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Date: 02/08/2018

System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS) 101 Series

Hi Everyone, Back in 2010, I authored a document called Operations Manager 101 for 2007 R2. My...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: Create an Event Collection Rule for Monitoring Server Restarts

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: How do I know what parameters are available in an event to monitor off?

Look in the Windows NT Event Log and find the event you are interested in monitoring. Click the...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: How do I run a report for a performance counter that Operations Manager is collecting?

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: How do I create a performance monitor to monitor if a performance counter sample exceeds a threshold?

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: How do I create a rule to collect performance data that is not already collected in a management pack, and show it in the graphs in Operations Manager?

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: How do I know if Operations Manager is collecting a specific performance counter?

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: How do I create a rule to be alerted on a scenario such as a user been added to domain admins?

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: How do I disable or tune something in Operations Manager?

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: How do I get more detail on what is in my Technology’s Management Pack?

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: Something Shows as Red / Critical or Warning / Yellow in a State View. How do I check why this is?

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Management Suite 101: Create an OMS Workspace and add Agents to it.

Note: An OMS workspace is linked to an Azure subscription, so you will need to decide which Azure...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: Where do I see Views / Monitoring / Alerts etc. for my technology?

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: How Do I Generate a Top ‘n’ Performance Report?

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: How do I create a Subscription which will notify when a given alert occurs.

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager 101: Create an Event Collection Rule for Monitoring Server Restarts

Note this is part of a System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite (OMS)...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Management Suite 101: Log Analytics Queries 101

This post is intended to get you started with querying data that is stored within your Operations...

Date: 02/03/2018

GETTING STARTED: What is OMS? https://aka.ms/whatisoms Microsoft Monitoring Product Comparison...

Date: 02/03/2018

Operations Manager and Operations Management Suite 101: BETTER TOGETHER!

In this post, I will explain (my personal take on) how System Center 2016 – Operations Manager and...

Date: 02/02/2018

SCSM (System Center Service Manager) Custom Reports 101 with SQL Report Builder

Contrary to popular belief, you do not need to be a SQL DBA / developer / SSRS expert to produce...

Date: 10/27/2016

How to increase 2000 query result limit and implement query result filtering in the new SCSM HTML5 Self-Service Portal like a boss!!!

Among other great new features in the OOB HTML Portal mentioned here,...

Date: 08/26/2016

VM Server Provisioning Example using Service Manager (SCSM) <> Orchestrator (SCORCH) Integration

This blog talks about the techniques required in order for a user to submit a request (via Service...

Date: 04/09/2016

System Center Service Manager (SCSM) and Orchestrator (SCORCH) integration and using the SCSM self-service portal (SSP) as a front-end to Orchestrator

Alrighty, that’s a real long, loaded name for a blogpost, but hopefully it does what it says on the...

Date: 04/07/2016

The new HTML5 based Self-Service Portal (SSP) in System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager (UR8)

In the words of a popular American Men’s suit retailer commercial, “you’re going to like the way it...

Date: 04/06/2016

System Center Service Manager Lync-Up

Many of you reading this probably already know about the monthly lync-up call, but if not, it is one...

Date: 02/16/2016

System Center 2012 Service Manager and Orchestrator Integration Example Walkthrough Start-to-Finish - New Hire Provisioning Service Request – SECOND EDITION :-)

Introduction Check out this video which is a great intro to this blog: https://vimeo.com/144258397...

Date: 10/07/2015

How to create a Basic Configuration Item View and Type Projection showing Computers with their Primary User and Custodian (owner)

It has been a while since I last blogged, but I figured as I was sitting on an aeroplane yesterday,...

Date: 06/05/2015

Include Details from Parent Work Items in Notifications

UPDATE ON 6/9/2015 – How do I traverse one more relationship if say I want to add Assigned to user...

Date: 05/23/2014

System Center 2012 Service Manager and Orchestrator Integration Example Walkthrough Start-to-Finish - New Hire Provisioning Service Request

NOTE: SINCE POSTING THIS, I HAVE LEARN SOME NEW TRICKS, SO THERE IS NOW A SECOND EDITION OF THIS...

Date: 04/09/2014

System Center Service Manager / Operations Manager Management Pack and Naming Convention Best Practices

Every engagement I do, I end up discussing management pack best practice.  In Operations...

Date: 10/09/2013

Using Built-in System Center Service Manager Relationships in System Center Orchestrator

A common integration scenario is the need to allow an end user of the portal to select a user, and...

Date: 08/30/2013

How to create an Incident Dashboard using Excel in System Center 2012 SP1 - Service Manager (SCSM) 2012

This blog walks through the steps needed to create a dashboard in Excel that looks like this:...

Date: 05/17/2013

Operations Manager 2012 Dashboard Widgets

I wrote this as a reference for the Out of the box (OOB) Widgets in Operations Manager 2012...

Date: 05/13/2013

Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2013 Video Recording Catalog

All these recordings can be accessed on the MSDN / Channel 9 website. This post organizes the...

Date: 05/03/2013

Sending out the most recent Analyst Comment from the Action Log in Service Manager 2012

When an analyst adds a comment to the action log, it may be desirable to send this new comment out...

Date: 03/21/2013

Setting Status using PowerShell and converting this into a custom task in Service Manager 2012 SP1

I had a customer who had a need this week to manually force the status of service requests /...

Date: 03/21/2013

Create a Custom Task for Connecting to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Remote Control from Service Manager 2012 (SCSM) Console

I get asked this almost every engagement I deliver, and there are a lot of great blogs out there...

Date: 03/08/2013

After all my customer engagements, I tend to share a long list of Links, Resources and...

Date: 02/08/2013

My Experience of Upgrading to Service Manager 2012 SP1 from Service Manager 2012 RTM

Last week, System Center 2012 SP1 became generally available – Download, New Features and...

Date: 01/19/2013

Service Manager 101 - Focus on Incident Management

System Center 2012 - Service Manager 101: Focus on Incident Management System Center 2012 - Service...

Date: 08/13/2012

System Center 2012 Suite Integration blog Posts on the way :-)

Recently, I have been working a lot on integration scenarios with System Center 2012 Service...

Date: 06/07/2012

How to Raise an Incident on Behalf of a different person in the portal, using System Center 2012 Service Manager and Orchestrator

SCENARIO I was working with a customer this week who had an interesting scenario - in the System...

Date: 06/05/2012

Operations Manager 2012 hit public RC today!!!

FYI, System Center Operations Manager 2012 RC is now public...

Date: 11/10/2011

Welcome to my blog

Hi, and thank you for accessing my blog! A number of colleagues have told me I should blog, so here...

Date: 11/07/2011