, steps that include detailed information, procedures, sample log entries, best practices, real-world scenarios, troubleshooting information, security information, animations, and more. Each SuperFlow also includes links to relevant resources, such as Web sites or local files that are copied to your computer when you install the SuperFlow.
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This is the home for reporting related questions including using SQL Reporting Services with Configuration Manager.
Existing posts related to reporting are being moved there.
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Welcome to the Configuration Manager community!
The Configuration Manager forums are a great way to get expert help when you are not finding what you need in documentation or other online publications or if you have further clarifying questions. There are lots of feature experts from the community ready to help - people like you who work with the product every day and have to solve the very same issues you are working though, and of course some of the folks from Microsoft that design, build, test and support the product.
First of all these forums are for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 releases only.
For the latest information see our Product Page
Posts about other products will be moved or deleted to keep the search indexing accurate.
For help with SMS 2003 please see the ‘other links’ at the bottom of this announcement.
For help on Beta products use the Connect site at https://connect.microsoft.com/
Before posting we would ask that you make a reasonable effort to find a solution that has already been published or posted:· In posts already in the forums - often someone has already hit your issue and posted a solution (see searching below)
· In the documentation library HERE
· On other Technet resources or blogs – links below
Tips for keyword searches:
Sometimes it's just a difference in a keyword, but you can find a lot of answers with the correct ones.
Search in Technet or your favorite search engine:
Keywords: always use 'Configuration Manager' then narrow to specific terms that you find in error messages, component names or logs.
You might be surprised how often the answer is in the top 10 results returned.
Still didn't find what you are looking for?
Great, create a post and provide enough information so you can get a useful answer quickly. The more information you provide, the faster someone can recognize your issue and get you the best solution.· Look through the forums to locate the category that most closely matches the feature or operation you are attempting.
· Include the version of the product - Config Mgr 2007 SP1, SP2 or R2.
· Describe relevant details about your environment (operating systems, SQL, AD, accounts, site settings) and what you are attempting to accomplish.
· If there is an error or problem include sections of relevant logs and/or exact error messages.
· Describe what remedies you have tried already.
· Check back on your post often, many are answered the same day!
Other Useful Links:
System Center Configuration Manager 2007
Systems Management Server 2003
Community Support Newsgroups
Configuration Manager 2007 General announcements
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Check out the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Superflows
The SuperFlow interactive content model provides a structured and interactive interface for viewing documentation. Each SuperFlow includes comprehensive information about a specific Configuration Manager 2007 dataflow, workflow, or process. Depending on the focus of the SuperFlow, you will find overview information, steps that include detailed information, procedures, sample log entries, best practices, real-world scenarios, troubleshooting information, security information, animations, and more. Each SuperFlow also includes links to relevant resources, such as Web sites or local files that are copied to your computer when you install the SuperFlow.
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This is the home for reporting related questions including using SQL Reporting Services with Configuration Manager.
Existing posts related to reporting are being moved there.
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Welcome to the Configuration Manager community!
The Configuration Manager forums are a great way to get expert help when you are not finding what you need in documentation or other online publications or if you have further clarifying questions. There are lots of feature experts from the community ready to help - people like you who work with the product every day and have to solve the very same issues you are working though, and of course some of the folks from Microsoft that design, build, test and support the product.
First of all these forums are for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 releases only.
For the latest information see our Product Page
Posts about other products will be moved or deleted to keep the search indexing accurate.
For help with SMS 2003 please see the ‘other links’ at the bottom of this announcement.
For help on Beta products use the Connect site at https://connect.microsoft.com/
Before posting we would ask that you make a reasonable effort to find a solution that has already been published or posted:· In posts already in the forums - often someone has already hit your issue and posted a solution (see searching below)
· In the documentation library HERE
· On other Technet resources or blogs – links below
Tips for keyword searches:
Sometimes it's just a difference in a keyword, but you can find a lot of answers with the correct ones.
Search in Technet or your favorite search engine:
Keywords: always use 'Configuration Manager' then narrow to specific terms that you find in error messages, component names or logs.
You might be surprised how often the answer is in the top 10 results returned.
Still didn't find what you are looking for?
Great, create a post and provide enough information so you can get a useful answer quickly. The more information you provide, the faster someone can recognize your issue and get you the best solution.· Look through the forums to locate the category that most closely matches the feature or operation you are attempting.
· Include the version of the product - Config Mgr 2007 SP1, SP2 or R2.
· Describe relevant details about your environment (operating systems, SQL, AD, accounts, site settings) and what you are attempting to accomplish.
· If there is an error or problem include sections of relevant logs and/or exact error messages.
· Describe what remedies you have tried already.
· Check back on your post often, many are answered the same day!
Other Useful Links:
System Center Configuration Manager 2007
Systems Management Server 2003
Community Support Newsgroups
Windows Vista Announcements announcements
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Test drive the most advanced Microsoft operating system, instantly!
Windows 7 Test Drive for IT Professionals
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More information can be found on the Windows Enterprise Product Support Page or the Support Lifecycle Blog.
Windows Vista Announcements announcements
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Test drive the most advanced Microsoft operating system, instantly!
Windows 7 Test Drive for IT Professionals
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More information can be found on the Windows Enterprise Product Support Page or the Support Lifecycle Blog.
Live Meeting General Discussion announcements
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Welcome to Live Meeting forums. Here we will have a comprehensive set of forums designed to cover various aspects of Microsoft Office Live Meeting. I am starting with few forums but will be adding some more as we go along.
This particular forum is for general questions and discussions. I will also use the posts on this forum as the basis for creating other specialty forums within Live Meeting. Detailed technical topics should be posted into their respective forums if one is available. Other post can be done in the General section. Please note however, it is important for a topic to be posted to the correct forum because different groups e.g. Support and Product Group teams and MVPs monitor different forums. As moderators review the posts they may also move posts to another topic area per relevance. Our ultimate goal here is to provide a useful response to every question within a reasonable amount of time. We are targeting 2-3 business days, however being new initiative we are ramping up, so please bear with us on delays.
Please also consider the following :
This posting on forums is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
These forums are not an official channel for product support. If you have an urgent or business critical issue, you should contact Microsoft Support Services
Live Meeting Support for Technical and Billing Issues:
Web Ticket: http://www.livemeeting.com/askPhone 1-866-493-2835 toll free (US and Canada Only) or refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939099/en-us for additional support options.
While much thought and planning was put into the creation of the forums, there is always room for improvement. I encourage you to please post your ideas and feedback in this forum or email them directly to me Irfan.Soomro@microsoft.com.
Thank you for being a part of the Live Meeting community.
Irfan Soomro
Senior Program Manager
Live Meeting General Discussion announcements
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Welcome to Live Meeting forums. Here we will have a comprehensive set of forums designed to cover various aspects of Microsoft Office Live Meeting. I am starting with few forums but will be adding some more as we go along.
This particular forum is for general questions and discussions. I will also use the posts on this forum as the basis for creating other specialty forums within Live Meeting. Detailed technical topics should be posted into their respective forums if one is available. Other post can be done in the General section. Please note however, it is important for a topic to be posted to the correct forum because different groups e.g. Support and Product Group teams and MVPs monitor different forums. As moderators review the posts they may also move posts to another topic area per relevance. Our ultimate goal here is to provide a useful response to every question within a reasonable amount of time. We are targeting 2-3 business days, however being new initiative we are ramping up, so please bear with us on delays.
Please also consider the following :
This posting on forums is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
These forums are not an official channel for product support. If you have an urgent or business critical issue, you should contact Microsoft Support Services
Live Meeting Support for Technical and Billing Issues:
Web Ticket: http://www.livemeeting.com/askPhone 1-866-493-2835 toll free (US and Canada Only) or refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939099/en-us for additional support options.
While much thought and planning was put into the creation of the forums, there is always room for improvement. I encourage you to please post your ideas and feedback in this forum or email them directly to me Irfan.Soomro@microsoft.com.
Thank you for being a part of the Live Meeting community.
Irfan Soomro
Senior Program Manager
System Center Orchestrator - General announcements
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Welcome to the System Center Orchestrator forum! This forum is designed to help you find answers to questions about System Center Orchestrator (formerly Opalis Integration Server).
Please note that this forum relates only System Center Orchestrator 2012.
If you have questions about Opalis, please visit the Opalis forums here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/scinterop
Q: Where can I find more information about the products, technical information and troubleshooting?
A: You can find a number of Orchestrator-related resources from Microsoft and the community on the Opalis / Orchestrator team blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/opalis/p/opalis_resources.aspx
Q: Why are some threads locked?
A: When a thread is marked as answered or was not replied to for a long period of time, new posts in that thread may not get recognized and may not get a response. To ensure that new posts get the visbility they need, we lock threads that are marked as answered or where we cannot get a response from the poster within a reasonable period of time, so that any new replies will be done in a new thread and gain immediate attention.
If you have the same issue as mentioned in a previous thread, but the answer provided does not solve your problem, post a new question and refer to the existing thread so we can quickly rule out that issue as the cause of your particular problem. That will speed up the process of getting your problem solved.
Q: How long should I expect to wait for an reply?
A: We typically respond to new questions within 24-48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) depending on when the post occurred. If you need faster response or you have a critical issue, please contact Microsoft Support (http://support.microsoft.com/).
System Center Orchestrator - General announcements
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Welcome to the System Center Orchestrator forum! This forum is designed to help you find answers to questions about System Center Orchestrator (formerly Opalis Integration Server).
Please note that this forum relates only System Center Orchestrator 2012.
If you have questions about Opalis, please visit the Opalis forums here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/scinterop
Q: Where can I find more information about the products, technical information and troubleshooting?
A: You can find a number of Orchestrator-related resources from Microsoft and the community on the Opalis / Orchestrator team blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/opalis/p/opalis_resources.aspx
Q: Why are some threads locked?
A: When a thread is marked as answered or was not replied to for a long period of time, new posts in that thread may not get recognized and may not get a response. To ensure that new posts get the visbility they need, we lock threads that are marked as answered or where we cannot get a response from the poster within a reasonable period of time, so that any new replies will be done in a new thread and gain immediate attention.
If you have the same issue as mentioned in a previous thread, but the answer provided does not solve your problem, post a new question and refer to the existing thread so we can quickly rule out that issue as the cause of your particular problem. That will speed up the process of getting your problem solved.
Q: How long should I expect to wait for an reply?
A: We typically respond to new questions within 24-48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) depending on when the post occurred. If you need faster response or you have a critical issue, please contact Microsoft Support (http://support.microsoft.com/).
MDOP Asset Inventory Service - Announcements announcements
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Overview
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Every Asset Inventory Service (AIS) agent installation package contains a certificate that identifies the account of the AIS subscriber. This certificate is used to ensure that inventory reported by an agent is associated with the correct account when it is received at the AIS web service.
This certificate has a lifetime of 3 years. After this time, the installation package cannot be used to successfully enroll new agents, although existing agents will continue to function just fine. A notification will be displayed in the console for those accounts that are approaching the 3 year threshold (approximately 60 days before the certificate expires). The systems administrator of the AIS account should then download their new agent installation package which is available from the normal download page in the AIS console.
The AIS service supports multiple agent installation packages per account. This means that the original package and the new package can both be used to install new agents. This allows a transition period where an organization can change their procedures to use the new installation package. Eventually, however, the certificate in the original installation package will expire, after which time only the new package should be used.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What do I do if I see the following announcement on my home page:
“Your original AIS agent installation package expires on <expiry date>. Please download your new agent installation package and use it for all future installations. [Computers that had the original agent installation package installed before <expiry date> do not have to be updated.]”
This means that your original agent installation package is going to expire soon, and you need to download a new one and use that for agent installations. The message will typically be shown 60 days before the package expires. You can continue using the original installation package until the date in the announcement but it is recommended that you start using the new one as soon as possible.
When I go to the client deployment area, there’s no option to download a new installation package
If you see the expiry announcement on the home page, the service will have generated a new installation package for your account. You download it the same way you downloaded the original package by visiting the Client Deployment area of the Management and Support workspace and click on the link that says “Download Client Here”. You can verify that you have downloaded the latest package by viewing the properties of downloaded file as follows:
· Select the file and display the property page
· Select the Digital Signatures Tab and view Signature List
· Locate “Microsoft Corporation” in the list and double-click it
· The Signing Time on the displayed property page should be Nov 2010.
What happens if I carry on using the original installation package?
If the announcement is shown on the home page and you continue to use the original installation package after the date shown in the message, you will not be able to successfully enroll agents into the AIS service. The installation will be successful, but when the agent attempts to enroll in the service, it will be rejected. The only way to correct this situation is to download the new installation package from the service and install that on the affected machines. [see below: How do I correct a failed installation?]
What do I do if I see the following announcement on my home page?
“Your original AIS agent installation package expired on <expiry date>. Please download your new agent installation package and use it for all future installations. [Computers that had the original agent installation package installed before <expiry date> do not have to be updated.]”
This means that your original agent installation package has expired. If you obtained a new installation package and phased out using the old package before the date of expiry, then you have no further actions. If, however, you have been attempting to deploy agents using your original agent installation package then you need to take the following action:
- Stop using the original installation package
- Download a new agent installation package from the AIS console by visiting the Client Deployment area of the Management and Support workspace and click on the link that says “Download Client Here”
- Start using the new installation package for all future installations
- Identify the machines where an attempt was made to install the AIS agent with the expired installation package.
o These will be machines where the agent was recently installed, but are not displayed in the console.
o For these machines, re-run the install with the new package [see below: How do I correct a failed installation?]
How do I correct a failed installation?
If you identify a machine where an attempt was made to install an AIS agent, but the enrollment failed because the agent installation package had expired, proceed as follows:
- Option #1
o Uninstall the AIS agent
§ Asset Inventory Service Tips and Troubleshooting
· Tip: How to remove the AIS client software
o Run the installation using the new agent installation package
- Option #2
o Run the installation using the following MSI flags: REINSTALLMODE=vomus
§ For example: msiexec /I <path to new .msi file> REINSTALLMODE=vomus
Note: if you simply run the new agent install on the failed machine (without following either of these options) it will not successfully update the agent configuration and enroll with the service.
How do I know when my agent installation package will expire?
The following steps describe how to determine when an agent installation package was signed. If the current date is less than 3 years from this date, the package can still be used to install and enroll an agent :
· Locate the agent installation package
· Select the installation package file and display the property page
· Select the Digital Signatures Tab and view Signature List
· Locate “Microsoft Corporation” in the list and double-click it
· If the Signing Time on the displayed property page is less than 3 years ago, then the package can still be used to install and enroll an agent.
Why does the certificate in the agent installation package expire after 3 years?
Certificates have an expiry date to reduce the time period available to an attacker. Three years was adopted as a reasonable balance between renewing the agent installation packages and providing acceptable security for user accounts.
MDOP Asset Inventory Service - Announcements announcements
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Link
Overview
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Every Asset Inventory Service (AIS) agent installation package contains a certificate that identifies the account of the AIS subscriber. This certificate is used to ensure that inventory reported by an agent is associated with the correct account when it is received at the AIS web service.
This certificate has a lifetime of 3 years. After this time, the installation package cannot be used to successfully enroll new agents, although existing agents will continue to function just fine. A notification will be displayed in the console for those accounts that are approaching the 3 year threshold (approximately 60 days before the certificate expires). The systems administrator of the AIS account should then download their new agent installation package which is available from the normal download page in the AIS console.
The AIS service supports multiple agent installation packages per account. This means that the original package and the new package can both be used to install new agents. This allows a transition period where an organization can change their procedures to use the new installation package. Eventually, however, the certificate in the original installation package will expire, after which time only the new package should be used.
Frequently Asked Questions
=======================
What do I do if I see the following announcement on my home page:
“Your original AIS agent installation package expires on <expiry date>. Please download your new agent installation package and use it for all future installations. [Computers that had the original agent installation package installed before <expiry date> do not have to be updated.]”
This means that your original agent installation package is going to expire soon, and you need to download a new one and use that for agent installations. The message will typically be shown 60 days before the package expires. You can continue using the original installation package until the date in the announcement but it is recommended that you start using the new one as soon as possible.
When I go to the client deployment area, there’s no option to download a new installation package
If you see the expiry announcement on the home page, the service will have generated a new installation package for your account. You download it the same way you downloaded the original package by visiting the Client Deployment area of the Management and Support workspace and click on the link that says “Download Client Here”. You can verify that you have downloaded the latest package by viewing the properties of downloaded file as follows:
· Select the file and display the property page
· Select the Digital Signatures Tab and view Signature List
· Locate “Microsoft Corporation” in the list and double-click it
· The Signing Time on the displayed property page should be Nov 2010.
What happens if I carry on using the original installation package?
If the announcement is shown on the home page and you continue to use the original installation package after the date shown in the message, you will not be able to successfully enroll agents into the AIS service. The installation will be successful, but when the agent attempts to enroll in the service, it will be rejected. The only way to correct this situation is to download the new installation package from the service and install that on the affected machines. [see below: How do I correct a failed installation?]
What do I do if I see the following announcement on my home page?
“Your original AIS agent installation package expired on <expiry date>. Please download your new agent installation package and use it for all future installations. [Computers that had the original agent installation package installed before <expiry date> do not have to be updated.]”
This means that your original agent installation package has expired. If you obtained a new installation package and phased out using the old package before the date of expiry, then you have no further actions. If, however, you have been attempting to deploy agents using your original agent installation package then you need to take the following action:
- Stop using the original installation package
- Download a new agent installation package from the AIS console by visiting the Client Deployment area of the Management and Support workspace and click on the link that says “Download Client Here”
- Start using the new installation package for all future installations
- Identify the machines where an attempt was made to install the AIS agent with the expired installation package.
o These will be machines where the agent was recently installed, but are not displayed in the console.
o For these machines, re-run the install with the new package [see below: How do I correct a failed installation?]
How do I correct a failed installation?
If you identify a machine where an attempt was made to install an AIS agent, but the enrollment failed because the agent installation package had expired, proceed as follows:
- Option #1
o Uninstall the AIS agent
§ Asset Inventory Service Tips and Troubleshooting
· Tip: How to remove the AIS client software
o Run the installation using the new agent installation package
- Option #2
o Run the installation using the following MSI flags: REINSTALLMODE=vomus
§ For example: msiexec /I <path to new .msi file> REINSTALLMODE=vomus
Note: if you simply run the new agent install on the failed machine (without following either of these options) it will not successfully update the agent configuration and enroll with the service.
How do I know when my agent installation package will expire?
The following steps describe how to determine when an agent installation package was signed. If the current date is less than 3 years from this date, the package can still be used to install and enroll an agent :
· Locate the agent installation package
· Select the installation package file and display the property page
· Select the Digital Signatures Tab and view Signature List
· Locate “Microsoft Corporation” in the list and double-click it
· If the Signing Time on the displayed property page is less than 3 years ago, then the package can still be used to install and enroll an agent.
Why does the certificate in the agent installation package expire after 3 years?
Certificates have an expiry date to reduce the time period available to an attacker. Three years was adopted as a reasonable balance between renewing the agent installation packages and providing acceptable security for user accounts.
The Official Scripting Guys Forum! announcements
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You may have been redirected to this post by a moderator or user. Thank you for posting to the Scripting Guys Forum. We are here to help you with your scripting questions. However, we are not here to write solutions to your scripting questions. Questions like "I can't get this script to work that I've copied below, and here is the error I'm having" are welcome. However, questions like "I don't have time to learn this myself, so I need someone to write me a script that does these 10 things" are typically not welcome. In the latter case, ther eare various "freelance" web sites that you can search for with your favorite search engine full of people that would be willing to write scripts for you and they may charge you a fee. After reading this, you may want to delete your post, as it may not be answered at all, except for a link being provided to this message.
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This is a running list of all moderators on The Official Scripting Guys Forum! They are listed
alphabetically by last name. N-Z
Aaron Nelson (forum user name: SQLvariant)
Aaron Nelson ( blog | twitter ) is a Senior SQL Server Architect with over 10 years of experience in Architecture, Business Intelligence, Development, and Performance Tuning of SQL Server. He has experience managing enterprise wide data needs in both transactional and data warehouse environments. Aaron holds certifications for MCITP: Business Intelligence Developer, Database Administrator, Database Developer; as well as MCTS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuration (meaning Hyper-V). He is also a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server
Chris O’Prey (forum user name: cjoprey)
I’m a self-confessed geek who has been a developer for longer than I care to remember (let’s just say I remember writing BASIC in the 70s). In my latest guise as a developer and tester at Microsoft, I am a heavy user of Windows PowerShell for automation of testing, build, and integration. I use Windows PowerShell on a daily basis, and I have no intention of weaning myself off it!
Travis Page (forum user name: pagerwho)
I have been in IT for about 7 years now, the past year has been primarily focused on scripting in Windows PowerShell. I utilize Windows PowerShell quite a bit to help me in my routine tasks, and have come to be known at my employer as the scripting guy. In my current role I work with Exchange, Active Directory, Server systems and Desktops and have been working to develop scripts to assist me in troubleshooting faster, and fix problems faster with Windows PowerShell. I am active in PASS at the local level and can be reached on Twitter via http://twitter.com/pagerwho or on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/travispage
Thiyagarajan Parthiban (forum user name: Thiyagu14)
I work for a large Investment Bank, as a Exchange Administrator. I have been scripting for more than 7 years now. I am good at VBscript, but when I first laid my eyes on Powershell, I realized this is the coolest thing ever in scripting. I automate Exchange/AD tasks, am also good at WMI, ADSI and generating reports. I blog at www.myExchangeWorld.com . I have developed custom apps in C# for automation. I love to automate things. Scripting and Exchange Server is really my passion.
Jason Premo (forum user name: LikeToCode)
I have been in IT for 12 years. I started with installing and troubleshooting radio and data transmission networks for the government, and then I moved into the private sector as a lead IT project engineer, which is when I was first exposed to VBScript. To me, it was the coolest thing since sliced bread. Now I use VBScript, VB.NET, AutoIT, HTAs, and ORCA to engineer enterprise software deployments and manage Active Directory.
