System Center

I’m at TechEd this week, presenting and enjoying the awesome new Microsoft technologies powered by Windows Server 2012 and System Center.  There is so much to talk about in Windows Server 2012, including Hyper-V 2012, RDS, HA scale-out file server, DNS [...]

Hey VMware… Novell called.  They want their future back!   I must admit, having been in IT for a while, I’ve gotten used to Microsoft coming in a little late to the party, then dominating the heck out of a market.  [...]

User Application Self Service Self Service for End User Applications Automation deployment of: -End user applications -End user settings Extremely slick with quick provisioning: -Streamed applications -Web applications

I was working on several Service Manager engagements where I had very large computer, software, and user lists that I wanted to query content from through Request Offerings.  The Service Manager content returned by the query is out-of-box set to [...]

What you will learn: -Overview of System Center -What to expect out of Service Manager -Starting points for Service Manager implementations -Top 10 things to remember -Awesome Service Manager + Orchestrator Processes -SCCM and SCOM new features -What to do [...]

In System Center we make heavy use of Business Services, because this is how we represent the deliverables of IT to the business.  In System Center Service Manager, we have the opportunity to articulate these services through the business service listing, [...]