SCOM 2012 Maintenance mode scheduler by default is installed as a website with anonymous access.  You can easily secure and control access to the website by following these steps. 1.) …

SCOM 2012 Maintenance Mode Scheduler is an all new web based maintenance mode scheduler built from the ground up for SCOM 2012, SP1, and R2. You can read more about…

Veeam has released a nice set of set of Free Visio Stencils for drawing diagrams of Virtual Environments. You can download the stencils here. http://www.veeam.com/vmware-esx-stencils.html 3D Stencils 2D Stencils

Mike Resseler, has put together an excellent white paper on how to do Virtualization capacity management with the Veeam MP and SCOM 2012. Download Here: Link Veeam 6.5 MP: Link…

I needed to setup monitoring of a CentOS Linux server in SCOM 2012 R2. Kevin Holman has a full write up on how to install Unix/Linux Agents on SCOM 2012…

  Random Removing SCOM Management Pack Dependencies Rules and Monitors in OpsMgr 2007 Data Warehouse Schema Enhanced Notification Emails System Center Marketplace MPWIKI Low-bandwidth Scenarios 10 Reasons to use a…

Feature Summary
VS Projects for Monitoring MPs, System Center 2012 and later MPs including Operations Manager and Service Manager.
MP Item Templates for quick creation of MP Items.
XML MP Item Templates (generates MP XML for editing).
Template Group Item Templates (Abstract your intent from MP XML).
Snippet Templates (generates MP XML from CSV)
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The RTM Management Packs to support Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM have been released.
Changes in This Update
The October 2013 update (version 6.0.7061.0) of the Windows Server Operating System Management Pack included the following changes:
Fixed Windows Server 2012 R2 Beta Monitoring bugs for final release.
Changes in Version 6.0.7043.0
The June 2013 update (version 6.0.7043.0) of the Windows Server Operating System Beta Management Pack included the following changes:
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  System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager RTM now available on MSDN as well as the rest of the System Center 2012 Suite! http://msdn.microsoft.com

  Launch the Store app Windows Key + R to launch the run dialog.   Paste this then click ok: ms-windows-store:WindowsUpgrade   Then click Download   Then install the update…