Rich Prescott (forum user name: Rich Prescott)
I am currently working as an Infrastructure Architect/Windows Engineer at a large media company, with my main areas of focus being automation and Active Directory. The automation responsibilities allow me to work with a wide-range of technologies including virtualization, storage and monitoring. I started learning PowerShell in 2009 while working as a Desktop Engineer and am the lead scripting guy for my organization.
Blog: blog.RichPrescott.com
Twitter: @Rich_PrescottBoe Prox (forum user name: Boe Prox)
I have been working as an IT Pro since 2003 as Senior Windows System Administrator and started into scripting with VBscript in early 2008. I then started getting into Windows PowerShell in early 2009 and haven’t stopped using it since. I use Windows PowerShell on a daily basis at work for automation, reporting and anything else I can think of. My main focus areas are in ADSI and WMI and I am also learning more about .NET to further my Windows PowerShell experience. One of my favorite things about Windows PowerShell no matter what you know, you will always learn something new. My blog is at http://learn-powershell.net
Mark Schill (forum user name: Meson3902)
I live in Atlanta, Georgia, where I work as a contractor for the federal government. I began scripting with VBScript in 1999 and now work exclusively with Windows PowerShell. My current areas of specialization are automated Windows system builds and Citrix environments. VMWare is also of major interest to me. I work in development on a part-time basis and this has provided ease within the .NET Framework. I also serve as a resident advisor on the #PowerShell IRC channel on freenode.net. You can find me on my blog: http://www.cmschill.net/stringtheory .
Andy Schneider (forum user name: Andy Schneider)
I am a systems engineer at Avanade, Inc. I am on Avanade’s Internal IT team that works with Compute Utility and Storage infrastructure. I’ve been a professional in the IT industry since 1999. I remember the first time I started playing with VBScript. I ran into by boss’s office exclaiming “Holy Schnikees! Look what we can do with this stuff!” Seeing what I could do with automation, my view of IT changed forever. Now I am pretty much a pure Windows PowerShell fanatic. Windows PowerShell has provided me with a fairly smooth glide path into the world of development with .NET and C#. I’m not a developer, but I have a strong passion for bridging the world of development and systems engineering together by being able to interface with developers and other systems engineers. Learning Windows PowerShell has really given me the tools I need to become more educated about the world of development. You can find my blog at http://get-powershell.com/.
Marco Shaw (forum user name: Marco Shaw)
- Microsoft MVP, Windows PowerShell: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Marco.Shaw
- Co-Author of Sams Windows PowerShell Unleashed 2nd Edition
- PowerShell Co-Community Director: http://www.powershellcommunity.org
Brandon Shell (forum user name: BSonPosh)
I have been in the IT industry since 1994. I spent the early years as a PC tech and general fix-it guy for numerous companies. I started a consulting company in 1999 to build, design, and support networks and Windows infrastructure. I offered Microsoft training as well. In 2000 I joined Microsoft as contractor for the Directory Services team (the first of several times). I joined Microsoft in 2002 as a full-time rapid response field engineer doing mostly Directory Service support for companies in the northeast. In 2004 the onsite travel requirement became too much, and I left for a finance firm where I am today.
Blog: www.bsonposh.com.Bhargav Shukla (forum user name: Bhargav Shukla - MSFT)
My name is Bhargav Shukla, and I am a premier field engineer (PFE) at Microsoft. Computers always fascinated me. By education I am a civil engineer but my passion for IT lead my way and I became what I am today. As a PFE, I represent Microsoft and provide dedicated support to enterprise customers.
In my 14 years of IT experience, I have had the opportunity to work on many technologies including messaging, Directory Services, information security, virtualization, and others. As I progressed through my career stages, I also earned industry certifications from Microsoft, VMware, RSA and Citrix. When not working with Enterprise clients, I am leading Exchange User Group in the Philadelphia area, contributing to TechNet forums, and reviewing books. I am one of the reviewers of Roberta Bragg’s Windows Server 2003: A Technical Reference. I also help Clint Huffman on his open source tool Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) when time permits. Besides my passion for IT and messaging, I love playing chess. You can find me on the Free Internet Chess Server; my handle is “bhargavs”.
Glenn Sizemore (forum user name: glnsize)
I have been in IT for the last 8 years, during that time I have held just about every job one could hold. I started scripting early in my career, and had mastered VBScript by the time Windows PowerShell arrived. Being a scripter, I was an early adopter of Windows PowerShell, and have since become a fanatic. Professionally I work as a virtualization administrator, and use VBScript, BAT, and Windows PowerShell to automate all levels of the infrastructure. In my free time, I run www.Get-Admin.com, and contribute to various scripting communities.
Bill Stewart (forum user name: AbqBill)
I first began automating computers in 1985 using batch files in MS-DOS 3.0. My first experience with an enhanced command shell was with 4DOS (a Command.com replacement) in 1989, and this whet my appetite for more powerful automation. I studied Pascal programming on my own for several years, and I had a renewed interest in OS automation when I began working with Windows NT 4.0 in 1997. When Windows 2000 came with baked-in WSH, I was hooked. I learned VBScript first, but I came to appreciate JScript's power and flexibility, and I now greatly prefer it to VBScript when writing WSH scripts. I also enjoy using Windows PowerShell and have applied it to numerous automation tasks. I have written numerous articles for Windows IT Pro magazine as well as a number of freeware utilities to help scripters, which you can download from my Web site: http://www.westmesatech.com/. For my day job, I am the systems and network administrator for French Mortuary, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States.
Trevor Sullivan (forum user name: Trevor Sullivan)
I started learning to write scripts back in 2004. I started out as a desktop support person, and quickly realized that an understanding of programming would be essential to pursuing a career in technology. At the time, VBScript was the best cross between ease of learning and scripting power, so I started there. A couple years later, Windows PowerShell came around, and although I was quite keen on it, I didn't adopt it right away. I took some time to study C#/.NET because I wanted to understand programming a little bit deeper. Over the past year, I have picked up Windows PowerShell, largely built on my previous knowledge of the Microsoft .NET platform, and I write primarily in Windows PowerShell today.
Jakob Svendsen (forum user name: Jakob Svendsen)
I began my scripting/programming career when I got my first computer, at age 8. Later on I got the C64, and progressed toward writing small games. I studied C++, PHP, HTML, CSS, ASM, and others during my technical education. In the past 2 years, I have worked at Coretech A/S, Denmark (http://blog.coretech.dk) as an IT Consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer. I spend most of my workdays scripting, programming, or teaching Windows PowerShell, VBScript, and .NET applications (VB or C#).
Jonathan Tyler (forum user name: Jonathan Tyler)
Jonathan Tyler is a senior software engineer employed by one of the world’s leading providers of commercial transport solutions. Jonathan has been in the IT industry since 1997. He currently supports the global SharePoint farm for the company’s Internet, extranet, and intranet solutions. Since working as a consultant, Jonathan started working with VBScript to automate tasks. He has done work in Visual Basic, C#, and Windows PowerShell. Check out his blog, PowerShell Reflections.
Jason Walker (forum user name: Jason Walker)
Jason is an active member of the Charlotte PowerShell User’s Group, PowerShell evangelist and lives by the motto “Real admins don’t click them <TAB>”
Fredrik Wall (forum user name: Fredrik Wall)
I have been scripting since 1997. Since then I have been scripting with batch files, VBScript, KiXtart and Windows PowerShell. I work with Active Directory, Web servers, SQL servers, Windows Servers and Clients, Deployment, and more. So I script against most of Microsoft’s applications. My blog: http://powershell.se/blog. My Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/walle75. I’m the co-founder of the Scandinavian PowerShell User group.
Brian Wilhite (forum user name: Brian Wilhite)
Brian Wilhite works as a Windows System Administrator for a large health care provider in North Carolina. He has over 15 years of experience in IT. In his current capacity as a Windows SysAdmin, he leads a team of individuals that have responsibilities for Microsoft Exchange, Windows Server Build, Management and System Performance. Brian also supports and participates in the Charlotte PowerShell Users Group. He can be found on twitter.com/bwilhite1979
Andrew Willett (forum user name: Andrew Willett)
I am the projects manager for the IT department of a Steinhoff group company. Based in London, I spend most of my time deploying, designing, and developing Microsoft-based architectures.
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Andrew Barnes (forum user name: Andrew Barnes)
I have more than 15 years of experience ranging from desktop support to third line/server specialist. My first program was on the BBC Micro in 1982. I wrote:
10 PRINT "ANDREW IS COOL!"
20 GOTO 10.
I remember thinking, “Wow, Andrew is cool!” I continued scripting in enterprise environments with DOS batch files on a boot floppy, KIX in logon scripts, and then VBScripts in Active Directory. Now as a Microsoft Certified IT Professional, I'm taking on Windows Powershell for today’s automation. I have always used scripting to automate everyday IT tasks, reduce workloads, and resolve technical issues. After all, why do it when you can script it?
Bartek Bielawski (forum user name: Bartek Bielawski)
Bartek has been working in IT for more than 10 years for one company, PAREXEL, a global organization with headquarters in the U.S. Before he got a real job, he was big Linux fan and amateur Linux admin, with some bash scripting and all kinds of awking, seding, cutting, and greping. That's why one of his first tasks at work (other than putting out fires all around) was to improve backup scripts (done in cmd back then). That forced him to get to know cmd.exe better. The experience was bad when compared to bashing, but it paid the bills...
A few years later, he tried to automate some tasks, which required something that cmd could not provide. His options were VBScript or Windows PowerShell. Even though he knows VBScript a bit, he always preferred the interactive Windows PowerShell. In his opinion, Windows PowerShell is the best product from Microsoft.
Kai Bluesky (forum user name: kai.bluesky)
VBScript is one of the most powerful tools that I have. I am used to scripting in WMI and ADSI. At the beginning, it just did my boring daily job automatically. Later, more complex tools—such as an inventory system and an application deployment tool—were implemented without costing my boss any money. Now, scripting has enabled me to join a professional team and my job has become more challenging.
Jaap Brasser (forum user name: Jaap Brasser)
Jaap is a Senior System Engineer in the Financial Services industry. He focuses on Microsoft and related technologies and has a passion for PowerShell. In his spare time he maintains his Blog, Twitter feed, @Jaap_Brasser, is a board member of the Dutch PowerShell User Group, and contributes on the Official Scripting Guys Forum and Windows PowerShell TechNet forums.
Uros Cala (forum user name: urkec)
My first couple of years as a system and DB administrator were really painful. My tasks kept piling up, I kept losing my head, and just when I was about to quit, I stumbled upon the Microsoft Script Center. I made use of a couple of simple scripts I found there, and for the first time I felt I was in control. My second big discovery was WMI—along with VBScript, it completely changed the way I do my job. I am currently exploring the .NET Framework and Windows PowerShell, trying to make my administrator life even easier.
Rob Campbell (forum user name: mjolinor)
I work at a medium-to-large corporate financial institution, as an AD and Exchange administrator. I have worked in IT for over 35 years, starting as a night operator on IBM System 3 and 360 series mainframes. I never really got the hang of VB, but love Windows PowerShell. I have done a few large-scale scripts, but most of my scripting work is ad-hoc, on-demand reports and maintenance changes. I do not know that I can lay claim to any particular area of specialization. The nearest I ever came up with for a good job description was “tactical logician”.
Marc Adam Carter (forum user name: marcadamcarter)
I am currently a senior systems administrator with the Department of the Army. I started in the IT industry in 1996 with DOS and various flavors of *NIX. I was introduced to VBScript in 2000 and scripting became a regular obsession sometime in 2005. In 2008 I made the move to Windows PowerShell and have never looked back. My daily responsibilities keep me involved with Active Directory, supporting Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and various ASP.NETapplications. In 2011, I founded the Corpus Christi PowerShell User Group and try to help bring others up to speed on PowerShell.
Ravikanth Chaganti (forum user name: Ravikanth.Chaganti)
I have 9+ years of experience in IT and mostly in the Windows Server operating system related areas. My scripting experience dates back to my school days where I used to write DOS batch files to automate a few things on Windows 3.1. I did a lot of VBScripting, and a few popular ones include HVS2008 UI (http://hvs2008ui.codeplex.com), VHDShell Extensions (http://code.msdn.com/VHDShellExt), and a few other scripts on my blog. I primarily work on Hyper-V and SharePoint technologies. I use Windows PowerShell these days to automate a lot of activities around these two technologies.
Daniel Cruz (forum user name: Cruz_Daniel)
In the past five years as an IT Professional, I have focused on Microsoft products and have earned my MCSE 2003 and MCITP: Server Administrator 2008 Certifications. Windows PowerShell is my primary scripting language and I use it on a daily basis with Active Directory, Exchange and for other admin tasks. I mostly use Cmdlets, WMI and .NET in my scripts and have recently been focused on reusable code and automation. I have learned a ton from the Windows PowerShell community and am now doing my best to give some back. You can learn more about me on Twitter or my Blog.
Jeremy Engel (forum user name: engelj@labcorp.com)
I started coding at the age of 10, writing games in BASIC for my lightning-fast Commodore 64. From there I ventured into the high-tech world of text-based online gaming, affectionately known as MUDs—specifically EverDark. Later, I made the jump to systems engineering, and it was there that I discovered VBScript. I currently use VBScript for access into all sorts of namespaces and frameworks: WMI, ADSI, SQL, Office, .NET, etc. I also write in HTML and C#, and I am currently casting a wary eye at Windows PowerShell.
Niklas Goude (forum user name: Niklas Goude)
I'm from Stockholm, Sweden, where i work at Enfo Zipper, a company that concentrates on client infrastructure. When I started scripting, i mainly focused on HTML and Javascript. Over time i got into PHP and finally VBScript, for managing the Windows environment. When I started at Enfo Zipper, one of the developers handed me a book on Windows PowerShell (PowerShell in Action, Bruce Payette ) and from that day on, I've been living Windows PowerShell. I also run a blog, http://www.powershell.nu, where I post scripts, ideas, and guides on Windows PowerShell.
Shane Hoey (forum user name: Shane Hoey)
My scripting experience started back when Windows XP was the new kid on the block, and I soon found myself scripting on a daily basis with VBScript, WMI, and ADSI. Fast forward to the 2009 Summer Scripting Games, and I finally discovered Windows PowerShell. I’ve been hooked ever since. One of the things I like most about Windows PowerShell is its ability to easily automate, especially my daily repetitive tasks. My background is system and network administration, but at work they just call me the PowerShell Geek these days. By the way, I also run the Powershell Usergroup Brisbane.
Matt Johnson (forum user name: MWJComputing)
Matt Johnson (MWJComputing) is a system administrator and founder of the SE Michigan PowerShell Script club. Matt has been scripting for eight years and is proficient in Windows PowerShell, Perl, Python, and several other languages. He currently specializes in WMI, ADSI, and the .NET Framework. You can find Matt on Twitter (@mwjcomputing) and online at http://www.mwjcomputing.com or http://www.michiganpowershell.com.
Laerte Junior (forum user name: Laerte Junior)
I started programming computers in clipper. I went through the stage of visual basic and SQL SERVER DBA am 10 years or so. In addition to tuning and development(C#, TSQL), like a lot to automate processes in SQL SERVER. 1 year ago I have been developing scripts in Powershell with SQL Server to facilitate automation.I have a blog in Portuguese www.laertejuniordba.spaces.live.comwhere I put my progress in PowerShell with SQL Server and I am a guest blogger at www.simple-talk.com .
Sean Kearney (forum user name: ye110wbeard@hotmail.com)
I am a network administrator, a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in Windows Server Virtualization and Configuration, and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. I’m a devoted and passionate computer enthusiast from the early 80s to the present day, having used just about every microcomputer ever. I taught myself computer programming with 65xx machine code, working with many technologies―but primarily Microsoft. I deal with “anything thrown at me,” from gnawed keyboards to recovery of Exchange servers, to networking setups and isolating the realm of the unknown. Currently, I test and deploy just about any new Microsoft Technology; I also deal with users in an enterprise class environment. I love Windows Powershell, Windows 7, and Hyper-V, in that order.
Tom Lavedas (forum user name: Tom Lavedas)
I built my first computer in 1980 (a Sinclair, ZedX80) to replace my programmable HP calculator and realized how useful personal computing could be. I've never held an IT position in my career, though as a staff engineer in a small manufacturing company I was pressed into service for a while. I worked out the transition from the company's antiquated mini-computer inventory system onto a WinNT file server based system just before Y2K made the mini inoperable. Rather, I'm an electrical engineer who scripts. Sometimes the scripts handle small engineering computations, but usually I use them to automate redundant desktop management tasks. I'm fluent in a few obsolete languages (or used to be), like FORTRAN, Algol, Pascal and PL1, conversant in C and JScript, but mostly I stick with the command console (aka batch), VBScript and VBA in Excel and PowerPoint. I especially like building user interfaces in HTML/HTA to make my scripts more versatile.
Thomas Lee (forum user name: Thomas Lee)
I've been scripting pretty much forever. I used to be pretty hot at JCL on the IBM 360 in the late 1960s, did a ton of shell scripting in the 70s on ICL VME. I learned batch scripting with DOS 2.0. I never really grokked VBS (and never got infected with *ix). But I truly “got” Monad when I first saw it in September 2003 and never looked back. I'm proficient in Windows PowerShell 1.0 and 2.0, and specialize in the .NET and WMI aspects. My one interesting fact is that I was the first person to blog about Monad.
Shay Levy (forum user name: Shay Levi)
I'm from Israel. I've been working in IT since 1998 as a system administrator, mostly using Microsoft Server technologies. I started to script HTML pages (JavaScript and ASP) and soon enough I converted Web pages scripting to system scripting using VBScript, WMI, ADSI, etc. Since the first days when PowerShell was introduced, I found myself diving into this new technology and I couldn't stop using it. For quite some time I wondered if one could fall in love with a piece of software. Now I know that's possible! Most of the time I like to hang out in the Windows PowerShell newsgroup and scripting related forums . They provide real world problems where I can help and learn from users alike. I also run a blog at http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic , so stop by and say hello.
Oliver Lipkau (forum user name: Oliver Lipkau)
I have been scripting for more than 10 years. I started with Batch at the age of 13 by modifying the school’s PC. Today my main scripting language is Windows PowerShell. It allows me to automate the majority of my routine management of servers and clients. My specializations are ADSI and WMI.
I also code in vbs, ahk, html, js, batch, php, and asp . But Windows PowerShell is my favorite. My blog: http://oliver.lipkau.net/blog.
Salvador Manaois III (forum user name: Salvador Manaois III)
I have been writing scripts for 10 years in my role as an IT administrator. In my day-to-day work, I extensively make use of VB scripts, with a bit of .NET programming and Windows PowerShell on the side. Being in charge of ensuring compliance to our standard operating environment, I make use of a great deal of WMI, ADSI, and other wsh objects (registry, file streams, etc) to ensure that the majority, if not all, of the machines under my care adhere to our standards.
Michael Moore (forum user name: lizaoreo)
My name is Michael Moore; I was born in Greenville, TX and moved to Georgia when I was five because of my dad’s work. I like long walks on the beach and the occasional … oh you didn’t want that did you?
I live in Calhoun, GA and work at Mohawk Industries, one of the world’s largest flooring manufacturers. I started working with batch files in 2008 when I started a new job where they had a Batch file that I improved, and then continuously added tasks to. I later moved to Windows PowerShell in 2010 when I started trying to do stuff that just couldn’t be done in Batch and before I even got a handle on VBScript I ran across Windows PowerShell several times in the Hey Scripting Guys Blog.
I have pretty much been hooked since then.
Richard Mueller (forum user name: Richard Mueller)
I worked for a large electric utility for many years where I managed IT budgets, developed mainframe applications, and coded batch files for administrative tasks, including logon scripts, desktop configuration, and tracking computers and users . Now I do consulting and application development for small organizations such as schools. I write programs using ADSI, WMI, ADO, SQL Server, VBScript, classic Visual Basic, and VB.NET. I've been a Microsoft MVP since 2003, first in Windows Server and now Directory Services. My Web site is http://www.rlmueller.net/ and is dedicated to scripts for administering Windows Active Directory networks.
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Jaap Brasser (forum user name: Jaap Brasser)
Jaap is a Senior System Engineer in the Financial Services industry. He focuses on Microsoft and related technologies and has a passion for PowerShell. In his spare time he maintains his Blog, Twitter feed, @Jaap_Brasser, is a board member of the Dutch PowerShell User Group, and contributes on the Official Scripting Guys Forum and Windows PowerShell TechNet forums.
Jason Walker (forum user name: Jason Walker)
Jason is an active member of the Charlotte PowerShell User’s Group, PowerShell evangelist and lives by the motto “Real admins don’t click them <TAB>”
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Aaron Nelson (forum user name: SQLvariant)
Aaron Nelson ( blog | twitter ) is a Senior SQL Server Architect with over 10 years of experience in Architecture, Business Intelligence, Development, and Performance Tuning of SQL Server. He has experience managing enterprise wide data needs in both transactional and data warehouse environments. Aaron holds certifications for MCITP: Business Intelligence Developer, Database Administrator, Database Developer; as well as MCTS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuration (meaning Hyper-V). He is also a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server
Chris O’Prey (forum user name: cjoprey)
I’m a self-confessed geek who has been a developer for longer than I care to remember (let’s just say I remember writing BASIC in the 70s). In my latest guise as a developer and tester at Microsoft, I am a heavy user of Windows PowerShell for automation of testing, build, and integration. I use Windows PowerShell on a daily basis, and I have no intention of weaning myself off it!
Travis Page (forum user name: pagerwho)
I have been in IT for about 7 years now, the past year has been primarily focused on scripting in Windows PowerShell. I utilize Windows PowerShell quite a bit to help me in my routine tasks, and have come to be known at my employer as the scripting guy. In my current role I work with Exchange, Active Directory, Server systems and Desktops and have been working to develop scripts to assist me in troubleshooting faster, and fix problems faster with Windows PowerShell. I am active in PASS at the local level and can be reached on Twitter via http://twitter.com/pagerwho or on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/travispage
Thiyagarajan Parthiban (forum user name: Thiyagu14)
I work for a large Investment Bank, as a Exchange Administrator. I have been scripting for more than 7 years now. I am good at VBscript, but when I first laid my eyes on Powershell, I realized this is the coolest thing ever in scripting. I automate Exchange/AD tasks, am also good at WMI, ADSI and generating reports. I blog at www.myExchangeWorld.com . I have developed custom apps in C# for automation. I love to automate things. Scripting and Exchange Server is really my passion.
