I know a lot of you have asked about good sites for OpsMgr. Here are the first couple I have found:
http://www.scom2k7.com – Tim McFadden’s Blog on OpsMgr
http://www.myitforum.com – Rod Trent’s site for everything management
more to come….
Sphere: Related ContentHi All. My Teched08 decks are nearly ready to post. I’m going to post just the pptx files first and then I’ll use my old friend Camtasia to record the sessions, almost as you saw them at Teched (but probably without Bob!).
Thanks to everyone who came to my sessions. If you have any follow on questions, feel free to email me using the profile link.
I hope everyone there got home safely, I certainly enjoyed sleeping on my 15h flight!
It’s kind of wierd to be right back in the thick of things at work, We’re about two hours from a fairly major production change… 5pm Friday what fun!
Nick
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It’s been kind of quiet here lately. Since leaving Dimension Data, I’ve been working on a new product called Community Engine. We’re producing a leading edge, semantic web application, with all the bells and whistles of Silverlight, Active Directory and a slew of other technologies which will produce probably the coolest web platform since apache….
We hit beta 1 last week and are currently deep in issue management driving to beta 2.
We’re running a significant web farm at a co-location facility, performing management with System Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager and a ton of powershell and other features.
It’s a tough job; I’m managing a team of devs as lead architect, a bunch of UI designers and a full featured operations team.
I’ve got a little more time now and will post updates as I get them…
| Part of Microsoft’s Dynamic Systems Initiative is the task of writing systems with Operations in mind. Developers really need to think about not what just constitutes good debug instrumentation but how the system will be operated in production. In Grant Holliday’s post (see the linked image on the right), we can download a good example of a framework to help do just that. (Which is good, because I am way too fed up with trying to operate n-tier applications with no worthwhile instrumentation. |
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There’s unlikely (in my mind) to be a real competitor emerge for Google search, especially now that everyone "googles" information! However the most interesting thing I’ve seen recently is chacha - yup a rubbish web 2.0 name, chacha consists of thousands of real humans and a compute doing a search for you. I had a go at their free trial and ended up a little embarrassed that someone else was telling me the name of the Australian Prime Minister (it was 8 minutes after the election, though!) - chacha got it right and ‘Rosie’ who helped me was very nice… but I still felt a bit like I was using someone…. |
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The WinSuper Site is ‘Super’ excited about a set of webcasts from Microsoft, preparing IT Pros for Windows Server 2008. This one covers off imaging and touches on our friend ConfigMgr. While these webcasts are cool (and they are), I prefer learning in my lab. Nevertheless, this one helps you quickly get up to speed with the concepts if you have never seen or played with them before! |
I stayed up to 3am this morning, but it was really worthwhile, I documented an entire end to end API, with lots of classes, methods properties and events and never touched a word processor… Read the rest of this entry »
Sphere: Related ContentMr Rod Trent!
Thanks for the link back to this Blog. Rod and I have known each other at least face to face for the last 7 years (remember Computing Edge Management Thingo in Australia!!!)
Rod probably knows more about Microsoft Systems Management than most at Microsoft. You can read his up to date and insightful blog here!
Nick
Sphere: Related ContentMicrosoft Releases Easy Deployment MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization (SoftGrid) | DABCC: “The MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization is a new tool designed to extend virtual application deployment in certain key scenarios. In cases where a computer running Microsoft System Center Virtual Application Server is not available, the MSI Utility allows delivery of sequenced applications directly to Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization for Desktops and Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization for Terminal Services.
The MSI Utility enables the distribution of virtual applications without streaming. Instead, it uses Windows Installer to load and configure virtual applications. By leveraging this standard format, the MSI Utility achieves Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 platform version-agnostic distribution of virtual applications if supported by organizational Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) systems. As such, the MSI Utility is a stepping stone to the richer deployment options available in Microsoft System Center Virtual Application Server 4.5.
The MSI Utility extends application deployment methods to a broad range of ESD systems, including Systems Management Server 2003 and System Center Configuration Manager, as well as other methods such as network shares, removable disks, and memory keys. By using an ESD system to deploy virtualized application packages to disconnected SoftGrid Application Virtualization Desktop Clients, users can run virtualized applications without connecting to a computer running Microsoft System Center Virtual Application Server.
Feature Bullet Summary:
Deployment of virtual applications via ESD systems
Deployment of standalone virtual applications via network shares, removable disks, and memory keys
System Requirements:
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista Business; Windows Vista Enterprise; Windows Vista Ultimate; Windows XP
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SoftGrid Application Virtualization for Desktops, version 4.2.1.21 or later
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SoftGrid Application Virtualization for Desktops, version 4.1.2.21 or later
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SoftGrid Application Virtualization for Terminal Services, version 4.1.2.21 or later”
(Via dbacc.)
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