I set up email notification in OpsMan 2007 and could not get it working, even though I could use telnet to send email from the management server with the same configuration I set in OpsMan.  After much research, I finally found that the issue is in OpsMan 2007 and there is a fix for it.  If you do not have all the Alert options checked, then email notification will not work.See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937470/en-usFor an explanation of the issue and where to get the hotfix from. UPDATE: Thanks to Chad Rogers on this one! Chad Says “If I am correct, this hotfix has been included in the new SCOM SP1 RC, which was released in November last year. This should be going RTM in mid Feb this year.”Thanks for the update Chad, We’ll look out for Service Pack 1 and see if it does indeed fix the problem! 

In this edition of the Friday Deployment podcast, we discuss the updated configuration manager document library, new beta programs and more. This podcast uses AT&T Natural Voices.[display_podcast] 

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December looks like a good month for webcasts, for anyone interested in expanding your knowledge on Systems Center Configuration Manager (the next version of SMS) I suggest you consider the following webcasts:

 Thanks to Karina for this info!

The full list of all upcoming webcasts is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/upcoming.mspx

AdminStudio Configuration Managed Edition

“AdminStudio Configuration Manager Edition provides Configuration Manager 2007 customers with an easy way to prepare reliable, customized Windows Installer packages for distribution via Configuration Manager. and is the result of collaboration between Macrovision and the Microsoft System Center team. AdminStudio Configuration Manager Edition provides IT professionals with the ability to quickly convert legacy applications to the industry-standard Windows Installer (MSI) format, customize those MSI packages to meet corporate standards, and release them to Configuration Manager for successful distribution.”

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