Jason Premo (forum user name: LikeToCode)
I have been in IT for 12 years. I started with installing and troubleshooting radio and data transmission networks for the government, and then I moved into the private sector as a lead IT project engineer, which is when I was first exposed to VBScript. To me, it was the coolest thing since sliced bread. Now I use VBScript, VB.NET, AutoIT, HTAs, and ORCA to engineer enterprise software deployments and manage Active Directory.
Rich Prescott (forum user name: Rich Prescott)
I am currently working as an Infrastructure Architect/Windows Engineer at a large media company, with my main areas of focus being automation and Active Directory. The automation responsibilities allow me to work with a wide-range of technologies including virtualization, storage and monitoring. I started learning PowerShell in 2009 while working as a Desktop Engineer and am the lead scripting guy for my organization.
Blog: blog.RichPrescott.com
Twitter: @Rich_PrescottBoe Prox (forum user name: Boe Prox)
I have been working as an IT Pro since 2003 as Senior Windows System Administrator and started into scripting with VBscript in early 2008. I then started getting into Windows PowerShell in early 2009 and haven’t stopped using it since. I use Windows PowerShell on a daily basis at work for automation, reporting and anything else I can think of. My main focus areas are in ADSI and WMI and I am also learning more about .NET to further my Windows PowerShell experience. One of my favorite things about Windows PowerShell no matter what you know, you will always learn something new. My blog is at http://learn-powershell.net
Mark Schill (forum user name: Meson3902)
I live in Atlanta, Georgia, where I work as a contractor for the federal government. I began scripting with VBScript in 1999 and now work exclusively with Windows PowerShell. My current areas of specialization are automated Windows system builds and Citrix environments. VMWare is also of major interest to me. I work in development on a part-time basis and this has provided ease within the .NET Framework. I also serve as a resident advisor on the #PowerShell IRC channel on freenode.net. You can find me on my blog: http://www.cmschill.net/stringtheory .
Andy Schneider (forum user name: Andy Schneider)
I am a systems engineer at Avanade, Inc. I am on Avanade’s Internal IT team that works with Compute Utility and Storage infrastructure. I’ve been a professional in the IT industry since 1999. I remember the first time I started playing with VBScript. I ran into by boss’s office exclaiming “Holy Schnikees! Look what we can do with this stuff!” Seeing what I could do with automation, my view of IT changed forever. Now I am pretty much a pure Windows PowerShell fanatic. Windows PowerShell has provided me with a fairly smooth glide path into the world of development with .NET and C#. I’m not a developer, but I have a strong passion for bridging the world of development and systems engineering together by being able to interface with developers and other systems engineers. Learning Windows PowerShell has really given me the tools I need to become more educated about the world of development. You can find my blog at http://get-powershell.com/.
Marco Shaw (forum user name: Marco Shaw)
- Microsoft MVP, Windows PowerShell: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Marco.Shaw
- Co-Author of Sams Windows PowerShell Unleashed 2nd Edition
- PowerShell Co-Community Director: http://www.powershellcommunity.org
Brandon Shell (forum user name: BSonPosh)
I have been in the IT industry since 1994. I spent the early years as a PC tech and general fix-it guy for numerous companies. I started a consulting company in 1999 to build, design, and support networks and Windows infrastructure. I offered Microsoft training as well. In 2000 I joined Microsoft as contractor for the Directory Services team (the first of several times). I joined Microsoft in 2002 as a full-time rapid response field engineer doing mostly Directory Service support for companies in the northeast. In 2004 the onsite travel requirement became too much, and I left for a finance firm where I am today.
Blog: www.bsonposh.com.Bhargav Shukla (forum user name: Bhargav Shukla - MSFT)
My name is Bhargav Shukla, and I am a premier field engineer (PFE) at Microsoft. Computers always fascinated me. By education I am a civil engineer but my passion for IT lead my way and I became what I am today. As a PFE, I represent Microsoft and provide dedicated support to enterprise customers.
In my 14 years of IT experience, I have had the opportunity to work on many technologies including messaging, Directory Services, information security, virtualization, and others. As I progressed through my career stages, I also earned industry certifications from Microsoft, VMware, RSA and Citrix. When not working with Enterprise clients, I am leading Exchange User Group in the Philadelphia area, contributing to TechNet forums, and reviewing books. I am one of the reviewers of Roberta Bragg’s Windows Server 2003: A Technical Reference. I also help Clint Huffman on his open source tool Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) when time permits. Besides my passion for IT and messaging, I love playing chess. You can find me on the Free Internet Chess Server; my handle is “bhargavs”.
Glenn Sizemore (forum user name: glnsize)
I have been in IT for the last 8 years, during that time I have held just about every job one could hold. I started scripting early in my career, and had mastered VBScript by the time Windows PowerShell arrived. Being a scripter, I was an early adopter of Windows PowerShell, and have since become a fanatic. Professionally I work as a virtualization administrator, and use VBScript, BAT, and Windows PowerShell to automate all levels of the infrastructure. In my free time, I run www.Get-Admin.com, and contribute to various scripting communities.
Bill Stewart (forum user name: AbqBill)
I first began automating computers in 1985 using batch files in MS-DOS 3.0. My first experience with an enhanced command shell was with 4DOS (a Command.com replacement) in 1989, and this whet my appetite for more powerful automation. I studied Pascal programming on my own for several years, and I had a renewed interest in OS automation when I began working with Windows NT 4.0 in 1997. When Windows 2000 came with baked-in WSH, I was hooked. I learned VBScript first, but I came to appreciate JScript's power and flexibility, and I now greatly prefer it to VBScript when writing WSH scripts. I also enjoy using Windows PowerShell and have applied it to numerous automation tasks. I have written numerous articles for Windows IT Pro magazine as well as a number of freeware utilities to help scripters, which you can download from my Web site: http://www.westmesatech.com/. For my day job, I am the systems and network administrator for French Mortuary, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States.
Trevor Sullivan (forum user name: Trevor Sullivan)
I started learning to write scripts back in 2004. I started out as a desktop support person, and quickly realized that an understanding of programming would be essential to pursuing a career in technology. At the time, VBScript was the best cross between ease of learning and scripting power, so I started there. A couple years later, Windows PowerShell came around, and although I was quite keen on it, I didn't adopt it right away. I took some time to study C#/.NET because I wanted to understand programming a little bit deeper. Over the past year, I have picked up Windows PowerShell, largely built on my previous knowledge of the Microsoft .NET platform, and I write primarily in Windows PowerShell today.
Jakob Svendsen (forum user name: Jakob Svendsen)
I began my scripting/programming career when I got my first computer, at age 8. Later on I got the C64, and progressed toward writing small games. I studied C++, PHP, HTML, CSS, ASM, and others during my technical education. In the past 2 years, I have worked at Coretech A/S, Denmark (http://blog.coretech.dk) as an IT Consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer. I spend most of my workdays scripting, programming, or teaching Windows PowerShell, VBScript, and .NET applications (VB or C#).
Jonathan Tyler (forum user name: Jonathan Tyler)
Jonathan Tyler is a senior software engineer employed by one of the world’s leading providers of commercial transport solutions. Jonathan has been in the IT industry since 1997. He currently supports the global SharePoint farm for the company’s Internet, extranet, and intranet solutions. Since working as a consultant, Jonathan started working with VBScript to automate tasks. He has done work in Visual Basic, C#, and Windows PowerShell. Check out his blog, PowerShell Reflections.
Jason Walker (forum user name: Jason Walker)
Jason is an active member of the Charlotte PowerShell User’s Group, PowerShell evangelist and lives by the motto “Real admins don’t click them <TAB>”
Fredrik Wall (forum user name: Fredrik Wall)
I have been scripting since 1997. Since then I have been scripting with batch files, VBScript, KiXtart and Windows PowerShell. I work with Active Directory, Web servers, SQL servers, Windows Servers and Clients, Deployment, and more. So I script against most of Microsoft’s applications. My blog: http://powershell.se/blog. My Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/walle75. I’m the co-founder of the Scandinavian PowerShell User group.
Brian Wilhite (forum user name: Brian Wilhite)
Brian Wilhite works as a Windows System Administrator for a large health care provider in North Carolina. He has over 15 years of experience in IT. In his current capacity as a Windows SysAdmin, he leads a team of individuals that have responsibilities for Microsoft Exchange, Windows Server Build, Management and System Performance. Brian also supports and participates in the Charlotte PowerShell Users Group. He can be found on twitter.com/bwilhite1979
Andrew Willett (forum user name: Andrew Willett)
I am the projects manager for the IT department of a Steinhoff group company. Based in London, I spend most of my time deploying, designing, and developing Microsoft-based architectures.
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Andrew Barnes (forum user name: Andrew Barnes)
I have more than 15 years of experience ranging from desktop support to third line/server specialist. My first program was on the BBC Micro in 1982. I wrote:
10 PRINT "ANDREW IS COOL!"
20 GOTO 10.
I remember thinking, “Wow, Andrew is cool!” I continued scripting in enterprise environments with DOS batch files on a boot floppy, KIX in logon scripts, and then VBScripts in Active Directory. Now as a Microsoft Certified IT Professional, I'm taking on Windows Powershell for today’s automation. I have always used scripting to automate everyday IT tasks, reduce workloads, and resolve technical issues. After all, why do it when you can script it?
Bartek Bielawski (forum user name: Bartek Bielawski)
Bartek has been working in IT for more than 10 years for one company, PAREXEL, a global organization with headquarters in the U.S. Before he got a real job, he was big Linux fan and amateur Linux admin, with some bash scripting and all kinds of awking, seding, cutting, and greping. That's why one of his first tasks at work (other than putting out fires all around) was to improve backup scripts (done in cmd back then). That forced him to get to know cmd.exe better. The experience was bad when compared to bashing, but it paid the bills...
A few years later, he tried to automate some tasks, which required something that cmd could not provide. His options were VBScript or Windows PowerShell. Even though he knows VBScript a bit, he always preferred the interactive Windows PowerShell. In his opinion, Windows PowerShell is the best product from Microsoft.
Kai Bluesky (forum user name: kai.bluesky)
VBScript is one of the most powerful tools that I have. I am used to scripting in WMI and ADSI. At the beginning, it just did my boring daily job automatically. Later, more complex tools—such as an inventory system and an application deployment tool—were implemented without costing my boss any money. Now, scripting has enabled me to join a professional team and my job has become more challenging.
Jaap Brasser (forum user name: Jaap Brasser)
Jaap is a Senior System Engineer in the Financial Services industry. He focuses on Microsoft and related technologies and has a passion for PowerShell. In his spare time he maintains his Blog, Twitter feed, @Jaap_Brasser, is a board member of the Dutch PowerShell User Group, and contributes on the Official Scripting Guys Forum and Windows PowerShell TechNet forums.
Uros Cala (forum user name: urkec)
My first couple of years as a system and DB administrator were really painful. My tasks kept piling up, I kept losing my head, and just when I was about to quit, I stumbled upon the Microsoft Script Center. I made use of a couple of simple scripts I found there, and for the first time I felt I was in control. My second big discovery was WMI—along with VBScript, it completely changed the way I do my job. I am currently exploring the .NET Framework and Windows PowerShell, trying to make my administrator life even easier.
Rob Campbell (forum user name: mjolinor)
I work at a medium-to-large corporate financial institution, as an AD and Exchange administrator. I have worked in IT for over 35 years, starting as a night operator on IBM System 3 and 360 series mainframes. I never really got the hang of VB, but love Windows PowerShell. I have done a few large-scale scripts, but most of my scripting work is ad-hoc, on-demand reports and maintenance changes. I do not know that I can lay claim to any particular area of specialization. The nearest I ever came up with for a good job description was “tactical logician”.
Marc Adam Carter (forum user name: marcadamcarter)
I am currently a senior systems administrator with the Department of the Army. I started in the IT industry in 1996 with DOS and various flavors of *NIX. I was introduced to VBScript in 2000 and scripting became a regular obsession sometime in 2005. In 2008 I made the move to Windows PowerShell and have never looked back. My daily responsibilities keep me involved with Active Directory, supporting Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and various ASP.NETapplications. In 2011, I founded the Corpus Christi PowerShell User Group and try to help bring others up to speed on PowerShell.
Ravikanth Chaganti (forum user name: Ravikanth.Chaganti)
I have 9+ years of experience in IT and mostly in the Windows Server operating system related areas. My scripting experience dates back to my school days where I used to write DOS batch files to automate a few things on Windows 3.1. I did a lot of VBScripting, and a few popular ones include HVS2008 UI (http://hvs2008ui.codeplex.com), VHDShell Extensions (http://code.msdn.com/VHDShellExt), and a few other scripts on my blog. I primarily work on Hyper-V and SharePoint technologies. I use Windows PowerShell these days to automate a lot of activities around these two technologies.
Daniel Cruz (forum user name: Cruz_Daniel)
In the past five years as an IT Professional, I have focused on Microsoft products and have earned my MCSE 2003 and MCITP: Server Administrator 2008 Certifications. Windows PowerShell is my primary scripting language and I use it on a daily basis with Active Directory, Exchange and for other admin tasks. I mostly use Cmdlets, WMI and .NET in my scripts and have recently been focused on reusable code and automation. I have learned a ton from the Windows PowerShell community and am now doing my best to give some back. You can learn more about me on Twitter or my Blog.
Jeremy Engel (forum user name: engelj@labcorp.com)
I started coding at the age of 10, writing games in BASIC for my lightning-fast Commodore 64. From there I ventured into the high-tech world of text-based online gaming, affectionately known as MUDs—specifically EverDark. Later, I made the jump to systems engineering, and it was there that I discovered VBScript. I currently use VBScript for access into all sorts of namespaces and frameworks: WMI, ADSI, SQL, Office, .NET, etc. I also write in HTML and C#, and I am currently casting a wary eye at Windows PowerShell.
Niklas Goude (forum user name: Niklas Goude)
I'm from Stockholm, Sweden, where i work at Enfo Zipper, a company that concentrates on client infrastructure. When I started scripting, i mainly focused on HTML and Javascript. Over time i got into PHP and finally VBScript, for managing the Windows environment. When I started at Enfo Zipper, one of the developers handed me a book on Windows PowerShell (PowerShell in Action, Bruce Payette ) and from that day on, I've been living Windows PowerShell. I also run a blog, http://www.powershell.nu, where I post scripts, ideas, and guides on Windows PowerShell.
Shane Hoey (forum user name: Shane Hoey)
My scripting experience started back when Windows XP was the new kid on the block, and I soon found myself scripting on a daily basis with VBScript, WMI, and ADSI. Fast forward to the 2009 Summer Scripting Games, and I finally discovered Windows PowerShell. I’ve been hooked ever since. One of the things I like most about Windows PowerShell is its ability to easily automate, especially my daily repetitive tasks. My background is system and network administration, but at work they just call me the PowerShell Geek these days. By the way, I also run the Powershell Usergroup Brisbane.
Matt Johnson (forum user name: MWJComputing)
Matt Johnson (MWJComputing) is a system administrator and founder of the SE Michigan PowerShell Script club. Matt has been scripting for eight years and is proficient in Windows PowerShell, Perl, Python, and several other languages. He currently specializes in WMI, ADSI, and the .NET Framework. You can find Matt on Twitter (@mwjcomputing) and online at http://www.mwjcomputing.com or http://www.michiganpowershell.com.
Laerte Junior (forum user name: Laerte Junior)
I started programming computers in clipper. I went through the stage of visual basic and SQL SERVER DBA am 10 years or so. In addition to tuning and development(C#, TSQL), like a lot to automate processes in SQL SERVER. 1 year ago I have been developing scripts in Powershell with SQL Server to facilitate automation.I have a blog in Portuguese www.laertejuniordba.spaces.live.comwhere I put my progress in PowerShell with SQL Server and I am a guest blogger at www.simple-talk.com .
Sean Kearney (forum user name: ye110wbeard@hotmail.com)
I am a network administrator, a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in Windows Server Virtualization and Configuration, and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. I’m a devoted and passionate computer enthusiast from the early 80s to the present day, having used just about every microcomputer ever. I taught myself computer programming with 65xx machine code, working with many technologies―but primarily Microsoft. I deal with “anything thrown at me,” from gnawed keyboards to recovery of Exchange servers, to networking setups and isolating the realm of the unknown. Currently, I test and deploy just about any new Microsoft Technology; I also deal with users in an enterprise class environment. I love Windows Powershell, Windows 7, and Hyper-V, in that order.
Tom Lavedas (forum user name: Tom Lavedas)
I built my first computer in 1980 (a Sinclair, ZedX80) to replace my programmable HP calculator and realized how useful personal computing could be. I've never held an IT position in my career, though as a staff engineer in a small manufacturing company I was pressed into service for a while. I worked out the transition from the company's antiquated mini-computer inventory system onto a WinNT file server based system just before Y2K made the mini inoperable. Rather, I'm an electrical engineer who scripts. Sometimes the scripts handle small engineering computations, but usually I use them to automate redundant desktop management tasks. I'm fluent in a few obsolete languages (or used to be), like FORTRAN, Algol, Pascal and PL1, conversant in C and JScript, but mostly I stick with the command console (aka batch), VBScript and VBA in Excel and PowerPoint. I especially like building user interfaces in HTML/HTA to make my scripts more versatile.
Thomas Lee (forum user name: Thomas Lee)
I've been scripting pretty much forever. I used to be pretty hot at JCL on the IBM 360 in the late 1960s, did a ton of shell scripting in the 70s on ICL VME. I learned batch scripting with DOS 2.0. I never really grokked VBS (and never got infected with *ix). But I truly “got” Monad when I first saw it in September 2003 and never looked back. I'm proficient in Windows PowerShell 1.0 and 2.0, and specialize in the .NET and WMI aspects. My one interesting fact is that I was the first person to blog about Monad.
Shay Levy (forum user name: Shay Levi)
I'm from Israel. I've been working in IT since 1998 as a system administrator, mostly using Microsoft Server technologies. I started to script HTML pages (JavaScript and ASP) and soon enough I converted Web pages scripting to system scripting using VBScript, WMI, ADSI, etc. Since the first days when PowerShell was introduced, I found myself diving into this new technology and I couldn't stop using it. For quite some time I wondered if one could fall in love with a piece of software. Now I know that's possible! Most of the time I like to hang out in the Windows PowerShell newsgroup and scripting related forums . They provide real world problems where I can help and learn from users alike. I also run a blog at http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic , so stop by and say hello.
Oliver Lipkau (forum user name: Oliver Lipkau)
I have been scripting for more than 10 years. I started with Batch at the age of 13 by modifying the school’s PC. Today my main scripting language is Windows PowerShell. It allows me to automate the majority of my routine management of servers and clients. My specializations are ADSI and WMI.
I also code in vbs, ahk, html, js, batch, php, and asp . But Windows PowerShell is my favorite. My blog: http://oliver.lipkau.net/blog.
Salvador Manaois III (forum user name: Salvador Manaois III)
I have been writing scripts for 10 years in my role as an IT administrator. In my day-to-day work, I extensively make use of VB scripts, with a bit of .NET programming and Windows PowerShell on the side. Being in charge of ensuring compliance to our standard operating environment, I make use of a great deal of WMI, ADSI, and other wsh objects (registry, file streams, etc) to ensure that the majority, if not all, of the machines under my care adhere to our standards.
Michael Moore (forum user name: lizaoreo)
My name is Michael Moore; I was born in Greenville, TX and moved to Georgia when I was five because of my dad’s work. I like long walks on the beach and the occasional … oh you didn’t want that did you?
I live in Calhoun, GA and work at Mohawk Industries, one of the world’s largest flooring manufacturers. I started working with batch files in 2008 when I started a new job where they had a Batch file that I improved, and then continuously added tasks to. I later moved to Windows PowerShell in 2010 when I started trying to do stuff that just couldn’t be done in Batch and before I even got a handle on VBScript I ran across Windows PowerShell several times in the Hey Scripting Guys Blog.
I have pretty much been hooked since then.
Richard Mueller (forum user name: Richard Mueller)
I worked for a large electric utility for many years where I managed IT budgets, developed mainframe applications, and coded batch files for administrative tasks, including logon scripts, desktop configuration, and tracking computers and users . Now I do consulting and application development for small organizations such as schools. I write programs using ADSI, WMI, ADO, SQL Server, VBScript, classic Visual Basic, and VB.NET. I've been a Microsoft MVP since 2003, first in Windows Server and now Directory Services. My Web site is http://www.rlmueller.net/ and is dedicated to scripts for administering Windows Active Directory networks.
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Jaap Brasser (forum user name: Jaap Brasser)
Jaap is a Senior System Engineer in the Financial Services industry. He focuses on Microsoft and related technologies and has a passion for PowerShell. In his spare time he maintains his Blog, Twitter feed, @Jaap_Brasser, is a board member of the Dutch PowerShell User Group, and contributes on the Official Scripting Guys Forum and Windows PowerShell TechNet forums.
Jason Walker (forum user name: Jason Walker)
Jason is an active member of the Charlotte PowerShell User’s Group, PowerShell evangelist and lives by the motto “Real admins don’t click them <TAB>”
System Center Essentials - Capacity Planner announcements
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Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner (SCCP) is formally being discontinued. The most recent version, SCCP 2007, is no longer available. No new versions of this standalone capacity planning tool, as well as any new or updated application capacity planning models, will be developed. For more details on this announcement, please visit http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sccp/default.aspx.
System Center Essentials - Capacity Planner announcements
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Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner (SCCP) is formally being discontinued. The most recent version, SCCP 2007, is no longer available. No new versions of this standalone capacity planning tool, as well as any new or updated application capacity planning models, will be developed. For more details on this announcement, please visit http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sccp/default.aspx.
Opalis v4 General announcements
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Welcome to the Opalis v4 forum! This forum is designed to help you find answers to questions about the Opalis Integration Server product acquired by Microsoft.
Please note that this forum relates only to version 4 of the Opalis product.
Q: Where can I find more information about the products, technical information and troubleshooting?
