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Virtual Server management Pack released

Well with all the hoo-ha about Virtual Server recently I didn't think I'd have anything else to add to the conversation.  But I do now.  The MOM team have released a management pack (also free) that you can download to manage your free

MOM & SMS Webcasts for May

TechNet Webcast: Troubleshooting Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200)Friday, May 26, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific TimeJohn Baker, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft CorporationTroubleshooting Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Installations

SMS betas - come and play

I've been ignoring MOM and SMS recently - I've been too fired up playing with E12 all week.  But I've seen a couple of beta programs that you may want to get involved with, so get you up to speed on SMS.  Here are the SMS betas that you can

Manage Communicator Web Access with MOM

Heck, that's not a very good blog post title is it?  Well what I mean is that the MOM team have released a management pack where you can manage any instances of Communicator Web Access using MOM 2005. There, thats a bit clearer isn't it?  Dale

MOM & SMS Webcasts for April

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Technical Overview (Level 200)Monday, April 10, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific TimeJohn Baker, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft CorporationThis webcast presents an in-depth examination of Microsoft Operations

Managed Exchange services

I was looking around the Exchange home page today and noticed that we're now offering a managed Exchange service through Frontbridge.  This is a great idea for those who don't want the worry of managing their Exchange environment at their own premises,

MMS 2006 in San Diego

MMS 2006  is in San Diego this year (don't fly to Vegas as you'll be on your own...!) and the web site is live for registration.  I'm still trying to persuade the powers that be to let me go.. (I've got lots of other events planned for

SMS 2.0 SUS Feature pack

I saw this the other day, and thought it was worth reproducing to make sure that, if you're using MBSA, you can still keep yourself fully up to date... As documented in  KB895660, the MBSA 1.2.1 catalog (MSSecure.XML) that is used to provide security

MOM 2005 Resource kit to download

Latest Version of MOM 2005 Resource Kit Now Available for Download This resource kit has been updated to support MOM 2005 SP1 and new tools have been added: Alert to RSS Utility – Enable subscriptions to alert information via RSS. DAS Role Update Utility

SMS 4 first look

After talking about SMS 2003 for such a long time, it's going to be a bit strange talking about SMS 4, but I've noticed that the SMS homepage allows you to have a look at the SMS 4 beta and download it.  So in addition to downloading SMS 2003 R2,

SMS R2 Beta

So we've announced the release of the SMS R2 beta with a 30% discount if you buy the licence before April 1st this year. Check out the press announcement from the web.  There are 2 major features for this release, the Inventory tool and the scan

MOM & SMS Webcasts for March

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft System Management Server 2003 Technical Overview (Level 200)Friday, March 03, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific TimeJohn Baker, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft CorporationFind out about the new features of Microsoft Systems Management

Have a look at MOM 2005 SP1

I noticed that you can try some of the multilingual versions of the MOM 2005 SP1.  They're available to download here... (careful its a 42Mb file...).  if you want access to other languages like French, German and Japanese, go to the SP1 home

Management videos on IT's Showtime

I noticed that there are a few new videos on IT's Showtime concerning management technologies filmed during the Product team tour late last year.  The product team were in Europe to deliver the best of the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS). 

Download the SMS 2003 Desired Configuration monitoring tool

Well I blogged about the desired configuration monitoring guides the day before the updated tool was released for download on the web.  That'll teach me to be so efficient :-)  Well the SMS 2003 Desired configuration monitoring tool is available
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