Category Archives: Operations Manager

20 Years as a Microsoft Certified Trainer

This year, on 25 April 2018 I am celebrating 20 years as a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). My journey with Microsoft certifications started actually on 09 Feb 1998 when I passed my first MCP exam: 70-067 Implementing and Supporting NT … Continue reading

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Microsoft Summit 2014 – November 12-13, 2014

According to a press release published on HotNews, Microsoft is organizing the conference Microsoft Summit 2014 on November 12-13, 2014. There is an early bird conference fee with 40% reduction valid until September 25, 2014, or first 200 registrations. Last year edition … Continue reading

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Technical Documentation for System Center 2012 SP1

Microsoft has updated the Technical Documentation for System Center 2012 SP1 Documentation is available for download as individual documents at the links below: Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29256 Date published: 1/14/2013 Technical Documentation … Continue reading

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System Center 2012 SP1 is available

Please see the official announcements from Microsoft: Transform Your Datacenter with System Center 2012 SP1 Microsoft Advances the Cloud OS With New Management Solutions See also the announcements on the product team blogs: System Center 2012 SP1 is Generally Available! … Continue reading

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System Center 2012 Operations Manager Release Candidate

System Center 2012 Operations Manager Release Candidate is now available. Please see the announcement on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Blog. The download is available here: System Center Operations Manager 2012 Release Candidate. Operations Manager 2012 RC joins the club … Continue reading

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System Center 2012 Beta and RC downloads

Here you can find the links to the latest System Center 2012 Betas and Release Candidates: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Release Candidate (includes System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection) – just released. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Release Candidate – released … Continue reading

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CfgMgr and OpsMgr – Leaders in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant reports

Configuration Manager 2007 R3 and Operations Manager 2007 R2 were placed by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant in the latest Magic Quadrant reports. PC Configuration Management Life Cycle Management http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/microsoft/vol2/article6/article6.html and IT Event Correlation and Analysis http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/microsoft/vol2/article5/article5.html See also the announcements … Continue reading

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System Center Proof of Concept: Summary

In the past month I have posted step by step procedures on how to build a System Center Proof of Concept. This is the summary of articles: System Center Proof of Concept http://www.adrianstoian.com/?p=30 DC: Install Active Directory http://www.adrianstoian.com/?p=35 DC: Extend … Continue reading

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OpsMgr: Install Operations Manager 2007 Reporting

This procedure describes the steps for configuring the prerequisites for installing System Center Operations Manager 2007 Reporting components. Prerequisites Active Directory and DNS servers were installed and configured for the domain TECHREADY.RO Windows Server 2008 R2 with was installed on … Continue reading

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OpsMgr: Install Operations Manager 2007 R2

This procedure describes the steps for installing System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. Prerequisites Active Directory and DNS servers were installed and configured for the domain TECHREADY.RO Windows Server 2008 R2 with was installed on the server. The server was … Continue reading

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