A: See the "Helpful Links" annoucement within this forum.
Q: Why are some threads locked?
A: When a thread is marked as answered or was not replied to for a long period of time, new posts in that thread may not get recognized and may not get a response. To ensure that new posts get the visbility they need, we lock threads that are marked as answered or where we cannot get a response from the poster within a reasonable period of time, so that any new replies will be done in a new thread and gain immediate attention.
If you have the same issue as mentioned in a previous thread, but the answer provided does not solve your problem, post a new question and refer to the existing thread so we can quickly rule out that issue as the cause of your particular problem. That will speed up the process of getting your problem solved.
Q: How long should I expect to wait for an answer?
A: We typically respond to new questions within 24-48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) depending on when the post occurred. If you need faster response or you have a critical issue, please contact Microsoft Support (http://support.microsoft.com/). You should also visit the support page on the Operations Manager TechCenter.
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Opalis Resources
Opalis Team Blog and Resources
Related Blogs & Community Resources
Product Information
Opalis 6.3 Downloads
You can only download and use this software if you are a licensed holder of a qualifying Microsoft System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE) and/or Microsoft System Center Server Management Suite Datacenter (SMSD) license. Qualifying SMSE and SMSD licenses include SMSE and SMSD licenses with active Software Assurance coverage on or between December 10, 2009 and April 30, 2011 and SMSE and SMSD licenses acquired through the Core Infrastructure Server Enterprise and Core Infrastructure Server Datacenter under the Enrollment for Core Infrastructure on or between the same dates.
The Opalis Software License Terms presented to you when you unzip the download explain additional requirements for use of the software. Review the licenses terms carefully. By downloading and using the software, you accept the terms. If you do not accept the terms, do not use the software.
Product Documentation on TechNet
Other Documentation, Whitepapers, etc.
Helpful Samples and Downloads
Opalis v4 General announcements
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Welcome to the Opalis v4 forum! This forum is designed to help you find answers to questions about the Opalis Integration Server product acquired by Microsoft.
Please note that this forum relates only to version 4 of the Opalis product.
Q: Where can I find more information about the products, technical information and troubleshooting?
A: See the "Helpful Links" annoucement within this forum.
Q: Why are some threads locked?
A: When a thread is marked as answered or was not replied to for a long period of time, new posts in that thread may not get recognized and may not get a response. To ensure that new posts get the visbility they need, we lock threads that are marked as answered or where we cannot get a response from the poster within a reasonable period of time, so that any new replies will be done in a new thread and gain immediate attention.
If you have the same issue as mentioned in a previous thread, but the answer provided does not solve your problem, post a new question and refer to the existing thread so we can quickly rule out that issue as the cause of your particular problem. That will speed up the process of getting your problem solved.
Q: How long should I expect to wait for an answer?
A: We typically respond to new questions within 24-48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) depending on when the post occurred. If you need faster response or you have a critical issue, please contact Microsoft Support (http://support.microsoft.com/). You should also visit the support page on the Operations Manager TechCenter.
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Opalis Resources
Opalis Team Blog and Resources
Related Blogs & Community Resources
Product Information
Opalis 6.3 Downloads
You can only download and use this software if you are a licensed holder of a qualifying Microsoft System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE) and/or Microsoft System Center Server Management Suite Datacenter (SMSD) license. Qualifying SMSE and SMSD licenses include SMSE and SMSD licenses with active Software Assurance coverage on or between December 10, 2009 and April 30, 2011 and SMSE and SMSD licenses acquired through the Core Infrastructure Server Enterprise and Core Infrastructure Server Datacenter under the Enrollment for Core Infrastructure on or between the same dates.
The Opalis Software License Terms presented to you when you unzip the download explain additional requirements for use of the software. Review the licenses terms carefully. By downloading and using the software, you accept the terms. If you do not accept the terms, do not use the software.
Product Documentation on TechNet
Other Documentation, Whitepapers, etc.
Helpful Samples and Downloads
IT Management Planning and Technology announcements
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Dear IT Managers,
I believe many of you out there must be confused with Microsoft Licensing Terms.
Personally created a document for you to download it. Click below link and go ahead and download a copy of the PDF document. It will elaborate for you to understand better about Microsoft Licensing model.
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Licensing-Umbrella-6c6c4c77
Kind Regards
GuoWen Su | SoftwareONE | TechNET Moderator | MCC 2012
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Dear Members,
Below link will allows you to download various IT related articles and IT tools :) Enjoy.
http://geeky-gw.blogspot.sg/
For automated scripts :) click below link
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Exchange-Logs-Maintenance-88496fa5
Cheers
Guowen Su - Technet Moderator | Technical Evangelist - SoftwareONE
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Greetings, "IT Managers"! This is a forum just for you. With the creation of the new IT Manager Community Hub on TechNet (http://technet.microsoft.com/itmanagement), we decided that even more than just giving you links to resources, we wanted to make this a community. To do that, we've created this forum to help facilitate discussion.
Do you have a question? Comment? Best practice? Complaint? Share it here. I and several of my team mates, as well as a few Microsoft MVPs, will help keep the discussion lively and focused. We'll provide any answers we have to direct questions.. but this is more than just about Q&A. Create a discussion around any topic you like.
For example, as a former IT Manager, I'm interested to know what kinds of issues you're dealing with around people and project management. How long do you work with an under-performing employee? What is the best way you've found to keep people on track and motivated? What works best for you when communicating a change that will eventually benefit (of course), but may initially negatively impact the productivity of your users?
So.. chime in! Start a thread, or join one already in progress.
Cheers,GuoWen Su - SoftwareONE | Microsoft Community Contributor
IT Management Planning and Technology announcements
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Dear IT Managers,
I believe many of you out there must be confused with Microsoft Licensing Terms.
Personally created a document for you to download it. Click below link and go ahead and download a copy of the PDF document. It will elaborate for you to understand better about Microsoft Licensing model.
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Licensing-Umbrella-6c6c4c77
Kind Regards
GuoWen Su | SoftwareONE | TechNET Moderator | MCC 2012
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Dear Members,
Below link will allows you to download various IT related articles and IT tools :) Enjoy.
http://geeky-gw.blogspot.sg/
For automated scripts :) click below link
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Exchange-Logs-Maintenance-88496fa5
Cheers
Guowen Su - Technet Moderator | Technical Evangelist - SoftwareONE
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Greetings, "IT Managers"! This is a forum just for you. With the creation of the new IT Manager Community Hub on TechNet (http://technet.microsoft.com/itmanagement), we decided that even more than just giving you links to resources, we wanted to make this a community. To do that, we've created this forum to help facilitate discussion.
Do you have a question? Comment? Best practice? Complaint? Share it here. I and several of my team mates, as well as a few Microsoft MVPs, will help keep the discussion lively and focused. We'll provide any answers we have to direct questions.. but this is more than just about Q&A. Create a discussion around any topic you like.
For example, as a former IT Manager, I'm interested to know what kinds of issues you're dealing with around people and project management. How long do you work with an under-performing employee? What is the best way you've found to keep people on track and motivated? What works best for you when communicating a change that will eventually benefit (of course), but may initially negatively impact the productivity of your users?
So.. chime in! Start a thread, or join one already in progress.
Cheers,GuoWen Su - SoftwareONE | Microsoft Community Contributor
Service Manager - General announcements
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System Center 2012 SP1 trial (this includes SCSM and is used to patch SCSM2012 RTM to SP1 - there are no separate SP1 patch)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh505660.aspxService Manager 2012 SP1 VHDs
Mgmt. server: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36427
DW server: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36425Service Manager 2012 SP1 Authoring Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36214Service Manager 2012 SP1 documentation
Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27850
Read online: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305220.aspxOrchestrator IPs for SC2012 SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34611Take a look at the documentation around upgrading your environment:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj900193.aspxAlso, this blogpost might be helpful:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager/archive/2013/01/23/how-microsoft-upgraded-to-system-center-2012-sp1-service-manager.aspxSCSM 2012 SP1 patchnotes:
Chargeback
Chargeback helps you apply cloud-based pricing on Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) fabric and show that information to customers in order to minimize virtual machine oversubscription and underutilization. Chargeback illustrates how you can use System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) in a cross-platform environment where you use multiple Service Manager components to achieve your business goals.
In Service Manager, chargeback consists of a new node in the Administration workspace, new OLAP data cubes, and sample Excel reports.
Improved Operations Manager Integration
An System Center 2012 – Operations Manager SP1 agent is automatically installed as part of Service Manager SP1. After Setup completes, you must manually configure the agent for use with the Operations Manager management server. The agent is compatible with System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, System Center 2012 – Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 – Operations Manager SP1.
To validate that the Operations Manager Agent was installed, open Control Panel and verify that the Operations Manager Agent is present. To manually configure the Operations Manager agent, see Configuring Agents.
SQL Server 2012 Support
All databases used by Service Manager are supported on all editions of SQL Server 2012.
Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Support
All Service Manager roles, except the Self-Service Portal SharePoint web parts, are supported on all editions of Windows Server 2012.
Windows 8 is supported for the Service Manager console and for end-users accessing the Self-Service Portal.
Service Manager - General announcements
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System Center 2012 SP1 trial (this includes SCSM and is used to patch SCSM2012 RTM to SP1 - there are no separate SP1 patch)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh505660.aspxService Manager 2012 SP1 VHDs
Mgmt. server: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36427
DW server: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36425Service Manager 2012 SP1 Authoring Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36214Service Manager 2012 SP1 documentation
Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27850
Read online: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305220.aspxOrchestrator IPs for SC2012 SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34611Take a look at the documentation around upgrading your environment:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj900193.aspxAlso, this blogpost might be helpful:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager/archive/2013/01/23/how-microsoft-upgraded-to-system-center-2012-sp1-service-manager.aspxSCSM 2012 SP1 patchnotes:
Chargeback
Chargeback helps you apply cloud-based pricing on Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) fabric and show that information to customers in order to minimize virtual machine oversubscription and underutilization. Chargeback illustrates how you can use System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) in a cross-platform environment where you use multiple Service Manager components to achieve your business goals.
In Service Manager, chargeback consists of a new node in the Administration workspace, new OLAP data cubes, and sample Excel reports.
Improved Operations Manager Integration
An System Center 2012 – Operations Manager SP1 agent is automatically installed as part of Service Manager SP1. After Setup completes, you must manually configure the agent for use with the Operations Manager management server. The agent is compatible with System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, System Center 2012 – Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 – Operations Manager SP1.
To validate that the Operations Manager Agent was installed, open Control Panel and verify that the Operations Manager Agent is present. To manually configure the Operations Manager agent, see Configuring Agents.
SQL Server 2012 Support
All databases used by Service Manager are supported on all editions of SQL Server 2012.
Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Support
All Service Manager roles, except the Self-Service Portal SharePoint web parts, are supported on all editions of Windows Server 2012.
Windows 8 is supported for the Service Manager console and for end-users accessing the Self-Service Portal.
Surface 1.0 Hardware, Platform and Applications announcements
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This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on July 12, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2011 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
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For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
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This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on June 14, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2011 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
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For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
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This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on May 10, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2011 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
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For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
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Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on March 8, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2011 article, once it they have been released.
There are no known issues with the following updates that are, at this time, scheduled for release:
-
2481109
-
2479943
-
2483614
-
905866
-
2505189
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on February 8, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2011 article, once it they have been released.
There are no known issues with the following updates that are, at this time, scheduled for release:
-
2393802
-
905866
-
2485376
-
2479943
-
2479628
-
2483185
-
2482017
-
2463157
-
971029
-
944036
-
2449741
-
2117917
-
2449742
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on January 11, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2011 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
- 2485482
- 2478935
- 2419640
- 2264107
- 2117917
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on December 7, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
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2296199
-
2393802
-
2436673
-
2305420
-
2423089
-
2442962
-
2416400
-
905866
-
944036
-
2443685
-
2467659
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on November 9, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
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2447568
-
905866
-
947821
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on October 12, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
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979687
-
979688
-
982132
-
981957
-
2296011
-
2345886
-
2207566
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on September 14, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
- 905866
- 975558
- 981322
- 2141007
- 2158563
- 2347290
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on August 10, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
· 905866
· 947821
· 978886
· 980436
· 981852
· 981997
· 982214
· 982316
· 982664
· 982665
· 982799
· 983589
· 2079403
· 2160329
· 2286198
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
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Link
· This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on July 13, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
-
905866
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
Surface 1.0 Hardware, Platform and Applications announcements
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Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on July 12, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2011 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
-
2533623
-
905866
-
2507938
-
2555917
-
2532531
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on June 14, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2011 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
-
2476490
-
2503665
-
2507938
-
2535512
-
2525694
-
2536275
-
2536276
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2544893
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2544521
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2530548
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905866
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2533623
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2541763
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2478657
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2478659
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2518863
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2518865
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2478660
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2518866
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2545698
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on May 10, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2011 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
-
947821
-
905866
-
2449742
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on April 12, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for April 2011article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
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2412687
-
2491683
-
2507618
-
2503658
-
2510581
-
2510531
-
2506223
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2508429
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2509553
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2508272
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2511455
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2492386
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2506014
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905866
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2449741
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2449742
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2512724
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2522422
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on March 8, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2011 article, once it they have been released.
There are no known issues with the following updates that are, at this time, scheduled for release:
-
2481109
-
2479943
-
2483614
-
905866
-
2505189
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on February 8, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2011 article, once it they have been released.
There are no known issues with the following updates that are, at this time, scheduled for release:
-
2393802
-
905866
-
2485376
-
2479943
-
2479628
-
2483185
-
2482017
-
2463157
-
971029
-
944036
-
2449741
-
2117917
-
2449742
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on January 11, 2011. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2011 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
- 2485482
- 2478935
- 2419640
- 2264107
- 2117917
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on December 7, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
-
2296199
-
2393802
-
2436673
-
2305420
-
2423089
-
2442962
-
2416400
-
905866
-
944036
-
2443685
-
2467659
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on November 9, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
-
2447568
-
905866
-
947821
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on October 12, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
-
979687
-
979688
-
982132
-
981957
-
2296011
-
2345886
-
2207566
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on September 14, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
- 905866
- 975558
- 981322
- 2141007
- 2158563
- 2347290
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
Link
This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on August 10, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
· 905866
· 947821
· 978886
· 980436
· 981852
· 981997
· 982214
· 982316
· 982664
· 982665
· 982799
· 983589
· 2079403
· 2160329
· 2286198
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
-
Link
· This bulletin describes the results of the Microsoft Surface tests of software updates released on Windows Update on July 13, 2010. You can find the full list of software updates in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2010 article.
There are no known issues with the following updates:
-
905866
Note: To ensure that your Surface unit receives the latest updates, make sure that you have upgraded to Surface 1.0 SP1.
For general information about how to update a Microsoft Surface unit, see Updating a Microsoft Surface Unit.
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Visio General Questions and Answers for IT Professionals announcements
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Link
Welcome to the Visio 2010 Forum. This forum provides a place for you to discuss all topics related to Visio such as questions you may have about the product or tips & tricks you have learned and want to share with others.
Visio General Questions and Answers for IT Professionals announcements
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Link
Welcome to the Visio 2010 Forum. This forum provides a place for you to discuss all topics related to Visio such as questions you may have about the product or tips & tricks you have learned and want to share with others.
Visio General Questions and Answers for IT Professionals announcements
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Link
Welcome to the Visio 2010 Forum. This forum provides a place for you to discuss all topics related to Visio such as questions you may have about the product or tips & tricks you have learned and want to share with others.
Visio General Questions and Answers for IT Professionals announcements
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Link
Welcome to the Visio 2010 Forum. This forum provides a place for you to discuss all topics related to Visio such as questions you may have about the product or tips & tricks you have learned and want to share with others.
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit announcements
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Link
The latest Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQ) page for the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is available on the TechNet Wiki:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/microsoft-assessment-and-planning-toolkit-frequently-asked-questions-faq.aspx -
Link
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (or MAP) forum will help you ask questions or post answers to common questions on the operation of the MAP Toolkit. Please join the forum frequently as we continue to grow the MAP Toolkit users community for self-help and ideas exchange with the MAP Toolkit development team.
Microsoft Assessment and Planning is an agent-less scalable inventory and assessment tool that can help you discover client machines and servers on your network and assess their readiness to migrate to the latest Microsoft technologies for:
- Migration Planning
- Consolidation/Virtualization
- Private/Public Cloud Planning
- Software Usage Tracking
Imagine getting a series of technology proposals that are SPECIFIC to your environment in just a few hours! Please take advantage of this TechNet Forum to share best practices around the use of the MAP tool and ask questions if you run into any technical problems.
You can get a FREE DOWNLOAD of Microsoft Assessment and Planning here: http://www.microsoft.com/MAP
Or, visit our Team Blog to get more tips and tricks here: http://blogs.technet.com/MAPBLOG
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit announcements
-
Link
The latest Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQ) page for the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is available on the TechNet Wiki:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/microsoft-assessment-and-planning-toolkit-frequently-asked-questions-faq.aspx -
Link
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (or MAP) forum will help you ask questions or post answers to common questions on the operation of the MAP Toolkit. Please join the forum frequently as we continue to grow the MAP Toolkit users community for self-help and ideas exchange with the MAP Toolkit development team.
Microsoft Assessment and Planning is an agent-less scalable inventory and assessment tool that can help you discover client machines and servers on your network and assess their readiness to migrate to the latest Microsoft technologies for:
- Migration Planning
- Consolidation/Virtualization
- Private/Public Cloud Planning
- Software Usage Tracking
Imagine getting a series of technology proposals that are SPECIFIC to your environment in just a few hours! Please take advantage of this TechNet Forum to share best practices around the use of the MAP tool and ask questions if you run into any technical problems.
You can get a FREE DOWNLOAD of Microsoft Assessment and Planning here: http://www.microsoft.com/MAP
Or, visit our Team Blog to get more tips and tricks here: http://blogs.technet.com/MAPBLOG
ProClarity - General announcements
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Link
The latest hotfix rollup package (build 6.3.2226) is available for ProClarity 6.3. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2257758. I will be posting more information on our blog when the official documentation is released. Please let me know if you have any questions.
-Joey
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Link
This is a general announcement highlighting the expiration of support for ProClarity versions 6.1 and 6.2 as of July 1, 2009.
ProClarity is being maintained actively and is on the standard "5 + 5" lifecycle for the 6.3 version.
For more information, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/business/performancepoint/howtobuy/default.aspx.
ProClarity - General announcements
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Link
The latest hotfix rollup package (build 6.3.2226) is available for ProClarity 6.3. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2257758. I will be posting more information on our blog when the official documentation is released. Please let me know if you have any questions.
-Joey
-
Link
This is a general announcement highlighting the expiration of support for ProClarity versions 6.1 and 6.2 as of July 1, 2009.
ProClarity is being maintained actively and is on the standard "5 + 5" lifecycle for the 6.3 version.
For more information, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/business/performancepoint/howtobuy/default.aspx.
Small Business Server announcements
- Link
-
Link
In troubleshooting SBS issues, we will often ask whether you have run the SBS (2003/2008) Best Practices Analyzer (BPA).
BPA examines a server that is running Windows Small Business Server and then presents a list of information and errors, which are sorted by severity, that you should review. The list describes each issue, and it provides a recommendation about what you should do to resolve the issue. The recommendations are developed by the product support organization for Windows SBS.
Edit by Nick Whittome 04/09/2011
For SBS 2011, there is a requirement to installthe Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0 and then the Windows Server Solutions Best Practices Analyzer 1.0
-
Link
For any of you struggling with the Web interface, and
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community.Microsoft has developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the
Microsoft NNTP Bridge
http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums
Another "Non Microsoft" supported NNTP Bridge can be found here
http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/This SBS Forum is group: Technet.en-US.smallbusinessserver
Note: The drawback to using these NNTP Bridges are that you are not able to VOTE posts as Helpfull or mark your post as Answered.
(We still urge you to reply to if the solution worked for you however, this benefits everyone.) -
Link
Here are a few suggestions that make it sure you get the best answer to your question as quickly as possible:
1. Search the Forum for your question -- Quite possibly someone may have already answered your question, and you won't have to spend time waiting for it to be answered again.2. If Possible Run SBS Best Practices Analyzer. (It often can help you fix problems on your own.)
SBS2011 Best Practices Analyzer Standard download from Here Link http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15556
Note In addition for SBS2011 you'll also need to download Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0 Here Link http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=16475
SBS2008 Best Practices Analyzer Download from Here Link http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130639
SBS2003 Best Practices Analyzer Download from Here Link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3874527A-DE19-49BB-800F-352F3B6F2922&displaylang=en3. Make sure your posting Subject or "title" summarizes the specific problem you have --
A question with a title of "Urgent! Help needed!" is not as likely to get
answered as quickly a question with a title of "How to configure my firewall to open port 80".
A more specific, detailed title is far more likely to get a better response than a general one.4. Post what version of SBS you have. and service Packs, This helps people know where you are at.
We can tell what version of Exchange you are using etc and sharepoint. (If different please tell.)
(Not all details are necessary, but try to include any relevant information.)5. Avoid if possible "Me Too" Posts! I'm guilty of this also, but unless it's exactly the same thing and you have some "Added information" you distract from the original post. If you question if your issue is different Please make a new post.
6. Keep with the same thread. do not refer to a post you made last year, and above all, Please come back. There are hundreds and thousands of posts where I've seen people given great and wonderfully long answers yet no reply from the original poster.
7. If you do post a question, be courteous to reply even if it's to say. "I've given up" or thanks that worked.
(This helps the whole community when you do this, and makes the people who donate time, warm and fuzzies.)8. Give details about your problem -- rather than " It won't work, please help!", provide some details like Error Codes, statements like, "Program starts, it gets to a part to install xxx and 2/3rds of the way and then does this.", Links to Screen Shots and images also help. Also search for any error
messages in logs etc. Other basic things like it was working before I did this, or it stopped working after I installed this. also helps.9. Give Positive FeedBack: Once you've received a correct answer to your question, either from a Microsoft employee, an MVP, or the community in general, please reply that the issue or question has been answered. And if possible mark the solution as answered: This step is important, since it lets other people benefit from your posts.
