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A travel guide: How to survive MMS2012.

March 6th, 2012 by

MMS 2012 Travel Guide Part 1: Getting settled in Vegas MMS 2012: Travel Guide Part 2: The session types MMS 2012: Travel Guide Part 3: Scheduling your MMS agenda MMS 2012: Travel Guide Part 4: Join the twitter army MMS 2012: Travel Guide: Hints So this years Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas is …

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MMS2012: Schedule builder has been opened for Alumni

February 22nd, 2012 by

9 weeks to go to THE event of the year for everyone who’s working with System Center software. As usual this MMS will be packed with good info, nice peers to talk to and sessions given by the best of the best of System Center Specialist. This year will be extra special (is this possible?) …

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SCOM 2012: Pass data to custom fields with monitors

January 23rd, 2012 by

During the “ask the experts” session on SystemCenterUniverse 2012 (which was the dress rehearsal for MMS2012) I had the privilege to ask a question about a many used feature at some of my clients: Fill in the custom fields when alerting in SCOM. My question: “Will it be possible to update the custom fields using …

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SCOM 2012: What’s new: Default behavior of overrides

January 20th, 2012 by

This post is part of a series What’s new: Check here for the other parts. SCOM has some huge changes on board… But some are rather small and go unnoticed to the untrained eye although they could save you a major headache. I’m pretty sure not a lot of hands will be raised when I …

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SCOM 2012: What’s new: Maintenance mode changes

January 19th, 2012 by

This post is part of a series What’s new: Check here for the other parts. In the second part of this series of what’s new in SCOM2012 I’ll be highlighting a small change with big implications in SCOM 2012 in the maintenance mode department. It was kind of frustrating to see that a lot of …

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SCOM 2007: Authoring console can’t find referenced mp

January 18th, 2012 by

Just the other day I was working on an MP after updating the environment to CU4 and all of a sudden I got the error that a reference management pack wasn’t found. Ok no big issue. Locate the management pack and reference it… no go… Still the same error… So why? My version should be …

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New System Center 2012 licensing model

January 17th, 2012 by

Today Microsoft released some details about the new licensing model of the System Center 2012 products. In a constant effort to reduce the different licensing models they have significantly changed the way you need to license your products. Pricing at this time is not yet available but you can already prepare yourself to check which …

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SCOM 2012: Meet the SCOM 2012 experts at SCUG NL (wrap up)

January 16th, 2012 by

Last friday 06/01 the event “Meet the SCOM 2012 experts” was held by SCUG NL near Amsterdam. The turn up was really great and a lot of speakers (including yours truly ) gave sessions regarding the next big version of System Center Operations Manager. The day was quickly sold out and those who made it …

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