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Operations Manager Management Pack design and authoring from the Microsoft IX Team
Discovering Multiple Services of an Application
I got the question below related to my MP development training. It seems like a common...
Date: 06/05/2014
Management Pack Development Training
This is kind of old news since I’ve had the first lessons out there for a few weeks, but I wanted to...
Date: 04/07/2014
OM12 Dashboards
Brad Anderson put out a blog post a few weeks ago talking about dashboards in System Center 2012...
Date: 07/24/2013
VSAE Video
David Allen who is an MVP from Infront Consulting Group in the UK just completed a great video going...
Date: 05/08/2013
MMS 2013
It’s that time of year again! I know it’s April when my days start getting filled up with...
Date: 04/04/2013
Some Love for Visual Studio Authoring Extensions
We announced Visual Studio Authoring Extensions back at MMS last April, and it’s now become our...
Date: 01/27/2013
Custom Shape for Visio Management Designer
We put out an article in the TechNet Wiki and the code for a sample shape in the TechNet Gallery for...
Date: 01/07/2013
System Center Authoring Hub
I wanted to call everyone’s attention to the new System Center Authoring Hub on the TechNet...
Date: 01/07/2013
Retiring OpsManJam
Many of you may be familiar with OpsManJam which we have used for the last few years to deliver...
Date: 10/31/2012
New management pack samples – kind of
I just posted a variety of management pack samples into the TechNet Gallery. These are...
Date: 08/28/2012
The new authoring tools are here!
We announced our new tools for building management packs in Operations Manager back at MMS but ran...
Date: 06/28/2012
Where is VSAE and VMPD?
At MMS 2012, Baelson Duque and I presented our new management pack authoring tools. Visio...
Date: 05/30/2012
MMS Samples Available….Finally!
Took me a bit longer than expected, but I finally got the samples out that I showed at my session at...
Date: 05/29/2012
Authoring in System Center 2012 Operations Manager
I’ve been pretty silent here on the blog in the last few weeks as I was heads down in getting...
Date: 11/12/2011
New Module Documentation
In our documentation for authoring Operations Manager management packs, we regularly reference the...
Date: 09/21/2011
Custom Monitoring for Windows Azure Management Pack
The Windows Azure Application Monitoring Management Pack allows you to specify an application...
Date: 06/20/2011
Sealing a Management Pack
We have a had a variety of comments about our lack of guidance on using MPSeal to seal a management...
Date: 05/19/2011
Blog Plug - Monitoring Azure
I wanted to make a plug for a blog run by one of our application development consultants. ...
Date: 05/04/2011
Designing Managed Applications Whitepaper
In my session at MMS a month or so ago, I mentioned a whitepaper that was been written by our...
Date: 05/03/2011
Cloud Search for Management Pack Authoring
One of the real challenges that we have had in the world of MP Authoring is people locating...
Date: 04/15/2011
Sample Management Pack Specification Available
Sample management pack specification now available in the OpsManJam Management Pack Library. ...
Date: 03/28/2011
Discovery Series Part 4 – Discovery Scripts
The next video in the Operations Manager R2 Discovery Series is now available. This one is on...
Date: 01/14/2011
Parameter Replacement in Web Applications
We got an article out for a new feature in Operations Manager 2007 R2 CU3 that allows you to pick up...
Date: 12/20/2010
Azure Management Pack
We have a new version of the Azure Management Pack guide available with the MP. I typically...
Date: 12/20/2010
Undiscovering with Multiple Discoveries
I am going to include this issue in a video in the Discovery series I’ve been putting out (Script...
Date: 12/02/2010
Discovery Series – Parts 2 and 3
The Operations Manager R2 Discovery Series continues with videos on Registry Discovery and WMI...
Date: 11/16/2010
How Discovery Works
Our first video in the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Discovery series, titled How Discovery Works, is...
Date: 10/18/2010
Taking the mystery out of SCOM 2007 Discoveries
Some of the most common questions we get in the Operations Manager 2007 authoring world are about...
Date: 09/23/2010
Linked Reports
Linked reports allow you to create a customized report in a management pack with minimal...
Date: 09/13/2010
Complete MP Authoring Guide Available for Download
The complete version of the Management Pack Authoring Guide is now available for download in Word as...
Date: 08/01/2010
Target Video Now Available
We have new video available on the System Center Tech Center. This one covers the basic...
Date: 07/29/2010
Management Pack Authoring Guide Complete!
The final section of the Management Pack Authoring Guide just went live! New Sections This...
Date: 07/14/2010
How Do I? Videos
The first management pack authoring video is now available in the System Center How Do I? Videos...
Date: 06/07/2010
Management Pack Basics
Okay, so the name probably doesn’t invoke a lot of excitement for the more advanced crowd, but...
Date: 06/01/2010
MP Samples
I put the management packs that I showed in the Advanced Monitoring Scenarios session at MMS last...
Date: 04/30/2010
New Mail Account
We have a new mail account to solicit feedback on our documentation and all things related to...
Date: 04/28/2010
Follow us on Twitter
MPAuthor now has a Twitter account. We’ll be using this for various announcements such as new...
Date: 04/28/2010
Reflections on MMS 2010
After a very busy few weeks I'm having finally a bit of time to relax and reflect on...
Date: 04/26/2010
Authoring Guide Health Model Section Live
The Health Model section of the Management Pack Authoring Guide is now available. This section...
Date: 04/17/2010
Bug Fix
Thanks to kboomsliter for pointing out on a previous post that the procedure for creating a monitor...
Date: 03/29/2010
Management Summit 2010
Almost that time of year again – MMS in Las Vegas! I’m starting to plan out my sessions, and I...
Date: 03/06/2010
MP Authoring Guide available for download
Our original plan for the MP Authoring Guide was to publish sections on TechNet as they were...
Date: 02/11/2010
NetApp Management Pack
I was just reading through a great series of blog posts by Oskar Landman on System Center Central on...
Date: 02/05/2010
New Authoring Guide Section Published
A couple of weeks ago, we published the new version of the Management Pack Authoring Guide which...
Date: 01/31/2010
New Blog Launch
For those who didn’t follow my old blog at BWren’s Management Space my name is Brian Wren, and I’m a...
Date: 01/29/2010