In addition Please Vote as "helpful" replies that contribute to the answer or lead to resolution of the issue.Reminder most answers are from volunteers. MVP's do not get paid by Microsoft.
Many of them have REAL jobs and answer questions for FREE!
Thank You and I hope you take the pay it forward philosophy that has made this forum a success.
Russ Grover SBSMVP July 2009 - July 2011
Small Business Server announcements
- Link
-
Link
In troubleshooting SBS issues, we will often ask whether you have run the SBS (2003/2008) Best Practices Analyzer (BPA).
BPA examines a server that is running Windows Small Business Server and then presents a list of information and errors, which are sorted by severity, that you should review. The list describes each issue, and it provides a recommendation about what you should do to resolve the issue. The recommendations are developed by the product support organization for Windows SBS.
Edit by Nick Whittome 04/09/2011
For SBS 2011, there is a requirement to installthe Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0 and then the Windows Server Solutions Best Practices Analyzer 1.0
-
Link
For any of you struggling with the Web interface, and
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community.Microsoft has developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the
Microsoft NNTP Bridge
http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums
Another "Non Microsoft" supported NNTP Bridge can be found here
http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/This SBS Forum is group: Technet.en-US.smallbusinessserver
Note: The drawback to using these NNTP Bridges are that you are not able to VOTE posts as Helpfull or mark your post as Answered.
(We still urge you to reply to if the solution worked for you however, this benefits everyone.) -
Link
Here are a few suggestions that make it sure you get the best answer to your question as quickly as possible:
1. Search the Forum for your question -- Quite possibly someone may have already answered your question, and you won't have to spend time waiting for it to be answered again.2. If Possible Run SBS Best Practices Analyzer. (It often can help you fix problems on your own.)
SBS2011 Best Practices Analyzer Standard download from Here Link http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15556
Note In addition for SBS2011 you'll also need to download Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0 Here Link http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=16475
SBS2008 Best Practices Analyzer Download from Here Link http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130639
SBS2003 Best Practices Analyzer Download from Here Link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3874527A-DE19-49BB-800F-352F3B6F2922&displaylang=en3. Make sure your posting Subject or "title" summarizes the specific problem you have --
A question with a title of "Urgent! Help needed!" is not as likely to get
answered as quickly a question with a title of "How to configure my firewall to open port 80".
A more specific, detailed title is far more likely to get a better response than a general one.4. Post what version of SBS you have. and service Packs, This helps people know where you are at.
We can tell what version of Exchange you are using etc and sharepoint. (If different please tell.)
(Not all details are necessary, but try to include any relevant information.)5. Avoid if possible "Me Too" Posts! I'm guilty of this also, but unless it's exactly the same thing and you have some "Added information" you distract from the original post. If you question if your issue is different Please make a new post.
6. Keep with the same thread. do not refer to a post you made last year, and above all, Please come back. There are hundreds and thousands of posts where I've seen people given great and wonderfully long answers yet no reply from the original poster.
7. If you do post a question, be courteous to reply even if it's to say. "I've given up" or thanks that worked.
(This helps the whole community when you do this, and makes the people who donate time, warm and fuzzies.)8. Give details about your problem -- rather than " It won't work, please help!", provide some details like Error Codes, statements like, "Program starts, it gets to a part to install xxx and 2/3rds of the way and then does this.", Links to Screen Shots and images also help. Also search for any error
messages in logs etc. Other basic things like it was working before I did this, or it stopped working after I installed this. also helps.9. Give Positive FeedBack: Once you've received a correct answer to your question, either from a Microsoft employee, an MVP, or the community in general, please reply that the issue or question has been answered. And if possible mark the solution as answered: This step is important, since it lets other people benefit from your posts.
In addition Please Vote as "helpful" replies that contribute to the answer or lead to resolution of the issue.Reminder most answers are from volunteers. MVP's do not get paid by Microsoft.
Many of them have REAL jobs and answer questions for FREE!
Thank You and I hope you take the pay it forward philosophy that has made this forum a success.
Russ Grover SBSMVP July 2009 - July 2011
Microsoft Operations Framework -- MOF 4.0 announcements
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Link
The Microsoft Operations Framework team is pleased to announce that the Managing and Operating a Microsoft Private Cloud—How to Apply the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) guide is now available for download. To download the new guide, go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc506049.aspx.
This guide leads you through the process of how to manage and operate a Microsoft private cloud using the service management processes of the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF). The guide applies MOF’s IT service management principles to that conceptual architecture and technology stack. It describes how to maximize the potential of MOF’s people, process, and technical capabilities to manage and operate a Microsoft private cloud. Follow this guidance for a private cloud that is better aligned to meet your business needs. Employ MOF’s service management functions (SMFs) to help align IT and business goals, which can enable you to perform private cloud activities effectively and cost-efficiently.
This guide focuses on the SMFs in the Operate Phase and the Manage Layer of MOF to give IT pros and managers what they need to know about managing and operating a private cloud. Management reviews—internal controls that ensure goals are met to achieve business value—are also included.
Tell your peers about MOF! Please forward this mail to anyone who wants to learn more about Microsoft Operations Framework guides.
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Link
Thanks in part to your participation at every stage of its development, a new MOF implementation guide is now available for download.
The Getting Started with MOF 4.0 guide is the first step to a more efficient MOF implementation. The guide provides role-and situation-specific guidance, focused on helping users understand where to apply MOF and how to get the most from its recommendations.
This new extension of the MOF core content speaks to three targeted audiences—the CIO/IT director, IT managers, and individual contributors. Tailoring the content to specific roles clarifies responsibilities and leads to improved service delivery in your organization. The guide includes a list of prioritized action items that address both proactive and reactive issues. Ultimately, this guide serves as the primary resource for implementing MOF within your organization.
Download the Getting Started with MOF 4.0 guide.
Looking for additional resources to help you get started with MOF 4.0? Download the MOF IT Pro Quick Start Kit.
Stay tuned: A new series of MOF Reliability Workbooks will soon be available for Beta download. Want the latest MOF updates? Subscribe to our news feed.
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Link
On behalf of the MOF team and the moderator staff, I’d like to personally welcome you to the new MOF Community at Microsoft. Here you will find an open forum for the discussion of all topics related to service management, MOF, and related process-based frameworks throughout the IT lifecycle. Now that you are part of this community, we hope to see you actively participating and sharing. MOF integrates community generated processes, governance, risk, and compliance activities, and other industry best practices to provide guidance across the IT service lifecycle. For us to continue to evolve these best practices in the face of ever shifting technology paradigms, we need your continued input and support.
Here at the MOF Community we invite you to post your questions, share your insights, tell us what you like, and by all means, what you disagree with. If you have a service management problem you’re trying to resolve, share it and see if the community can help. All we ask is that you remain respectful of everyone’s opinion and promote intelligent and responsible discussion. If you have any questions, problems, or concerns that don’t seem to be getting addressed by the board, feel free to e-mail us, the MOF team, or contact us via our Blog.
Thank you again for joining us here and for taking a look at MOF 4.0. We look forward to getting to know you.
Welcome to the conversation!Jason Osborne
MOF Frameworks PM -
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Microsoft Operations Framework - Frequently Asked Questions v1.0
What is MOF 4.0?Microsoft® Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0 is a framework that provides practical guidance for managing IT practices and activities throughout the entire IT lifecycle. MOF helps IT professionals establish and implement reliable, cost-effective IT services by integrating
· Tried-and-tested processes for planning, delivering, operating, and managing IT
· Governance, risk, and compliance activities
· Management reviews
· Best practices from Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
MOF helps IT professionals take advantage of everything Microsoft has to offer, including products and Solution Accelerators.
What’s new in MOF 4.0?
The guidance in MOF 4.0 moves beyond Operations to address the entire IT lifecycle. MOF 4.0 introduces a new structure for its service management functions (SMFs)—one that emphasizes outcomes, results, and roles in a format that's easy to reference. Because every group, team, and company is unique, the SMFs are anchored by questions the user must answer. Finally, the MOF community serves as a platform where IT professionals can exchange ideas, contribute their own timely, relevant guidance, and communicate directly with Microsoft about the continued evolution of the framework.
Why did you develop a new version of MOF?
MOF 4.0 has been expanded and enhanced to:
· Reflect a single, comprehensive IT lifecycle
· Connect service management theory to every-day tasks and activities
· Align IT with business needs and goals
· Address governance, risk, policy, and compliance
· Support continuous improvement through community involvement
How much effort will it take to implement MOF 4.0?
Your goal should not be to implement MOF; it should be to solve problems and promote efficiency in your organization. You can use MOF to drive key decisions, create and manage key policies and risks, clearly define roles and accountabilities, and define and enact processes for your organization—all in an efficient and practical manner. Because the scope of the problem or opportunity you’re facing will determine the amount of effort required. MOF 4.0 has been designed to help overburdened IT professionals quickly access useful, relevant content. It contains practical guidance for everyday tasks and activities—not just theory —to efficiently and effectively address those problems. Its streamlined approach makes it possible for users to either implement the entire framework or simply use one component of the framework to solve a particular problem.
Will MOF 4.0 work with the framework I’m currently using?
MOF 4.0 is backward-compatible with all previous versions of MOF, and can easily integrate policies, tasks, or activities based on other frameworks. MOF 4.0 was designed to provide you with a clear picture of how the entire IT lifecycle is interrelated, what decisions are required and what outcomes are vital, yet leaves it up to the IT organization to determine the areas of focus. An organization or IT professional can use all of MOF 4.0 or just one component of the framework to solve a particular problem.
Why are there so many tables in MOF 4.0?
The SMFs are anchored by pertinent questions, inputs, outputs, and best practices for each activity, and the tables provide a format that’s concise and easy to follow. The questions help drive decisions that are relevant for your organization. They also help you determine where to focus—or not—which supports organizational maturation.
How does MOF address governance, risk, and compliance?
Governance, risk, and compliance are addressed in the Manage Layer, which is the foundation for the phases (Plan, Deliver, and Operate). Governance identifies the decision makers and stakeholders, determines accountability for actions and responsibilities for outcomes, and addresses how expected performance will be evaluated. Risk management occurs throughout the entire IT lifecycle as well; it addresses business decisions, policy adherence, application development, and operational procedures. Risk also determines what business controls need to be in place. Compliance guides behavior throughout the lifecycle to make sure that governance and risk management activities are addressed. The management reviews in each phase show how IT is performing against corporate governance, risk, and compliance objectives.
How can I contribute to MOF 4.0?
A central component of MOF 4.0 is its online community—a place where IT professionals can share service management knowledge and best practices, communicating both with each other and with Microsoft. MOF 4.0 provides a platform that integrates contribution sharing, blogs, forums, online training, and feedback to support the community and keep it ahead of ever-shifting IT trends. To visit MOF online, go to www.microsoft.com/MOF.
How is MOF different from ITIL?
There are many similarities between MOF and ITIL. Both help IT organizations achieve reliable and cost-effective IT services; each uses the entire IT service lifecycle as the context for work activities. ITIL v3 is a vast compendium of information that addresses the breadth of IT activities by providing considerable detail in a number of areas. ITIL content consists of more than 1300 pages of concepts and models that address how IT organizations can provide valued services.
Similarly, MOF 4.0 contains core IT service management guidance, but takes a more streamlined approach to meet the needs of the overburdened IT professional. MOF 4.0 presents fundamental IT processes and their associated activities in an easy-to-grasp table format. And because busy IT professionals still have to implement, execute, follow or report IT policies and navigate risks every day, MOF 4.0 includes policy creation in the Plan Phase as well as support for IT governance, risk management, and compliance throughout the entire IT service lifecycle. Risk management and internal controls provide a coherent focus throughout the lifecycle and demonstrate the interconnectedness of all IT activities.
How will MOF and Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) work together?
MOF 4.0 integrates MSF core principles in the form of SMFs into the IT service lifecycle. MSF is also available as an independent framework. The current MSF content, training, job aids, and templates—on which those SMFs are based—resides on http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/msf/default.mspx. Enacted MSF guidance also ships in Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2005 and Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008. Customers have given feedback that they would like to see a coherent guidance strategy across development and operations. The two teams are in the process of aligning; the goal is to empower IT professionals and developers with a consistent and coherent set of processes and best practices.
Microsoft Operations Framework -- MOF 4.0 announcements
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The Microsoft Operations Framework team is pleased to announce that the Managing and Operating a Microsoft Private Cloud—How to Apply the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) guide is now available for download. To download the new guide, go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc506049.aspx.
This guide leads you through the process of how to manage and operate a Microsoft private cloud using the service management processes of the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF). The guide applies MOF’s IT service management principles to that conceptual architecture and technology stack. It describes how to maximize the potential of MOF’s people, process, and technical capabilities to manage and operate a Microsoft private cloud. Follow this guidance for a private cloud that is better aligned to meet your business needs. Employ MOF’s service management functions (SMFs) to help align IT and business goals, which can enable you to perform private cloud activities effectively and cost-efficiently.
This guide focuses on the SMFs in the Operate Phase and the Manage Layer of MOF to give IT pros and managers what they need to know about managing and operating a private cloud. Management reviews—internal controls that ensure goals are met to achieve business value—are also included.
Tell your peers about MOF! Please forward this mail to anyone who wants to learn more about Microsoft Operations Framework guides.
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Link
Thanks in part to your participation at every stage of its development, a new MOF implementation guide is now available for download.
The Getting Started with MOF 4.0 guide is the first step to a more efficient MOF implementation. The guide provides role-and situation-specific guidance, focused on helping users understand where to apply MOF and how to get the most from its recommendations.
This new extension of the MOF core content speaks to three targeted audiences—the CIO/IT director, IT managers, and individual contributors. Tailoring the content to specific roles clarifies responsibilities and leads to improved service delivery in your organization. The guide includes a list of prioritized action items that address both proactive and reactive issues. Ultimately, this guide serves as the primary resource for implementing MOF within your organization.
Download the Getting Started with MOF 4.0 guide.
Looking for additional resources to help you get started with MOF 4.0? Download the MOF IT Pro Quick Start Kit.
Stay tuned: A new series of MOF Reliability Workbooks will soon be available for Beta download. Want the latest MOF updates? Subscribe to our news feed.
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Link
On behalf of the MOF team and the moderator staff, I’d like to personally welcome you to the new MOF Community at Microsoft. Here you will find an open forum for the discussion of all topics related to service management, MOF, and related process-based frameworks throughout the IT lifecycle. Now that you are part of this community, we hope to see you actively participating and sharing. MOF integrates community generated processes, governance, risk, and compliance activities, and other industry best practices to provide guidance across the IT service lifecycle. For us to continue to evolve these best practices in the face of ever shifting technology paradigms, we need your continued input and support.
Here at the MOF Community we invite you to post your questions, share your insights, tell us what you like, and by all means, what you disagree with. If you have a service management problem you’re trying to resolve, share it and see if the community can help. All we ask is that you remain respectful of everyone’s opinion and promote intelligent and responsible discussion. If you have any questions, problems, or concerns that don’t seem to be getting addressed by the board, feel free to e-mail us, the MOF team, or contact us via our Blog.
Thank you again for joining us here and for taking a look at MOF 4.0. We look forward to getting to know you.
Welcome to the conversation!Jason Osborne
MOF Frameworks PM -
Link
Microsoft Operations Framework - Frequently Asked Questions v1.0
What is MOF 4.0?Microsoft® Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0 is a framework that provides practical guidance for managing IT practices and activities throughout the entire IT lifecycle. MOF helps IT professionals establish and implement reliable, cost-effective IT services by integrating
· Tried-and-tested processes for planning, delivering, operating, and managing IT
· Governance, risk, and compliance activities
· Management reviews
· Best practices from Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
MOF helps IT professionals take advantage of everything Microsoft has to offer, including products and Solution Accelerators.
What’s new in MOF 4.0?
The guidance in MOF 4.0 moves beyond Operations to address the entire IT lifecycle. MOF 4.0 introduces a new structure for its service management functions (SMFs)—one that emphasizes outcomes, results, and roles in a format that's easy to reference. Because every group, team, and company is unique, the SMFs are anchored by questions the user must answer. Finally, the MOF community serves as a platform where IT professionals can exchange ideas, contribute their own timely, relevant guidance, and communicate directly with Microsoft about the continued evolution of the framework.
Why did you develop a new version of MOF?
MOF 4.0 has been expanded and enhanced to:
· Reflect a single, comprehensive IT lifecycle
· Connect service management theory to every-day tasks and activities
· Align IT with business needs and goals
· Address governance, risk, policy, and compliance
· Support continuous improvement through community involvement
How much effort will it take to implement MOF 4.0?
Your goal should not be to implement MOF; it should be to solve problems and promote efficiency in your organization. You can use MOF to drive key decisions, create and manage key policies and risks, clearly define roles and accountabilities, and define and enact processes for your organization—all in an efficient and practical manner. Because the scope of the problem or opportunity you’re facing will determine the amount of effort required. MOF 4.0 has been designed to help overburdened IT professionals quickly access useful, relevant content. It contains practical guidance for everyday tasks and activities—not just theory —to efficiently and effectively address those problems. Its streamlined approach makes it possible for users to either implement the entire framework or simply use one component of the framework to solve a particular problem.
Will MOF 4.0 work with the framework I’m currently using?
MOF 4.0 is backward-compatible with all previous versions of MOF, and can easily integrate policies, tasks, or activities based on other frameworks. MOF 4.0 was designed to provide you with a clear picture of how the entire IT lifecycle is interrelated, what decisions are required and what outcomes are vital, yet leaves it up to the IT organization to determine the areas of focus. An organization or IT professional can use all of MOF 4.0 or just one component of the framework to solve a particular problem.
Why are there so many tables in MOF 4.0?
The SMFs are anchored by pertinent questions, inputs, outputs, and best practices for each activity, and the tables provide a format that’s concise and easy to follow. The questions help drive decisions that are relevant for your organization. They also help you determine where to focus—or not—which supports organizational maturation.
How does MOF address governance, risk, and compliance?
Governance, risk, and compliance are addressed in the Manage Layer, which is the foundation for the phases (Plan, Deliver, and Operate). Governance identifies the decision makers and stakeholders, determines accountability for actions and responsibilities for outcomes, and addresses how expected performance will be evaluated. Risk management occurs throughout the entire IT lifecycle as well; it addresses business decisions, policy adherence, application development, and operational procedures. Risk also determines what business controls need to be in place. Compliance guides behavior throughout the lifecycle to make sure that governance and risk management activities are addressed. The management reviews in each phase show how IT is performing against corporate governance, risk, and compliance objectives.
How can I contribute to MOF 4.0?
A central component of MOF 4.0 is its online community—a place where IT professionals can share service management knowledge and best practices, communicating both with each other and with Microsoft. MOF 4.0 provides a platform that integrates contribution sharing, blogs, forums, online training, and feedback to support the community and keep it ahead of ever-shifting IT trends. To visit MOF online, go to www.microsoft.com/MOF.
How is MOF different from ITIL?
There are many similarities between MOF and ITIL. Both help IT organizations achieve reliable and cost-effective IT services; each uses the entire IT service lifecycle as the context for work activities. ITIL v3 is a vast compendium of information that addresses the breadth of IT activities by providing considerable detail in a number of areas. ITIL content consists of more than 1300 pages of concepts and models that address how IT organizations can provide valued services.
Similarly, MOF 4.0 contains core IT service management guidance, but takes a more streamlined approach to meet the needs of the overburdened IT professional. MOF 4.0 presents fundamental IT processes and their associated activities in an easy-to-grasp table format. And because busy IT professionals still have to implement, execute, follow or report IT policies and navigate risks every day, MOF 4.0 includes policy creation in the Plan Phase as well as support for IT governance, risk management, and compliance throughout the entire IT service lifecycle. Risk management and internal controls provide a coherent focus throughout the lifecycle and demonstrate the interconnectedness of all IT activities.
How will MOF and Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) work together?
MOF 4.0 integrates MSF core principles in the form of SMFs into the IT service lifecycle. MSF is also available as an independent framework. The current MSF content, training, job aids, and templates—on which those SMFs are based—resides on http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/msf/default.mspx. Enacted MSF guidance also ships in Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2005 and Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008. Customers have given feedback that they would like to see a coherent guidance strategy across development and operations. The two teams are in the process of aligning; the goal is to empower IT professionals and developers with a consistent and coherent set of processes and best practices.
Operations Manager - General announcements
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Link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2783850/en-us
Issues that are fixed in Cumulative Update 7
Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 fixes the following issues:- Console performs poorly when User Roles are used to scope object access.
- Availability data is not shown for the current day when daily aggregation is used.
- Behavior is inconsistent between some views on web console and console.
- Log files do not roll over when the Unicode log file is monitored.
- Several security issues are fixed.
- Logical disk performance statistics are not collected for some volume types on Solaris computers.
- Some Network Adapters on HP-UX computers may not be discovered.
- Network adapter performance statistics are not collected for HP-UX network adapters.
- The Solaris 8 and 9 agent may not restart after an ungraceful shutdown.
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Link
Update Rollup 3 for System Center Operations Manager 2012 (KB2750631)
Issue 1
When you use the 32-bit version of Windows Internet Explorer to start a web console, the Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Presentation.Controls.SpeedometerGaugeUIController controller does not work correctly.
Issue 2
When you run a Windows PowerShell cmdlet, you receive the following error message:Get-BPAModel is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet.
Issue 3
When you try to change a URL in the "web application availability monitoring" template instance, the change is not applied.KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2756127/en-us
Download link: http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=2750631
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Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 includes all previous cumulative updates for Operations Manager 2007 R2 and includes all cross-platform updates.
To download Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2, go to the following Microsoft Download Center website:Download Cumulative Update 6 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=694147f8-9691-4833-97af-0de918c60141)
Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 resolves the following issues:- RMS promotion fails if NetworkName and PrincipalNames are not in sync for agents.
- UI is limited to only 100 MB for the Memory Usage field in the wizard.
- Additional OIDs in auth certificate are not processed correctly.
- AEM creates duplicate computer objects in OpsMgr based on Agents NetBIOS name.
- Cannot open reporting pane on OpsMgr 2007 R2 remote console.
- Cannot view schedule for scheduled report.
- ManagementServerConfigTool with the option "promoterms" fails because it stops polling the SDK Service.
