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SMS R2 - available to download

I noticed today on Blakes blog   and Rod's blog that  Systems Management Server 2003 R2 is now available for download. Omar pointed out all of the features included in the release and Anthony talked very coprehensively about upgrading his

Getting started with Software updates

I sent lot of information out about our update services the other day.  I'd been researching some information for a question that I'd received at the Roadshow on Tuesday and thought I'd pass it on.  I was a bit surprised actually to hear

System Center Virtual Machine manager

We announced this last week at WinHEC.  Bill Gates and Bob Muglia talked about this product and where we are going with our overall virtualization strategy.  I'll leave it to James to go into the Virtualisation technicalities in more detail,

User groups leaders for user groups

We're hosting a community leaders day today on campus, where we invite all of the people in the UK who run User groups, either online or offline.  They come from all technology areas, but in the IT Pto space, there are a number of gaps. In the UK

MOM 2005 Free Seminbar in London

Ian alerted me to an event that he's delivering on MOM thats running in London that sounds really interesting.  Here are the details: The Pygmalion Group invites you to learn how to save time and money enhancing IT service management at the “Using

MOM and SMS Webcasts June 06

TechNet Webcast: Application Compatibility Testing (Level 300)Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific TimeGlenn Fincher, Senior Consultant, Xtreme Consulting GroupWhen you deploy a new operating system in your organization, compatibility

The Dynamic Systems Initiative - what's that then?

I'm certanly doing the rounds at the moment.  As soon as the roadshow in Birmingham had finished, Melville and I headed north to Manchester to the most hallowed of places (so I'm told) Manchester United football club  We were there

New blog location

Ron mailed me about this ages and ages ago.  I read his blog, as I used to drive a Camaro  and currently drive a 2000 Pointiac Trans Am (Yup - in the UK)  I'd been getting redirects, and RSS bounces from my RSS reader - and it's finally

New names for Exchange 12 and Management products too.

I just knew I should have gone to MMS this year.  The new name for Exchange 12 has been announced.  Microsoft Exchange 2007.  KC unveiled the new (unofficial) logo for exchange, which looks  very James Bond - ish and is really

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,
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