Category Archives: Service Manager

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 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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System Center 2012 App Controller (Concero), Service Manager and Orchestrator

Yesterday was full of announcements. Besides System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Release Candidate, three more products from the System Center 2012 are now available in beta: System Center 2012 App Controller (formerly known as Concero) is a portal that enables … Continue reading

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Will present at Microsoft Security Summit – January 27, 2011

On Thursday, January 27, 2011, I will deliver a presentation at Microsoft Security Summit in Bucharest, Romania: Managing IT Compliance with System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Service Manager At the same event will present Gheorghe Dobrea, Enterprise Security … 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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SvcMgr: Install System Center Service Manager 2010

This procedure describes the steps for installing System Center Service Manager 2010 management server. The installation described below does not install Data Warehouse component. This will be installed on a second computer. Prerequisites Windows Server 2008 R2 was installed on … Continue reading

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SvcMgr: Install SQL Server 2008 x64

This procedure describes the steps for installing SQL Server 2008 x64 on the server. Prerequisites Windows Server 2008 R2 was installed on the server. You have installed the prerequisites: IIS, ASP.NET and .NET Framework 3.5.1 Installation and configuration steps Logon … Continue reading

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SvcMgr: Create the service accounts

This procedure describes the steps for creating the service accounts required for installing System Center Service Manager 2010: Name Type Function SMService Domain User Service account for running Service Manager Local Administrators SMWorkflow Domain User Service account for running workflows … Continue reading

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SvcMgr: Install prerequisites for System Center Service Manager 2010

This procedure describes the steps for installing prerequisites for System Center Service Manager 2010. Note: The procedure assumes that you have already installed Windows Server 2008 R2 on the server and you have configured the server with a static IP … Continue reading

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