- OpsMgr reports are failing on Windows 7 with the error: "Cannot initialize report."
- ACS events have "n/a" as their category in the ACS database.
- Watch agentless monitoring listener to detect failure to respond.
- SCOM SDK memory leak on cryptography keys and cryptography contexts.
- After you click Edit Schedule, a message box appears, and you cannot save the change value.
- Audit events can be lost when the AdtServer process crashes.
- The installation process for the IBM AIX 6.1 agent incorrectly checks for AIX 5.3 packages.
- After a system restart, the OpsMgr agent for Solaris may start to run before local file systems are mounted.
- On Red Hat Linux version 4 and SUSE Linux version 9, LVM disks are not discovered and cannot be monitored.
- The OpsMgr agent for AIX does not report the arguments for monitored processes.
- When Microsoft security update MS12-006 is installed on an OpsMgr management server, that management server can no longer communicate with the OpsMgr agent on any Linux or UNIX server.
- On HP-UX, OpsMgr cannot discover and monitor a logical volume that is composed of more than 127 physical volumes.
- Support for IBM AIX 7.1 (POWER).
- Support for Oracle Solaris 11 (x86 and SPARC).
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Monitoring Management Packs (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b15fef5c-e331-4006-8913-be376bb0e0c1) - Link
- Link
- Link
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Link
This is available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg508710.aspx and covers the following:
Custom Reporting Overview
Setting Up the Environment
Creating Custom Reports
Data Warehouse Schema
Inside a Generic Report
Custom Report Queries
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Link
How to create a Basic Performance Monitor to look at a Static Threshold - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309655.aspx
Detailed information on Performance Monitors can be found at - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff629408.aspx
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Link
How to create a Simple Event Monitor - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309597.aspx
How to create a Correlated Windows Event Unit Monitor - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb381298.aspx
Detailed information on Event Monitors can be found at - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff629447.aspx
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Link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2288515 - please check this before posting on any grey Agent or MS issues.
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Link
The Operator Basics SuperFlow for Operations Manager 2007 helps front-line operators who are new to Operations Manager get started using the product.
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Link
Check out the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper.
The Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper is an interactive Excel document designed to assist you with planning & sizing deployments of Operations Manager 2007 R2. It helps you plan the correct amount of infrastructure needed for a new OpsMgr R2 deployment, removing the uncertainties in making IT hardware purchases and optimizes cost. A typical recommendation will include the recommended hardware specification for each server role, topology diagram and storage requirement. The Operations Manager Sizing Helper is most useful when used with the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Design Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=184377).
The Sizing Helper was previously available through the System Center Operations Manager blog.
Operations Manager - General announcements
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Link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2783850/en-us
Issues that are fixed in Cumulative Update 7
Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 fixes the following issues:- Console performs poorly when User Roles are used to scope object access.
- Availability data is not shown for the current day when daily aggregation is used.
- Behavior is inconsistent between some views on web console and console.
- Log files do not roll over when the Unicode log file is monitored.
- Several security issues are fixed.
- Logical disk performance statistics are not collected for some volume types on Solaris computers.
- Some Network Adapters on HP-UX computers may not be discovered.
- Network adapter performance statistics are not collected for HP-UX network adapters.
- The Solaris 8 and 9 agent may not restart after an ungraceful shutdown.
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Link
Update Rollup 3 for System Center Operations Manager 2012 (KB2750631)
Issue 1
When you use the 32-bit version of Windows Internet Explorer to start a web console, the Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Presentation.Controls.SpeedometerGaugeUIController controller does not work correctly.
Issue 2
When you run a Windows PowerShell cmdlet, you receive the following error message:Get-BPAModel is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet.
Issue 3
When you try to change a URL in the "web application availability monitoring" template instance, the change is not applied.KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2756127/en-us
Download link: http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=2750631
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Link
Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 includes all previous cumulative updates for Operations Manager 2007 R2 and includes all cross-platform updates.
To download Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2, go to the following Microsoft Download Center website:Download Cumulative Update 6 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=694147f8-9691-4833-97af-0de918c60141)
Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 resolves the following issues:- RMS promotion fails if NetworkName and PrincipalNames are not in sync for agents.
- UI is limited to only 100 MB for the Memory Usage field in the wizard.
- Additional OIDs in auth certificate are not processed correctly.
- AEM creates duplicate computer objects in OpsMgr based on Agents NetBIOS name.
- Cannot open reporting pane on OpsMgr 2007 R2 remote console.
- Cannot view schedule for scheduled report.
- ManagementServerConfigTool with the option "promoterms" fails because it stops polling the SDK Service.
- OpsMgr reports are failing on Windows 7 with the error: "Cannot initialize report."
- ACS events have "n/a" as their category in the ACS database.
- Watch agentless monitoring listener to detect failure to respond.
- SCOM SDK memory leak on cryptography keys and cryptography contexts.
- After you click Edit Schedule, a message box appears, and you cannot save the change value.
- Audit events can be lost when the AdtServer process crashes.
- The installation process for the IBM AIX 6.1 agent incorrectly checks for AIX 5.3 packages.
- After a system restart, the OpsMgr agent for Solaris may start to run before local file systems are mounted.
- On Red Hat Linux version 4 and SUSE Linux version 9, LVM disks are not discovered and cannot be monitored.
- The OpsMgr agent for AIX does not report the arguments for monitored processes.
- When Microsoft security update MS12-006 is installed on an OpsMgr management server, that management server can no longer communicate with the OpsMgr agent on any Linux or UNIX server.
- On HP-UX, OpsMgr cannot discover and monitor a logical volume that is composed of more than 127 physical volumes.
- Support for IBM AIX 7.1 (POWER).
- Support for Oracle Solaris 11 (x86 and SPARC).
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Monitoring Management Packs (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b15fef5c-e331-4006-8913-be376bb0e0c1) - Link
- Link
- Link
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Link
This is available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg508710.aspx and covers the following:
Custom Reporting Overview
Setting Up the Environment
Creating Custom Reports
Data Warehouse Schema
Inside a Generic Report
Custom Report Queries
-
Link
How to create a Basic Performance Monitor to look at a Static Threshold - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309655.aspx
Detailed information on Performance Monitors can be found at - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff629408.aspx
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Link
How to create a Simple Event Monitor - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309597.aspx
How to create a Correlated Windows Event Unit Monitor - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb381298.aspx
Detailed information on Event Monitors can be found at - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff629447.aspx
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Link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2288515 - please check this before posting on any grey Agent or MS issues.
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Link
The Operator Basics SuperFlow for Operations Manager 2007 helps front-line operators who are new to Operations Manager get started using the product.
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Link
Check out the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper.
The Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper is an interactive Excel document designed to assist you with planning & sizing deployments of Operations Manager 2007 R2. It helps you plan the correct amount of infrastructure needed for a new OpsMgr R2 deployment, removing the uncertainties in making IT hardware purchases and optimizes cost. A typical recommendation will include the recommended hardware specification for each server role, topology diagram and storage requirement. The Operations Manager Sizing Helper is most useful when used with the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Design Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=184377).
The Sizing Helper was previously available through the System Center Operations Manager blog.
Forefront Edge Security – DirectAccess, UAG and IAG announcements
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Link
Welcome to the Direct Access, UAG and IAG forum!
This forum is dedicated to questions, issues, ideas and discussions about Direct Access, as well as Microsoft's SSL-VPN and Reverse-proxy products UAG, IAG and e-Gap. This forum will be moderated by me, Ben Ari from the IAG CSS group, and host many IT & Security professionals, product team and support team members and Microsoft MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) to answer questions and participate in discussions.
Forefront Edge Security – DirectAccess, UAG and IAG announcements
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Link
Welcome to the Direct Access, UAG and IAG forum!
This forum is dedicated to questions, issues, ideas and discussions about Direct Access, as well as Microsoft's SSL-VPN and Reverse-proxy products UAG, IAG and e-Gap. This forum will be moderated by me, Ben Ari from the IAG CSS group, and host many IT & Security professionals, product team and support team members and Microsoft MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) to answer questions and participate in discussions.
Lync 2010 and OCS - Planning and Deployment announcements
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Link
Requirements
- Lync Server 2010 Cumulative Update 4 (CU4); KB2493736; download
- Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Mobility Service and Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Autodiscover Service; download
- Infrastructure and configuration updates (see references)
- Lync Mobile client; see Microsoft Lync 2010 for Mobile Devices (updated 20 Dec 2011)
References
- Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Mobility Guide (download)
- Planning for Mobility (link)
- Deploying Mobility (link)
- Monitoring Mobility for Performance (link)
Enjoy!
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Link
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 180-Day Trial
(x64 only; includes both Standard and Enterprise Editions)Microsoft Lync 2010 client Trial
- x86 version
- x64 versionMicrosoft Lync Server 2010 Group Chat Trial
Enjoy!
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Link
Microsoft Lync Released to Manufacturing
http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/10/27/microsoft-lync-released-to-manufacturing.aspxEnjoy!
Cloud Computing: Software as a Service announcements
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Welcome Cloud community! This is the Software as a Service (SaaS) forum on the TechNet forums.
The purpose of this forum is to provide a place where IT Architects and IT Pros can talk about issues related to SaaS. The goal is to enable the Cloud community to share ideas, architectures, plans, lessons learned, and even opinions about SaaS. While you are welcome to focus on the Microsoft SaaS solutions, the discussion does not need to be limited to Microsoft SaaS offerings. For example, there are many cross-cutting issues in SaaS, such as security and identity management.
If you have questions about SaaS, this is the place to ask! However, if you have specific questions about products or technologies that participate in a specific SaaS solution, the best place to get those answers will be in the forums for that particular product or technology.
I'm looking forward to many interesting discussions and lessons to be learned. We just at the beginning of the cloud movement - get in on the ground floor and participate in the Private Cloud community today!
Thanks!
Tom
Tom Shinder
Principal Knowledge Engineer, SCD iX
SCD iX Solutions Group – Private Cloud Security
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Cloud Computing: Software as a Service announcements
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Welcome Cloud community! This is the Software as a Service (SaaS) forum on the TechNet forums.
The purpose of this forum is to provide a place where IT Architects and IT Pros can talk about issues related to SaaS. The goal is to enable the Cloud community to share ideas, architectures, plans, lessons learned, and even opinions about SaaS. While you are welcome to focus on the Microsoft SaaS solutions, the discussion does not need to be limited to Microsoft SaaS offerings. For example, there are many cross-cutting issues in SaaS, such as security and identity management.
If you have questions about SaaS, this is the place to ask! However, if you have specific questions about products or technologies that participate in a specific SaaS solution, the best place to get those answers will be in the forums for that particular product or technology.
I'm looking forward to many interesting discussions and lessons to be learned. We just at the beginning of the cloud movement - get in on the ground floor and participate in the Private Cloud community today!
Thanks!
Tom
Tom Shinder
Principal Knowledge Engineer, SCD iX
SCD iX Solutions Group – Private Cloud Security
Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tshinder
Be my friend on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tshinder
Microsoft Server App-V Recipe Forum announcements
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As you are viewing and using the recipes provided by your community experts please make sure to mark the "VOTE AS HELPFUL" link on the upper left corner of the recipe. This will help us gauge that the recipe is useful beyond just viewing it.
Thank you for contributing!
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The Server Application Virtualization team has listed down some basic details which should be comprised while authoring a recipe for an application.
Please ensure to capture the following data while authoring a recipe for an application. The maximum limit is up to 60,000 characters with html markup.
*If you are not a Microsoft employee you must identify your name and company affiliation which will be published with the recipe.
Click on ‘Ask a question’ and select ‘Start a discussion’ to post a recipe
Title:<Ideas: Give a short description about the application name>
Body:<Include these fields in your recipe>
Application Name:
Application Version:
Company Name:<Who produces the software>
Sequencer Version:
Server App-V Agent Version Tested On:<List the versions of the Server App-V, you have tested on>
Operating System Sequenced On:<Enter the operating system>
Pre-requisites:<List the pre-requisites for the sequencer machine: ex. Install IIS, .NET 3.0>
Server Operating Systems Successfully Deployed To:<List the operating systems the application was successfully deployed to>
Posted by Microsoft Employee:<Please provide your name>
*Posted by non-Microsoft Employee: <Please provide your name and company affiliation>
If Posted by Microsoft Employee, the Corresponding KB Article Reference: <Please insert the URL if known or available, or N/A if not posted by Microsoft Employee>
Steps to Sequence the Application:
<Step1…>
<Step2…>
<Step3…>
Known Issues/Limitations:<Ex. Application dependencies, Server Operating Systems that this package will not work on with: Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008, 32-bit; Windows Server 2008, 64-bit; Windows Server 2003 R2, 32-bit; Windows Server 2003 R2, 64-bit; Windows Server 2003, 32-bit; Other>
Approximate Sequencing Time:
Other (Optional fields)
Additional Notes/Links:<Reference to additional data, if any>
Custom scripts to assist in the process:<Reference to scripts, if any>
Descriptive Tags:
- Applying tags to a thread makes it possible for users to find the thread by using the tag cloud.
- Clicking a tag in the tag cloud returns all threads containing that tag.
- While entering tags, use commas to separate tags.
Remember – This is a public forum so never post private information such as email or phone numbers!
If you have any questions, please contact the team at savforum@microsoft.com.
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Content posted on this site is provided as-is. You bear the risk of using it. Microsoft gives no express or implied warranties or guarantees. Content contributed by the community has not been tested by Microsoft unless otherwise noted.
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Most applications can be sequenced using the Server App-V Sequencer without requiring any special steps. However, there are some third-party and Microsoft applications that require special steps in order to be properly sequenced and work with Server App-V. Recently we have been receiving requests from our customers to have one common community forum for sharing information.
We’re listening and we are glad that you are talking! We are extremely pleased to announce the launch of this new community driven Recipe Forum. This forum is intended for Server App-V IT Pros within the Server App-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager community to share their best practice application recipes in an effort to grow everyone’s knowledge, expertise and save each other time by learning together.
You can now view prescriptive sequencing recipes for applications that have been provided by a few experienced packagers from the Server App-V community. The Community is only successful if all members are contributing. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE YOUR RECIPES TO THE COMMUNITY! We hope that even more Server App-V users will contribute and use the content on the forum to sequence more applications!
If you have any questions, please contact us at savforum@microsoft.com.
Microsoft Server App-V Recipe Forum announcements
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As you are viewing and using the recipes provided by your community experts please make sure to mark the "VOTE AS HELPFUL" link on the upper left corner of the recipe. This will help us gauge that the recipe is useful beyond just viewing it.
Thank you for contributing!
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The Server Application Virtualization team has listed down some basic details which should be comprised while authoring a recipe for an application.
Please ensure to capture the following data while authoring a recipe for an application. The maximum limit is up to 60,000 characters with html markup.
*If you are not a Microsoft employee you must identify your name and company affiliation which will be published with the recipe.
Click on ‘Ask a question’ and select ‘Start a discussion’ to post a recipe
Title:<Ideas: Give a short description about the application name>
Body:<Include these fields in your recipe>
Application Name:
Application Version:
Company Name:<Who produces the software>
Sequencer Version:
Server App-V Agent Version Tested On:<List the versions of the Server App-V, you have tested on>
Operating System Sequenced On:<Enter the operating system>
Pre-requisites:<List the pre-requisites for the sequencer machine: ex. Install IIS, .NET 3.0>
Server Operating Systems Successfully Deployed To:<List the operating systems the application was successfully deployed to>
Posted by Microsoft Employee:<Please provide your name>
*Posted by non-Microsoft Employee: <Please provide your name and company affiliation>
If Posted by Microsoft Employee, the Corresponding KB Article Reference: <Please insert the URL if known or available, or N/A if not posted by Microsoft Employee>
Steps to Sequence the Application:
<Step1…>
<Step2…>
<Step3…>
Known Issues/Limitations:<Ex. Application dependencies, Server Operating Systems that this package will not work on with: Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008, 32-bit; Windows Server 2008, 64-bit; Windows Server 2003 R2, 32-bit; Windows Server 2003 R2, 64-bit; Windows Server 2003, 32-bit; Other>
Approximate Sequencing Time:
Other (Optional fields)
Additional Notes/Links:<Reference to additional data, if any>
Custom scripts to assist in the process:<Reference to scripts, if any>
Descriptive Tags:
- Applying tags to a thread makes it possible for users to find the thread by using the tag cloud.
- Clicking a tag in the tag cloud returns all threads containing that tag.
- While entering tags, use commas to separate tags.
Remember – This is a public forum so never post private information such as email or phone numbers!
If you have any questions, please contact the team at savforum@microsoft.com.
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Content posted on this site is provided as-is. You bear the risk of using it. Microsoft gives no express or implied warranties or guarantees. Content contributed by the community has not been tested by Microsoft unless otherwise noted.
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Most applications can be sequenced using the Server App-V Sequencer without requiring any special steps. However, there are some third-party and Microsoft applications that require special steps in order to be properly sequenced and work with Server App-V. Recently we have been receiving requests from our customers to have one common community forum for sharing information.
We’re listening and we are glad that you are talking! We are extremely pleased to announce the launch of this new community driven Recipe Forum. This forum is intended for Server App-V IT Pros within the Server App-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager community to share their best practice application recipes in an effort to grow everyone’s knowledge, expertise and save each other time by learning together.
You can now view prescriptive sequencing recipes for applications that have been provided by a few experienced packagers from the Server App-V community. The Community is only successful if all members are contributing. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE YOUR RECIPES TO THE COMMUNITY! We hope that even more Server App-V users will contribute and use the content on the forum to sequence more applications!
If you have any questions, please contact us at savforum@microsoft.com.
MDOP Asset Inventory Service - General Discussion announcements
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Welcome to The Asset Inventory Service technical forums, brought to you by the System Center Online team!
These forums are a venue for you to post questions, comments, and feedback about your experiences with the Asset Inventory Service. The goal of these forums is to promote discussion among users of AIS, and foster a community of AIS users.
Before posting a technical question, be sure to review our technical documentation and troubleshooting guides. They contain important information that may help you resolve your issue. If you don’t find the information you need in the documentation, please post your issue. It is easier for us to give correct guidance if your log files are included.
The log collection tool is used to gather the following information:
· SCOnlineClient.log from %Windir%
· System Event Logs
· System Center Online Registry Settings
· System Center Online Scheduled Tasks
To run the log collector tool, navigate via command line to c:\program files\Microsoft System Center Online Client\Diagnostic Tools and run "cscript logcollector.vbs"
After the Log Collection Tool script is complete, the resulting set of files is located in the same directory.
Please note: The log collector files may contain personally identifiable information. You may choose to review the contents of these files and alter them file to hide any information before posting it in these forums.
We welcome your input and participation!
MDOP Asset Inventory Service - General Discussion announcements
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Welcome to The Asset Inventory Service technical forums, brought to you by the System Center Online team!
These forums are a venue for you to post questions, comments, and feedback about your experiences with the Asset Inventory Service. The goal of these forums is to promote discussion among users of AIS, and foster a community of AIS users.
Before posting a technical question, be sure to review our technical documentation and troubleshooting guides. They contain important information that may help you resolve your issue. If you don’t find the information you need in the documentation, please post your issue. It is easier for us to give correct guidance if your log files are included.
The log collection tool is used to gather the following information:
· SCOnlineClient.log from %Windir%
· System Event Logs
· System Center Online Registry Settings
· System Center Online Scheduled Tasks
To run the log collector tool, navigate via command line to c:\program files\Microsoft System Center Online Client\Diagnostic Tools and run "cscript logcollector.vbs"
After the Log Collection Tool script is complete, the resulting set of files is located in the same directory.
Please note: The log collector files may contain personally identifiable information. You may choose to review the contents of these files and alter them file to hide any information before posting it in these forums.
We welcome your input and participation!
Windows Desktop Perfmon and Diagnostic tools announcements
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We have a new forum for Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), Windows Event Log, Software Tracing (WPP), and related technologies. Here you will find help for writing event providers, consuming events, and using event tools (such as logman, tracerpt, logman, and Get-WinEvent).
Project Server - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation announcements
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Check out the following resources to learn more about Microsoft Project and Project Server:
Product information including Project Online
- Main product site: http://www.microsoft.com/project
- Project Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/project
Project 2013 training for IT pros and developers
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/projectserver/jj906608
Project 2010 Interactive content - Videos & Sessions & Webcasts
- http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/channels/microsoftproject
- http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx
Project Professional 2013 Trial Version
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973401.aspx
Project Professional 2010 and Project Server 2010 Demo Image:
- Download: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713956
- Hosted Virtual Lab: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713654
IT Professional related
- TechCenter @ TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/ProjectServer
- Admin Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/projectadministration
Developer related
- Developer center @ MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/Project
- Programmability blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/project_programmability
SharePoint
Live Meeting - Creating, Joining Meetings, Configurations and Settings announcements
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Welcome to Office Live Meeting forums. This is home to comprehensive set of forums designed to cover various aspects of Microsoft Office Live Meeting. I am starting with few forums but will be adding some more as we go along.
Detailed technical topics should be posted into their respective forums if one is available. Other post can be done in the General section. Please note however, it is important for a topic to be posted to the correct forum because different groups e.g. Support and Product Group teams and MVPs monitor different forums. As moderators review the posts they may also move posts to another topic area per relevance. Our ultimate goal here is to provide a useful response to every question within a reasonable amount of time. We are targeting 2-3 business days, however being new initiative we are ramping up, so please bear with us on delays.
Please also consider the following :
This posting on forums is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
These forums are not an official channel for product support. If you have an urgent or business critical issue, you should contact Microsoft Support Services
Live Meeting Support for Technical and Billing Issues:
Web Ticket: http://www.livemeeting.com/askPhone 1-866-493-2835 toll free (US and Canada Only) or refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939099/en-us for additional support options.
While much thought and planning was put into the creation of the forums, there is always room for improvement. I encourage you to please post your ideas and feedback in "General Discussion" forum or email them directly to me Irfan.Soomro@microsoft.com.
Thank you for being a part of the Live Meeting community.
Irfan Soomro
Senior Program Manager
Live Meeting - Creating, Joining Meetings, Configurations and Settings announcements
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Welcome to Office Live Meeting forums. This is home to comprehensive set of forums designed to cover various aspects of Microsoft Office Live Meeting. I am starting with few forums but will be adding some more as we go along.
