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Food for Thought - OpsMgr Group Calculation Polling Interval
Group membership calculation in Operations Manager is scheduled for every 30 seconds by default. For...
Date: 09/17/2014
Exchange 2010 Reports MP Bug
A couple of fellow colleagues in MCS (Paul Bishop & Jason Rydstrand) a while back had identified...
Date: 03/27/2014
Updated AD Group Membership Custom MP
Several years ago, a colleague of mine Steve Rachui blogged about a custom management pack template...
Date: 06/01/2013
Updated Steps for Moving Operations Manager 2012 Databases
Back when Operations Manager 2007 was released, I blogged here -...
Date: 01/27/2013
How to Fix the OM 2012 Service Level Tracking Summary Report
This is a fix specific to a report that is provided out of the box with the System Center Operations...
Date: 01/06/2013
How to Install the OM 2012 Agent on a SharePoint Server Hosting SM Portal
Many people have encountered the unfortunate scenario of attempting to upgrade or install the...
Date: 12/14/2012
How to Use a Textbox Object Picker Control in your Custom Report
So this is a topic I have been meaning to post in a while now and finally made the time/effort to...
Date: 10/12/2012
Extended Exchange 2010 Management Pack released on TechNet Gallery
Today I published on the TechNet Gallery, a custom management pack for providing additional...
Date: 09/21/2012
I'm Back at Microsoft
After a brief departure from Microsoft I recently returned and will be actively blogging again. I...
Date: 09/19/2012
Custom Operations Manager Reports
Based off of a recognized demand, I developed a management pack that provides three key reports for...
Date: 01/19/2012
SharePoint 2010 Multi-Farm Monitoring
Hello and Happy New Year! Today's topic is regarding the setup of the SharePoint 2010 Foundation...
Date: 01/07/2012
Service Level Dashboard and Moving the Data Warehouse Database
If you have deployed the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Service Level Dashboard in your environment, you...
Date: 08/29/2011
Scoping an Alert View to a Specific Alert
A customer the other day e-mailed me and asked how he could scope a view in the Operations console...
Date: 01/16/2011
Performance Optimizations for Operations Manager 2007 R2 and 2012
Please Note: This blog has been updated to provide guidance on which settings are applicable to...
Date: 08/24/2010
MPViewer Exports on OPSMANJAM.COM
You probably have noticed that the MPViewer HTML exports for our management packs that were released...
Date: 08/11/2010
Windows DNS 2003/2008 MP – Default Unit Monitor Config
Here is another Excel spreadsheet from MPViewer that I edited to provide a detailed breakdown of all...
Date: 07/02/2010
Windows Server 2003/2008 MP - Default Unit Monitor Config
Here is another Excel spreadsheet from MPViewer that I edited to provide a detailed breakdown of all...
Date: 05/11/2010
Include Windows Server 2008 Roles in ConfigMgr HINV
As I work with more and more customers who are using System Center Configuration Manager 2007, I...
Date: 05/11/2010
ADMP 2003/2008 - Default Unit Monitor Config
As promised and avaialble for download, here is the Excel spreadsheet from MPViewe that I edited to...
Date: 03/08/2010
MMS 2010 – Here I Come
Just a quick note here that I’ll be attending MMS 2010 in Las Vegas in April and co-delivering a...
Date: 03/01/2010
SQL Server 2005/2008 MP – Default Unit Monitor Config
As you are probably aware, the Deployment Guides that compliment each management pack released by...
Date: 03/01/2010
Management Pack Released - Maintenance Mode
Last week on https://www.opsmanjam.com my Maintenance Mode management pack was published. However,...
Date: 12/07/2009
Updated PowerShell Script - Maintenance Mode
I was recently e-mailed by a colleague regarding the maintenance mode PowerShell script that was...
Date: 10/29/2009
Extended SQL Server MP Released on OpsManJam
As promised, I finally finished and submitted the Extended SQL Server 2005/2008 Management Pack for...
