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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

System Center Reporting Manager 2006 Release Candidate Available

Gosh I'm way behind in my emails about System Center whilst I've been focusing so much on Exchange 12.  I've been ignoring all of my non essential mails in my attempts to keep up to date with my day job, my managers job, whilst attending 2 weeks

SMS 2003 Desired Configuration monitoring guides available

I noticed this on one of our internal mails the other day...thought it was worth highlighting Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Desired Configuration MonitoringMicrosoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM)

Windows Management Webcasts - February

TechNet Webcast: Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape Backup and Recovery with System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) and Quantum (Level 200)Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific TimeJason Iehl, Manager Strategic Alliances, QuantumAs information

MOM & SMS Webcasts - December

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 (Level 200)Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Pacific TimeKeith Combs, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft CorporationIn this webcast, we explore the features

MyITForum blogs have moved

Ron mailed me last week when I was out on the road at the Exchange Unplugged roadshow telling me about the MyITForum blogs.  They've now moved to this location.  Whats even better is that comments now have been fixed - so I can be as cheeky

Microsoft Management Summit 2006

Yikes!MMS next year isn't in Las Vegas.  It's going to be in San Diego instead... Here's some of the information from the official site Microsoft Management Summit 2006 Registration Open!The year’s MMS 2006 event will take place this April in sunny

User State Migration Tool - on the web

I noticed this from an internal newsletter the other day - useful for your delpoyments USMT 2.61 has been Released to WebMicrosoft® Windows® User State Migration Tool (USMT) version 2.6.1 migrates user files and settings during large deployments of Windows

Management solutions available to download

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM)This solution enables   IT professionals to easily define desired configuration settings across multiple hardware and software configuration sources and detect

Blogcast: How to create yourown blogcast

****Edited broken links :-) **** Well I've had quite a few mails asking me how to create blogcasts since the Exchange team published my blogcast series on how to upgrade from Exchnge 5.5 to Exchange 2003. So here's some infomation covering the various

MOM & SMS Webcasts for December

Microsoft Webcast: Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape Backup with Data Protection Manager and CommVault Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific TimeRandy De Meno, Director of Advanced Applications & Microsoft Partnership, CommVaultMicrosoft System