Detailed technical topics should be posted into their respective forums if one is available. Other post can be done in the General section. Please note however, it is important for a topic to be posted to the correct forum because different groups e.g. Support and Product Group teams and MVPs monitor different forums. As moderators review the posts they may also move posts to another topic area per relevance. Our ultimate goal here is to provide a useful response to every question within a reasonable amount of time. We are targeting 2-3 business days, however being new initiative we are ramping up, so please bear with us on delays.
Please also consider the following :
This posting on forums is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
These forums are not an official channel for product support. If you have an urgent or business critical issue, you should contact Microsoft Support Services
Live Meeting Support for Technical and Billing Issues:
Web Ticket: http://www.livemeeting.com/askPhone 1-866-493-2835 toll free (US and Canada Only) or refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939099/en-us for additional support options.
While much thought and planning was put into the creation of the forums, there is always room for improvement. I encourage you to please post your ideas and feedback in "General Discussion" forum or email them directly to me Irfan.Soomro@microsoft.com.
Thank you for being a part of the Live Meeting community.
Irfan Soomro
Senior Program Manager
Operations Manager - Deployment announcements
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Support is now available for running Operations Manager 2007 SP1 and Operations Manager 2007 R2 on the following operating systems:
· Windows Server 2008 R2
· Windows 7
The official support statement is posted under Knowledge Base article 974722. The supported configuration guides for R2 and SP1 will be updated shortly as well. The following table lists the Operations Manager roles and components that are supported on these operating systems.
OS
OpsMgr server roles
OpsMgr Agent
OpsMgr Operations Console
Windows Server 2008 R2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 7
No
Yes
Yes
The updated Windows Server Operating System Management Pack (version 6.0.6667.0), which includes support for Windows Server 2008 R2, is available on the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Catalog web site at this time as well! There are currently over 20 MP updates or new releases that are in the pipeline for months ahead to support this OS and when those management packs become available you can get them on the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Catalog web site and from the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Operations console.
Note: No support for Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 will be provided with Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.
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Check out the MOM team blog for some quick information.
http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/05/29/what-s-new-in-r2-deployment-and-upgrade.aspx
New Documentations and Guides
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System Center Operations Manager forums provide you an opportunity to join a community of Operations Manager customers where you can share knowledge, get questions answered, and learn from others with IT environments similar to yours. Start by posting Operations Manager related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community.
If you have any suggestions or feedback on the System Center Operations Manager product, please feel free to post in our forums.
Operations Manager - Deployment announcements
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Support is now available for running Operations Manager 2007 SP1 and Operations Manager 2007 R2 on the following operating systems:
· Windows Server 2008 R2
· Windows 7
The official support statement is posted under Knowledge Base article 974722. The supported configuration guides for R2 and SP1 will be updated shortly as well. The following table lists the Operations Manager roles and components that are supported on these operating systems.
OS
OpsMgr server roles
OpsMgr Agent
OpsMgr Operations Console
Windows Server 2008 R2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 7
No
Yes
Yes
The updated Windows Server Operating System Management Pack (version 6.0.6667.0), which includes support for Windows Server 2008 R2, is available on the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Catalog web site at this time as well! There are currently over 20 MP updates or new releases that are in the pipeline for months ahead to support this OS and when those management packs become available you can get them on the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Catalog web site and from the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Operations console.
Note: No support for Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 will be provided with Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.
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Check out the MOM team blog for some quick information.
http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/05/29/what-s-new-in-r2-deployment-and-upgrade.aspx
New Documentations and Guides
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System Center Operations Manager forums provide you an opportunity to join a community of Operations Manager customers where you can share knowledge, get questions answered, and learn from others with IT environments similar to yours. Start by posting Operations Manager related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community.
If you have any suggestions or feedback on the System Center Operations Manager product, please feel free to post in our forums.
MBSA - Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer announcements
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This forum is for the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer security tool (www.microsoft.com/mbsa). No other security questions can be answered in this forum.
Welcome to the updated MBSA TechNet forum to discuss the free Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer security scan tool.
As a security scan tool based on Microsoft Update, the behavior and results of MBSA are the same as Microsoft Update (not Windows Update that only detects updates for Windows products). With the exception of WSUS-managed machines where the administrator's approved updates take precedence, MBSA will report exactly what Microsoft Update will report. Like Systems Management Server (SMS), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), WSUS Server, MBSA uses the exact same logic and mechanisms as Microsoft Update to determine update applicability and installed state.
As a security scan tool, MBSA reports against three classifications of updates: Security Updates, Update Rollups and Service Packs. Critical (non-security) Updates, Definition Updates and Feature Packs and drivers are not detected by MBSA.
The majority of issues reported by MBSA users stem from an expected update not being displayed - which is often because the update is not an MSRC security bulletin listed in the Security Bulletin Search (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx) or is not an update rollup (like a new version of Internet Explorer) or a Service Pack.
Almost all issues can be easily resolved by reviewing the error message displayed by MBSA, reviewing the System Requirements within the MBSA Help file (installed with MBSA) or the online MBSA Q&A (FAQ) located here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184922.
The latest MBSA news and information can be found at www.microsoft.com/mbsa and in the MBSA Q&A (FAQ).
MBSA - Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer announcements
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This forum is for the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer security tool (www.microsoft.com/mbsa). No other security questions can be answered in this forum.
Welcome to the updated MBSA TechNet forum to discuss the free Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer security scan tool.
As a security scan tool based on Microsoft Update, the behavior and results of MBSA are the same as Microsoft Update (not Windows Update that only detects updates for Windows products). With the exception of WSUS-managed machines where the administrator's approved updates take precedence, MBSA will report exactly what Microsoft Update will report. Like Systems Management Server (SMS), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), WSUS Server, MBSA uses the exact same logic and mechanisms as Microsoft Update to determine update applicability and installed state.
As a security scan tool, MBSA reports against three classifications of updates: Security Updates, Update Rollups and Service Packs. Critical (non-security) Updates, Definition Updates and Feature Packs and drivers are not detected by MBSA.
The majority of issues reported by MBSA users stem from an expected update not being displayed - which is often because the update is not an MSRC security bulletin listed in the Security Bulletin Search (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx) or is not an update rollup (like a new version of Internet Explorer) or a Service Pack.
Almost all issues can be easily resolved by reviewing the error message displayed by MBSA, reviewing the System Requirements within the MBSA Help file (installed with MBSA) or the online MBSA Q&A (FAQ) located here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184922.
The latest MBSA news and information can be found at www.microsoft.com/mbsa and in the MBSA Q&A (FAQ).
TechNet Website Feedback announcements
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Hi all, just a quick post to let you know that this forum is all about the TechNet Website and TechNet Subscription Specifically! I'm primarily an expert in the TechNet Subscription but I should be able to track down answer for questions relating to the TechNet Website.
Also: for questions about specific content on specific TechNet Pages, we've built the "Site Feedback" feature into the bottom of every page, and you can click that link to give specific feedback on that page to the person who owns that page.
For questions on the TechNet Library content, the best way to give feedback on it is the "Click to Rate and Give Feedback" link on the upper right of most TechNet Library pages. This will get straight to the owner of that page.
This forum collects a lot of off topic posts from people who aren't sure where to post. If you're not sure where to post your question this is not the place to post. The right place is the "Where is the forum for...?" forum here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/whatforum/.
Off topic posts both take time to deal with and they clutter up the forum for others with legitimate TechNet questions, so if your post is not about TechNet, I will move it to the Off Topic Forum regardless of its topic.
Thanks and keep the questions coming!
Mike
TechNet Website Feedback announcements
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Hi all, just a quick post to let you know that this forum is all about the TechNet Website and TechNet Subscription Specifically! I'm primarily an expert in the TechNet Subscription but I should be able to track down answer for questions relating to the TechNet Website.
Also: for questions about specific content on specific TechNet Pages, we've built the "Site Feedback" feature into the bottom of every page, and you can click that link to give specific feedback on that page to the person who owns that page.
For questions on the TechNet Library content, the best way to give feedback on it is the "Click to Rate and Give Feedback" link on the upper right of most TechNet Library pages. This will get straight to the owner of that page.
This forum collects a lot of off topic posts from people who aren't sure where to post. If you're not sure where to post your question this is not the place to post. The right place is the "Where is the forum for...?" forum here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/whatforum/.
Off topic posts both take time to deal with and they clutter up the forum for others with legitimate TechNet questions, so if your post is not about TechNet, I will move it to the Off Topic Forum regardless of its topic.
Thanks and keep the questions coming!
Mike
System Center Orchestrator - System Center Integrations announcements
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Welcome to the System Center Orchestrator forum! This forum is designed to help you find answers to questions about System Center Orchestrator (formerly Opalis Integration Server).
Please note that this forum relates only System Center Orchestrator 2012.
If you have questions about Opalis, please visit the Opalis forums here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/scinterop
Q: Where can I find more information about the products, technical information and troubleshooting?
A: You can find a number of Orchestrator-related resources from Microsoft and the community on the Opalis / Orchestrator team blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/opalis/p/opalis_resources.aspx
Q: Why are some threads locked?
A: When a thread is marked as answered or was not replied to for a long period of time, new posts in that thread may not get recognized and may not get a response. To ensure that new posts get the visbility they need, we lock threads that are marked as answered or where we cannot get a response from the poster within a reasonable period of time, so that any new replies will be done in a new thread and gain immediate attention.
If you have the same issue as mentioned in a previous thread, but the answer provided does not solve your problem, post a new question and refer to the existing thread so we can quickly rule out that issue as the cause of your particular problem. That will speed up the process of getting your problem solved.
Q: How long should I expect to wait for an reply?
A: We typically respond to new questions within 24-48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) depending on when the post occurred. If you need faster response or you have a critical issue, please contact Microsoft Support (http://support.microsoft.com/).
System Center Orchestrator - System Center Integrations announcements
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Welcome to the System Center Orchestrator forum! This forum is designed to help you find answers to questions about System Center Orchestrator (formerly Opalis Integration Server).
Please note that this forum relates only System Center Orchestrator 2012.
If you have questions about Opalis, please visit the Opalis forums here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/scinterop
Q: Where can I find more information about the products, technical information and troubleshooting?
A: You can find a number of Orchestrator-related resources from Microsoft and the community on the Opalis / Orchestrator team blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/opalis/p/opalis_resources.aspx
Q: Why are some threads locked?
A: When a thread is marked as answered or was not replied to for a long period of time, new posts in that thread may not get recognized and may not get a response. To ensure that new posts get the visbility they need, we lock threads that are marked as answered or where we cannot get a response from the poster within a reasonable period of time, so that any new replies will be done in a new thread and gain immediate attention.
If you have the same issue as mentioned in a previous thread, but the answer provided does not solve your problem, post a new question and refer to the existing thread so we can quickly rule out that issue as the cause of your particular problem. That will speed up the process of getting your problem solved.
Q: How long should I expect to wait for an reply?
A: We typically respond to new questions within 24-48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) depending on when the post occurred. If you need faster response or you have a critical issue, please contact Microsoft Support (http://support.microsoft.com/).
Learning Manager Bugs and Feedback announcements
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Dear Forum User:
This forum is dedicated only to customers who are using Microsoft E-Learning products. So please post questions only which are related to Microsoft E-Learning Products/issues/information request only.
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Did you find a Bug in Learning Manager? Log it here!
In your post, please include:- Course name or number of where the issue is occurring with
- URL where you are experiencing the problem/issue
- Detailed reproduction steps of what you did in order to get the problem/problem. If there is an error message, please obtain a copy of the error message.
Microsoft Intune announcements
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Hi Intune Admins,
We would like to share a new resource for admins using System Center Configuration Manager with Microsoft Intune on TechNet.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-us/home?forum=configmanagermdm
If you have questions about Mobile Device Management with System Center Configuration Manager + Microsoft Intune please feel free to post questions in either forum.
Thanks,
The Microsoft Intune Team
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In the current release of Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Intune Endpoint Protection is only installed if a policy is created to require this installation on newly enrolled clients. In the upcoming release of Microsoft Intune, the endpoint protection client will be installed on computers with Microsoft Intune, unless a policy is created to prevent this installation. This change is being made in response to customer feedback, and to better secure computers running Microsoft Intune.
After this change is made you will have 3 options to control the install of Microsoft Intune Endpoint Protection. The policy setting is part of the Microsoft Intune Agent Settings policy.
1. No policy (Default setting): All machines will receive Microsoft Intune Endpoint Protection
2. Install Endpoint Protection Policy set to “Yes”: Machines with this policy deployed will receive Microsoft Intune Endpoint Protection
3. Install Endpoint Protection Policy set to “No”: Machines with this policy deployed will not receive Microsoft Intune Endpoint Protection and existing installs of Microsoft Intune Endpoint Protection will be uninstalled
Screenshot of the policy setting:
Thanks,
The Microsoft Intune Team
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We value your input! If you have been using a trial or paid subscription for Microsoft Intune, we'd love to hear about it! Please submit your feedback, comments, likes, dislikes:
Click here to submit Feedback!
Thanks,
The Microsoft Intune Team
App Controller - General announcements
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Welcome to the discussion forum for App Controller.
System Center 2012 - App Controller empowers application owners to easily build, configure, deploy and manage new services through a common self-service experience across private and public clouds by:
- Presenting a customized view of private and public cloud resources based on the user’s role
- Offering application owners service-centric administration, including service design and visualization, deployment and configuration.
- Enabling application owners to deploy and manage services on private clouds and Windows Azure.
The following additional resources are available to help you with App Controller:
- Online Help, including installation guide and release notes.
- System Center download (registration required)
- Taking a walk through App Controller (video)
- Announcement of System Center self service solutions
- Private Cloud evaluation program
- Technet home page
- More links...
App Controller - General announcements
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Welcome to the discussion forum for App Controller.
System Center 2012 - App Controller empowers application owners to easily build, configure, deploy and manage new services through a common self-service experience across private and public clouds by:
- Presenting a customized view of private and public cloud resources based on the user’s role
- Offering application owners service-centric administration, including service design and visualization, deployment and configuration.
- Enabling application owners to deploy and manage services on private clouds and Windows Azure.
The following additional resources are available to help you with App Controller:
- Online Help, including installation guide and release notes.
- System Center download (registration required)
- Taking a walk through App Controller (video)
- Announcement of System Center self service solutions
- Private Cloud evaluation program
- Technet home page
- More links...
Security announcements
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Welcome to the Windows Phone Security forum. Here you can ask questions and start discussions related to Windows Phone 8 security.
Additional security information for Windows Phone 8 is available at http://www.windowsphone.com/business/:
Windows Vista Service Packs/Windows Server 2008 Service Packs announcements
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Today we are proud to announce the Release to Manufacturing of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Service Pack 2 (SP2) represents the latest step in Microsoft’s commitment to continuous improvement. It includes all of the updates that have been delivered since SP1, as well as support for new types of hardware and emerging hardware standards. And since it comes with a single installer for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, SP2 will be easy for IT Pros to manage, deploy, and support. For an overview of the changes introduced in SP2, check out the notable changes document.
Business customers with Windows Vista will find that the transition to Windows 7 will be significantly more straightforward due to the high degree of compatibility between Windows Vista and Windows 7. If your Windows Vista SP1 deployment is already underway we recommend you continue with SP1 as planned. Then you can deploy SP2 using your systems management infrastructure. If you are in the early stages of deployment or still planning Windows Vista deployment our best advice is that you plan on testing and deploying Windows Vista SP2.
More information can be found on the Windows Team Blog.
Windows Vista Service Packs/Windows Server 2008 Service Packs announcements
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Today we are proud to announce the Release to Manufacturing of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Service Pack 2 (SP2) represents the latest step in Microsoft’s commitment to continuous improvement. It includes all of the updates that have been delivered since SP1, as well as support for new types of hardware and emerging hardware standards. And since it comes with a single installer for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, SP2 will be easy for IT Pros to manage, deploy, and support. For an overview of the changes introduced in SP2, check out the notable changes document.
Business customers with Windows Vista will find that the transition to Windows 7 will be significantly more straightforward due to the high degree of compatibility between Windows Vista and Windows 7. If your Windows Vista SP1 deployment is already underway we recommend you continue with SP1 as planned. Then you can deploy SP2 using your systems management infrastructure. If you are in the early stages of deployment or still planning Windows Vista deployment our best advice is that you plan on testing and deploying Windows Vista SP2.
More information can be found on the Windows Team Blog.
Virtual Machine Manager – General announcements
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For general information about troubleshooting VMM 2012, such as collecting traces and logging information, see VMM 2012 General Troubleshooting Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=211124) on the Microsoft Download Center. .
Before Collecting a DebugView Trace
1. Install DebugView on the SCVMM server, the host in question, and/or the Web server (for troubleshooting self-service portal issues).
2. Save the following code into a text file and name it "odsflags.cmd":
@echo off
echo ODS control flags - only trace with set flags will go to ODS
if (%1)==() goto :HELP
if (%1)==(-?) goto :HELP
if (%1)==(/?) goto :HELP
echo Setting flag to %1...
reg ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\Carmine" /v ODSFLAGS /t REG_DWORD /d %1 /f
echo Done.
goto :EXIT
:HELP
echo Usage: odsflags [flag], where flag is
echo TRACE_ERROR = 0x2,
echo TRACE_DBG_NORMAL = 0x4,
echo TRACE_DBG_VERBOSE = 0x8,
echo TRACE_PERF = 0x10,
echo TRACE_TEST_INFO = 0x20,
echo TRACE_TEST_WARNING = 0x40,
echo TRACE_TEST_ERROR = 0x80,
:EXIT
3. Save the following code into a text file and name it "odson.reg":
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\Carmine]
"ODS"=dword:00000001
4. Save the following code into a text file and name it "odsoff.reg":
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\Carmine]
"ODS"=dword:00000000
5. Copy the three files created above, odsflags.cmd, odson.reg, and odsoff.reg, to the machines that DebugView will be used on.
6. Run the following commands at an elevated Command Prompt:
odson.reg
odsflags.cmd 255
(If you need to collect traces for both VMM Server and the host or the Web server, make sure to run these commands on all of these computers).
Collecting a DebugView Trace
1. Open DebugView as an administrator and ensure that both Capture Win32 and Capture Global Win32 are selected on the Capture menu item. You should be able to see tracing from the VMM components showing up in DebugView. (If you need to collect traces for both VMM Server and the host, make sure to do these steps on all of these computers).
Figure 2: DebugView.exe Capture menu
2. Restart the Virtual Machine Manager Service on the SCVMM server by running the following commands at an elevated command prompt:
net stop vmmservice
net start vmmservice
3. Restart the Virtual Disk Service by running the following commands at an elevated command prompt:
net stop vds
net start vds
4. Restart the Virtual Machine Manager Agent service on the host by running the following commands at an elevated command prompt:
net stop vmmagent
net start vmmagent
5. Restart the IIS service on the Web server by running the following command at an elevated command prompt:
iisreset
6. Reproduce the issue.
7. After reproducing the issue, save the output from the DebugView to a text file for analysis.
Important:
Turn off tracing after collecting the data by running the following command at a Command Prompt:
odsoff.regThe format of a DebugView trace differs from that of an ETL trace since DebugView captures all Win32 application activity and, if selected, Kernel mode activity. If saved as a text file, it may be opened in other tools such as TextAnalysisTool.net or Trace32.
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Hello!
This forum is dedicated to questions about SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager). Please use good judgement to post your question to the relevant subforums.
If your question is not about this product, please find the correct forum here: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/default.aspx?SiteID=17.
When posting a question or an issue, it is helpful to include the product version you have question about, your VMM setup environment, the steps you tried and specific error message you observed.
A few related forums for your ease of reference are:
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Hyper-V (Server Virtualization) forum
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Windows Powershell forum
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WMI / WinRM issues:
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Server Core forum:
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Windows Failover Clustering forum:
Thanks!
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Virtual Machine Manager – General announcements
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For general information about troubleshooting VMM 2012, such as collecting traces and logging information, see VMM 2012 General Troubleshooting Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=211124) on the Microsoft Download Center. .
Before Collecting a DebugView Trace
1. Install DebugView on the SCVMM server, the host in question, and/or the Web server (for troubleshooting self-service portal issues).
2. Save the following code into a text file and name it "odsflags.cmd":
@echo off
echo ODS control flags - only trace with set flags will go to ODS
if (%1)==() goto :HELP
if (%1)==(-?) goto :HELP
if (%1)==(/?) goto :HELP
echo Setting flag to %1...
reg ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\Carmine" /v ODSFLAGS /t REG_DWORD /d %1 /f
echo Done.
goto :EXIT
:HELP
echo Usage: odsflags [flag], where flag is
echo TRACE_ERROR = 0x2,
echo TRACE_DBG_NORMAL = 0x4,
echo TRACE_DBG_VERBOSE = 0x8,
echo TRACE_PERF = 0x10,
echo TRACE_TEST_INFO = 0x20,
echo TRACE_TEST_WARNING = 0x40,
echo TRACE_TEST_ERROR = 0x80,
:EXIT
3. Save the following code into a text file and name it "odson.reg":
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\Carmine]
"ODS"=dword:00000001
4. Save the following code into a text file and name it "odsoff.reg":
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\Carmine]
"ODS"=dword:00000000
5. Copy the three files created above, odsflags.cmd, odson.reg, and odsoff.reg, to the machines that DebugView will be used on.
6. Run the following commands at an elevated Command Prompt:
odson.reg
odsflags.cmd 255
(If you need to collect traces for both VMM Server and the host or the Web server, make sure to run these commands on all of these computers).
Collecting a DebugView Trace
1. Open DebugView as an administrator and ensure that both Capture Win32 and Capture Global Win32 are selected on the Capture menu item. You should be able to see tracing from the VMM components showing up in DebugView. (If you need to collect traces for both VMM Server and the host, make sure to do these steps on all of these computers).