Date: 09/22/2009
New MP's on OpsManJam
It has been quite some time since I have posted anything of relevance on my blog. I have been...
Date: 08/05/2009
ADMP and Tuning for Performance Reports
The latest Active Directory management pack deployment guide has a small section entitled "Enabling...
Date: 02/22/2009
SQL Reporting Services Gotcha
I uncovered a situation with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services that I did not encounter before and...
Date: 02/22/2009
Run As Profiles in Operations Manager 2007 R2
One of the new features of R2 that hasn't received any attention yet (at least to my knowledge) is...
Date: 01/25/2009
OpsMgr 2007 Console on Windows 7
Over the weekend I was able to make the time needed to wipe and load Windows 7 Beta, which I can say...
Date: 01/20/2009
ITIL v3 Foundation Certification - Passed
I forgot to mention a few weeks ago I had taken the ITIL v3 Foundation Certification exam and a...
Date: 12/04/2008
Updated Deployment Guide - Operations Manager Reporting on Windows Server 2008
Today I have updated the Deployment Guide for Operations Manager 2007 Reporting on Windows Server...
Date: 12/04/2008
Operations Manager 2007 Performance Monitoring Management Pack
I just completed the deployment guide for this custom management pack that Walter and I have been...
Date: 11/04/2008
OpsMgr 2007 - SQL Server Log Shipping Guide
Being Chris Fox is busy right now with authoring/updating docs for Operations Manager 2007 R2, I am...
Date: 10/31/2008
ITIL v3 Foundation Certification
Back in June I attended an internal class to review Microsoft Operations Framework v4 (formerly...
Date: 10/21/2008
Finished - SQL Log Shipping Configuration Guide
I just submitted to Chris Fox for review and posting on the OpsManJam site, the guide "System Center...
Date: 10/21/2008
Deployment Guide - Operations Manager Reporting on Windows Server 2008
While I realize that today my colleauge in arms Walter Chomak, has blogged about installing System...
Date: 10/02/2008
What's New These Days?
I realize that it has been some time since I have posted a blog entry, as trying to find time has...
Date: 10/01/2008
Updated MP Lifecycle Templates
I have finally found the time to update the templates and include a project plan template in support...
Date: 09/03/2008
Installing a OpsMgr Server Component to drive other than C: - can't?
Here is a question that I see come up from time to time that I thought deserved some focus. Let's...
Date: 06/20/2008
MP Lifecycle Management Project Templates
I would like to provide a couple of templates I mentioned during my presentation yesterday that many...
Date: 06/12/2008
Follow-up from my MP Lifecycle Management TechNet Webcast
Today I had the pleasure of presenting about System Center Operations Manager 2007 MP Lifecycle...
Date: 06/11/2008
Moving the Health Service State Store
So yesterday a question was presented internally between my colleagues and I with respect to a...
Date: 06/11/2008
Join the TechNet Webcast on 6/11 for MP Lifecycle Management
On June 11th at 1 PM, I'll be hosting a TechNet Webcast on Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack...
Date: 05/30/2008
Disk Space Requirements for the Operations Console
When you launch the Operations Console on your workstation or even on the management server (or RMS...
Date: 04/26/2008
Heading Off to MMS 2008
So I'll be heading out to Las Vegas tomorrow to attend MMS 2008 and assist in staffing the event. It...
Date: 04/26/2008
Verify MP Workflow on Agent - Part 2
In continuation of my prior blog post a couple of weeks ago (see -...
Date: 04/15/2008
Updated Exchange Server 2003 Management Pack (6.0.6278.5) Available
The Exchange Server 2003 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 has been updated (version...
Date: 04/07/2008
Exchange 2007 SP1 Management Pack for MOM 2005 Released
Today we released the Exchange 2007 SP1 management pack for MOM 2005 to MS downloads:...
Date: 04/07/2008
Updated Windows Server 2003 Cluster MP Available
Just posted is an updated version of the Windows 2003 Cluster Management Pack. This update resolves...
Date: 04/02/2008