Figure 2: DebugView.exe Capture menu
2. Restart the Virtual Machine Manager Service on the SCVMM server by running the following commands at an elevated command prompt:
net stop vmmservice
net start vmmservice
3. Restart the Virtual Disk Service by running the following commands at an elevated command prompt:
net stop vds
net start vds
4. Restart the Virtual Machine Manager Agent service on the host by running the following commands at an elevated command prompt:
net stop vmmagent
net start vmmagent
5. Restart the IIS service on the Web server by running the following command at an elevated command prompt:
iisreset
6. Reproduce the issue.
7. After reproducing the issue, save the output from the DebugView to a text file for analysis.
Important:
Turn off tracing after collecting the data by running the following command at a Command Prompt:
odsoff.regThe format of a DebugView trace differs from that of an ETL trace since DebugView captures all Win32 application activity and, if selected, Kernel mode activity. If saved as a text file, it may be opened in other tools such as TextAnalysisTool.net or Trace32.
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Hello!
This forum is dedicated to questions about SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager). Please use good judgement to post your question to the relevant subforums.
If your question is not about this product, please find the correct forum here: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/default.aspx?SiteID=17.
When posting a question or an issue, it is helpful to include the product version you have question about, your VMM setup environment, the steps you tried and specific error message you observed.
A few related forums for your ease of reference are:
-
Hyper-V (Server Virtualization) forum
-
Windows Powershell forum
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WMI / WinRM issues:
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Server Core forum:
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Windows Failover Clustering forum:
Thanks!
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Data Protection Manager - General announcements
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For DPM Console crash issues, please review this troubleshooter before posting a new question.
Guided Walkthrough for Troubleshooting Data Protection Manager console issues
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Please check out the new long term online protection retention option introduced in DPM 2012 R2 UR3 update.
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Please be aware that if you installs either of the following WMI updates on a DPM 2010 server, that some DPM power shell scripts may no longer work.
Some scripts will fail with an ArgumentOutOfrangeException. I believe that Pruneshadowcopies2010.ps1 is one such script that will fail which result in recovery points not getting deleted.
2506146 Description of Windows Management Framework 3.0 for Windows Server 2008 SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2506146/EN-US2506143 Description of Windows Management Framework 3.0 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2506143/EN-USUn-installing 2506146 or 2506143 fixes the problem(s).
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DPM 2012 SP1 is not available as standalone package. This is the same media for upgrade or new installations which requires a PID.
You should download DPM 2012 with SP1 from one of the following sources, MVLS Portal, SA license, Technet subscription, MSDN, etc.MSDN link - review MSDN license agreement.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442898If you have a license agreement you should be able to find it on https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter
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Hello Everyone,
System Center DPM 2012 is not supported running on Windows Server 2012. We have had reports of DPM 2012 console crashes when navigating to the recovery tab if DPM 2012 is installed on Windows server 2012. This issue is fixed in System Center 2012 SP1 which supports being installed on Windows 2012 operating system.
If you are already in this condition, you have two options:
A) You can upgrade to System Center 2012 Sp1.
B) You can backup the DPMDB, rebuild the DPM server using Windows 2008 R2 install DPM 2012, then restore your current database. The process is explained in the below technet article.
Recovering DPM servers
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj244606.aspxWe also do not support protecting Windows Server 2012 workloads using SCS DPM 2012, you must upgrade to DPM 2012 Sp1. Please do not expect any support for DPM 2012 running on Windows Server 2012, or issues while protecting data sources in Windows Server 2012.
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The SQL backend for DPM 2010 server can now be on SQL 2008 Sp2 or SP3 version. If you have a remote SQL backend, it can also be upgraded to SQL 2008 SP2 or SP3. Both the configurations are fully supported.
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Use this link (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff833813.aspx) to find documentation that you can download and print to help you plan, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010. You can also browse the product documentation online in the DPM TechCenter Library (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=184254).
Data Protection Manager - General announcements
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Link
For DPM Console crash issues, please review this troubleshooter before posting a new question.
Guided Walkthrough for Troubleshooting Data Protection Manager console issues
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Link
Please check out the new long term online protection retention option introduced in DPM 2012 R2 UR3 update.
-
Link
Please be aware that if you installs either of the following WMI updates on a DPM 2010 server, that some DPM power shell scripts may no longer work.
Some scripts will fail with an ArgumentOutOfrangeException. I believe that Pruneshadowcopies2010.ps1 is one such script that will fail which result in recovery points not getting deleted.
2506146 Description of Windows Management Framework 3.0 for Windows Server 2008 SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2506146/EN-US2506143 Description of Windows Management Framework 3.0 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2506143/EN-USUn-installing 2506146 or 2506143 fixes the problem(s).
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DPM 2012 SP1 is not available as standalone package. This is the same media for upgrade or new installations which requires a PID.
You should download DPM 2012 with SP1 from one of the following sources, MVLS Portal, SA license, Technet subscription, MSDN, etc.MSDN link - review MSDN license agreement.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442898If you have a license agreement you should be able to find it on https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter
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updated 6-5-13
Hello Everyone,
System Center DPM 2012 is not supported running on Windows Server 2012. We have had reports of DPM 2012 console crashes when navigating to the recovery tab if DPM 2012 is installed on Windows server 2012. This issue is fixed in System Center 2012 SP1 which supports being installed on Windows 2012 operating system.
If you are already in this condition, you have two options:
A) You can upgrade to System Center 2012 Sp1.
B) You can backup the DPMDB, rebuild the DPM server using Windows 2008 R2 install DPM 2012, then restore your current database. The process is explained in the below technet article.
Recovering DPM servers
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj244606.aspxWe also do not support protecting Windows Server 2012 workloads using SCS DPM 2012, you must upgrade to DPM 2012 Sp1. Please do not expect any support for DPM 2012 running on Windows Server 2012, or issues while protecting data sources in Windows Server 2012.
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The SQL backend for DPM 2010 server can now be on SQL 2008 Sp2 or SP3 version. If you have a remote SQL backend, it can also be upgraded to SQL 2008 SP2 or SP3. Both the configurations are fully supported.
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Use this link (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff833813.aspx) to find documentation that you can download and print to help you plan, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010. You can also browse the product documentation online in the DPM TechCenter Library (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=184254).
Azure SQL Database announcements
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Microsoft Azure provides you two options when hosting your SQL Server-based data: Azure SQL Database and SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machine. This new article explains how each option fits into the big picture in Microsoft’s Data Platform, and then discusses the common business motivations that might affect your choice. Please take a look at it!
Selcin Turkarslan
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Hi all,
We have successfully performed service maintenance on SQL Data Sync service in US North Central region. We plan to conduct the same update in other Data Sync data centers from 09/16 US PST to 09/30 US PST.
Sync groups in these regions may encounter intermittent sync interruptions. On premise SQL Data Sync agents may go offline during the service maintenance. In the event of agents going offline, users will need to restart the offline agents after the maintenance period. Agents should be back online after the restart. Sync operations should continue as normal.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. This service update includes a few internal technology updates. We hope to bring greater running experience to you through the update.
Thank you for your continued interests in SQL Data Sync.
Thanks,
SQL Data Sync
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Folks,
If you are using SQL Data Sync and need to ask something related to an issue you maybe encountering, then please add the below details in your post. This helps to look at the logs and help troubleshoot instead of multiple back and forth posts.
Server id: Your server id
Region: Where your Data Sync Server is located/created
Time / Date: Date and time when you encountered the issue
Tracing Id: The tracing id you see in the message in UI
Thanks,
Mahesh
Message Analyzer announcements
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We are pleased to announce that Message Analyzer 1.1 has released. Please view the blog which has all the information about the new release, including links to the download, summary of features, and link to a video which provides a high level introduction.
Thanks,
Message Analyzer Team
Configuration Manager 2007 Announcements announcements
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Hi everyone,
Just posted and available now is a blog from the Configuration Manager team. These posts will come directly from the product group, beginning with the first one - an interview with the man in charge of the team, Ken Pan!
I recommend that you check it on a weekly basis to see what the team has to say. The link to the blog is: http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/default.aspx
Happy reading,
Wally
Configuration Manager 2007 Announcements announcements
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Hi everyone,
Just posted and available now is a blog from the Configuration Manager team. These posts will come directly from the product group, beginning with the first one - an interview with the man in charge of the team, Ken Pan!
I recommend that you check it on a weekly basis to see what the team has to say. The link to the blog is: http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/default.aspx
Happy reading,
Wally
Windows Embedded POSReady announcements
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Please find the Windows Embedded Standard forums on MSDN here.
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Hello and welcome to the POSReady forum!
The POSReady forum provides you an opportunity to join a community of POSReady IT Pros where you can share knowledge, get questions answered, and learn from others with IT environments similar to yours. Start by posting POSReady related questions in the forum and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community.
If you have any suggestions or feedback on the POSReady product, please feel free to post a comment in the forum.
You may also post questions and comments about older versions of POSReady, more commonly known as Windows Embedded for Point of Service 1.x.
The Windows Embedded POSReady / POS for .NET blog can be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/pointofservice/
You can find more information about POSReady on the Windows Embedded site: http://www.posready.com
and on MSDN Library: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd458821(WinEmbedded.20).aspx.
Windows PowerShell announcements
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Find a PowerShell user group here: http://powershellgroup.org/
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Quite often, some users will be provided with a solution, yet won't mark the thread as answered. The moderators of this forum will try to review almost every thread/answer, and may prematurely mark a thread as answered, when it isn't. In cases like those, the original poster can feel free to unmark the thread as answered.
Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10, 11 announcements
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Hi and welcome to the Windows Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10 and 11 (Preview) Forum for IT Professionals.
We listened to customer requests from IT Professionals for a dedicated Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10 and 11 Preview forum that you can participate in as community. This is a place where you can share knowledge, ask questions and get them answered and learn from others with IT environments similar to yours. Primary areas of focus are installation, deployment, security, management, group policy, migrations from previous versions.
If your questions is related to end user experience or you are a home user, we'd definitely recommend heading over to our sister site at Microsoft Answers http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads
For Developer Questions head over to the MSDN Forum.
For all versions other than Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10 and 11 Preview, please see the Internet Explorer All Prior Versions Forum for IT Pro's at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ieitpropriorver/threads
Regards
Mark Feetham
Product Quality Program Manager | Internet Explorer
App-V Add-ons announcements
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Hello and welcome to the Application Virtualization Add-Ons forum
This forum provides you an avenue where you can share knowledge, get questions answered, and learn from others with IT environments similar to yours who use the Resource Kit tools and other Add-ons to get the most out of their AppV deployments.
If you have any suggestions or feedback to the AppV product Add-ons like the resource kit tools, ADM template and so on, please feel free to post in this forum.
Azure Backup announcements
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Azure Backup is now available in Japan East and Japan West.
More details @ http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-backup-available-in-japan-east-and-west/
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Azure Backup now supports volumes upto 1700 GB. Please install the fix @ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2989574
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Please check out the new long term online protection retention option introduced in DPM 2012 R2 UR3 update.
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I am pleased to announce a new external script sample aimed at assisting our Azure customers with Client Authentication certificate issues.
Azure: Generate a Self-Signed Certificate
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Azure-Generate-a-Self-72bb7ee3Overview
• This script sample demonstrates how to utilize Windows PowerShell to generate a self-signed Client Authentication certificate
• The sample must be executed in an administrative PowerShell console
• The user is prompted to enter a Subject and private key file (.pfx) password
• The sample creates two certificate files placed in the current directory:
o The public key portion (.cer) of the certificate, intended for upload to the Azure portal.
o The private key portion (.pfx) of the certificate, intended for installation on the Azure Backup client or Azure VPN Point-to-Site client.
Details• Microsoft offers Azure services, such as Azure Backup and Azure Point-to-Site VPN which require customers to obtain Client Authentication certificates in order to authenticate to the service.
• Our current documentation points customers to utilize the MakeCert.exe tool from the Windows SDK, and customers typically find this approach difficult to accomplish and are not successful in deploying our services.
• Windows PowerShell offers ways to generate self-signed certificates, and we have published a simple script sample to demonstrate the ease of use for our Azure customers.
• Windows PowerShell actually offers a built-in cmdlet that handles this, named New-SelfSignedCertificate, but it only allows us to specify the name and store location of the certificate. The cmdlet is hard-coded to a one-year duration, which may not work well for our Azure customers.
• The sample we have published defaults to a 5-year duration for the certificate, and customers can tweak the sample as they wish to meet their needs, all without needing to deal with obtaining and using MakeCert.exe
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Please share your ideas on what additional capabilities would be needed for Azure Backup @ http://feedback.azure.com/forums/258995-azure-backup
Thanks,
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There may be a circumstance where the System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) server is down or was destroyed and you want to restore a DPM backup from Azure before you get the DPM Server operational again. This may be useful to restore a DPMDB if it was protected using online backup. Another DPM Server cannot be used to recover, however a Windows 2012 server with the Windows Azure agent installed can be used. The Windows backup GUI may throw an error 0x1FBD2 when selecting a backup to restore, so you can use Windows Powershell to do the restore.
Preparation before a complete DPM Server failure:
=================================================1) If you need to recover a DPM protected data source from Azure storage you will need to know the DPM Replica volume Mount point path so you know what recovery point has the DPMDB backup. You can use the below SQL Script to extract that information any time after initial protection but before the need to restore. Save the information in a safe place and easily obtainable should a disaster occur.
Select ag.NetbiosName as ServerName,ds.DataSourceName,vol.MountPointPath
from tbl_IM_DataSource as ds
join tbl_PRM_LogicalReplica as lr on ds.DataSourceId=lr.DataSourceId
join tbl_AM_Server as ag on ds.ServerId=ag.ServerId
join tbl_SPM_Volume as vol on lr.PhysicalReplicaId=vol.VolumeSetID
and vol.Usage =1 -- Replica=1, DiffArea=2
and lr.Validity in (1,2)
where ds.CloudProtectionStatus = 1
Sample Output from above SQL query
===================================ServerName DataSourceName MountPointPath
LC2-DPMLIB2 LC2-DPMLIB2\MSDPM2012\master SqlServerWriter\vol_79d00c30-4329-4542-b874-ada91b78f90b
LC2-DPMLIB2 LC2-DPMLIB2\MSDPM2012\DPMDB SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2
How to Recover
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1) On any Windows 2008 R2 / 2012 server that has internet access, install the Windows Backup Feature.Note: This cannot be a Server with DPM installed.
2) Sign into the Windows Azure portal, and in Recovery Services under the backup vault, download the agent for Windows Server.
3) Install the Azure agent.
4) Launch Windows Azure backup - then register the server. (which requires the same certificate used on the failed DPM server you are attempting to restore.)
5) Once registered, open a Windows Power shell command window using administrative privileges.The below PowerShell commands will detail a single recovery from a backup vault that has backups from two DPM Servers. We will restore the latest DPMDB backup for LC2-DPMLIB2 from the backup vault.
Entries after # are my comments
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.#get a list of servers available to recover backups for.
PS C:\Windows\system32> $Server=Get-OBAlternateBackupServer
PS C:\Windows\system32> $server #display the list of servers
ServerName : lc2-dpmlib1.Contoso.comServerName : lc2-dpmlib2.Contoso.com # we will restore this DPM servers backup.
# The [1] is a zero based index from the list of servers returned above.PS C:\Windows\system32> $source=Get-OBRecoverableSource -Server $server[1]
PS C:\Windows\system32> $source# Note the datasource path from the SQL Script you ran in preparation step - we want to list recovery points for that data source. In this case vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2.
FriendlyName : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
RecoverySourceName : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
ServerName : lc2-dpmlib2.Contoso.comFriendlyName : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_79d00c30-4329-4542-b874-ada91b78f90b\
RecoverySourceName : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_79d00c30-4329-4542-b874-ada91b78f90b\
ServerName : lc2-dpmlib2.Contoso.com
# list recovery points for the first datasource [0] highlighted above.PS C:\Windows\system32> $item=Get-OBRecoverableItem -Source $source[0]
PS C:\Windows\system32> $item# Note the date / time for the three PointInTime backups listed below.
IsDir : False
ItemNameFriendly : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
ItemNameGuid : \\?\Volume{d7a4fd76-a0a8-11e2-8fd3-001c23cb7375}\
LocalMountPoint : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
MountPointName : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
Name : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
PointInTime : 6/18/2014 1:00:13 AM
ServerName : lc2-dpmlib2.Contoso.com
ItemSize :
ItemLastModifiedTime :IsDir : False
ItemNameFriendly : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
ItemNameGuid : \\?\Volume{d7a4fd76-a0a8-11e2-8fd3-001c23cb7375}\
LocalMountPoint : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
MountPointName : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
Name : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
PointInTime : 6/17/2014 1:00:18 AM
ServerName : lc2-dpmlib2.Contoso.com
ItemSize :
ItemLastModifiedTime :IsDir : False
ItemNameFriendly : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
ItemNameGuid : \\?\Volume{d7a4fd76-a0a8-11e2-8fd3-001c23cb7375}\
LocalMountPoint : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
MountPointName : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
Name : c:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_850b95be-b942-4351-83bd-0a1815a936b2\
PointInTime : 6/16/2014 1:01:16 AM
ServerName : lc2-dpmlib2.Contoso.com
ItemSize :
ItemLastModifiedTime :# we're creating $option variable for the recovery locaton c:\temp - adjust accordingly.
PS C:\Windows\system32> $option = new-OBRecoveryOption -Destinationpath c:\temp -Overwritetype CreateCopy
# Here you need the same DPMPassPhrase used on the DPM Server that created the backup.
PS C:\Windows\system32> $key = ConvertTo-Securestring "DPMPassPhrase" -Asplaintext -force
# Start the recovery for the first backup time 6/18/2014 1:00:13 AM from above which is $item[0].
PS C:\Windows\system32> start-OBRecovery -recoverableItem $item[0] -EncryptionPassPhrase $key -recoveryOption $option
Preparing storage...
Estimating size of backup items...
Estimating size of backup items...
Estimating size of backup items...
Estimating size of backup items...
Estimating size of backup items...
Estimating size of backup items...
Estimating size of backup items...
Estimating size of backup items...
Estimating size of backup items...
Transferring data...
Transferring data...
Transferring data...
Transferring data...
Transferring data...
Transferring data...
Transferring data...
Transferring data...
Transferring data...
Transferring data...
Transferring data...
Data transfer completed
Job completed.
The recovery operation completed successfully.
PS C:\Windows\system32>
The recover was successful and the DPM database files will be in the location specified $option variable above. -
Link
Windows Azure Backup supports Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. For more details on SKU list, please visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj573031.aspx#BKMK_testsrv.
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With the General Availability of Windows Azure Backup we have made several reliability improvements to ensure you are able to meet your offsite cloud backup needs. There will be no impact to your backups as Windows Azure Backup moves from preview to General Availability. You can continue
managing cloud backups from familiar backup tools in Windows Server, Windows Server Essentials, or the Data Protection Manager component of Microsoft System Center. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest version of the Windows Azure Backup agent.Please download and install the update from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=229525.
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Please follow the instructions @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/171fe77a-8686-4dd1-a45a-b44df729b40b
MakeCert.exe is available as part of the Windows SDK, which you can download from one of the below links:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=84091.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa386968(v=vs.85).aspxYou can install Windows SDK and select option “Tools” under “.Net Development” and unchecked everything else for installing makecert.exe only.
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Here are some of the blogs which have been released on Windows Azure Online Backup.
1. Windows Azure Online Backup Preview for Windows Server 2012 - http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/09/07/windows-azure-online-backup.aspx
2. Integration with System Center 2012 SP1 - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2012/09/07/windows-azure-online-backup-now-supports-system-center-2012-sp1.aspx
3. Integration with Windows Server 2012 Essentials - http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2012/09/18/windows-azure-online-backup-and-windows-server-2012-essentials.aspx
HealthVault User announcements
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If you are developing or deploying an application for HealthVault or at the point where you are ready to have your application approved for "Go Live", please visit our HealthVault Developer forum to ask your questions or make your requests.
Thank you.
HealthVault User announcements
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Link
If you are developing or deploying an application for HealthVault or at the point where you are ready to have your application approved for "Go Live", please visit our HealthVault Developer forum to ask your questions or make your requests.
Thank you.
Internet Explorer All Prior Versions announcements
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Hi and welcome to the Windows Internet Explorer Forum for all versions prior to 8 and 9 (Beta).
We listened to customer requests from IT Professionals for dedicated Internet Explorer forums that you can participate in as community. This is a place where you can share knowledge, ask questions and get them answered and learn from others with IT environments similar to yours. Start by posting your related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community. Primary areas of focus are installation, deployment, security, management, group policy, migrations from previous versions.
If your questions is related to end user experience or you are a home user, we'd definitely recommend heading over to our sister site at Microsoft Answers http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads
For the current version (Internet Explorer 8) or our *NEW* Internet Explorer 9 Beta please visit http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ieitprocurrentver/threads
Regards
Mark Feetham
Product Quality Program Manager | Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer All Prior Versions announcements
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Link
Hi and welcome to the Windows Internet Explorer Forum for all versions prior to 8 and 9 (Beta).
We listened to customer requests from IT Professionals for dedicated Internet Explorer forums that you can participate in as community. This is a place where you can share knowledge, ask questions and get them answered and learn from others with IT environments similar to yours. Start by posting your related questions in the forum corresponding to your topic of interest and leverage the knowledge available in your new forum community. Primary areas of focus are installation, deployment, security, management, group policy, migrations from previous versions.
If your questions is related to end user experience or you are a home user, we'd definitely recommend heading over to our sister site at Microsoft Answers http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads
For the current version (Internet Explorer 8) or our *NEW* Internet Explorer 9 Beta please visit http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ieitprocurrentver/threads
Regards
Mark Feetham
Product Quality Program Manager | Internet Explorer
Microsoft Operations Framework -- MOF 4.0 announcements
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The Microsoft Operations Framework team is pleased to announce that the Managing and Operating a Microsoft Private Cloud—How to Apply the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) guide is now available for download. To download the new guide, go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc506049.aspx.
This guide leads you through the process of how to manage and operate a Microsoft private cloud using the service management processes of the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF). The guide applies MOF’s IT service management principles to that conceptual architecture and technology stack. It describes how to maximize the potential of MOF’s people, process, and technical capabilities to manage and operate a Microsoft private cloud. Follow this guidance for a private cloud that is better aligned to meet your business needs. Employ MOF’s service management functions (SMFs) to help align IT and busine