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SCE Vs. VMware: How Do They Compare?

Kimberly Bolton — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:43:00 GMT

Edwin Yuen discusses how Microsoft's newest virtualization products--namely System Center Essentials 2010 and Hyper-V--stack up against existing VMware offerings. He highlights how SCE and Hyper-V are great choices for the small-to-mid-sized company that wants a cost-effective, easy to deploy and manage yet full-featured virtual solution. The presentation ends with resource links for more information on obtaining Hyper-V (a free download) and SCE 2010 (currently in beta).

Interview with Aidan Finn - Hyper-V, System Centre and IT Pro Momentum

Dave Northey — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:00 GMT

Aidan Finn (Systems and Infrastructure Manager with C-Infinity) talks about why he chose NOT to go with VMware in favor of Hyper-V and System Centre.

Aidan is a System Centre MVP and an active blogger and user group leader. He has been engaged in IT Pro Momentum from the very begining. He talks about how he has used the program and how he shares his knowledge with others.

He closes out by sharing his plans for the up and coming R2 releases of Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V and System Centre.

Aidan blogs here: http://joeelway.spaces.live.com

You can download the Release Candidate of Windows Server 2008 R2 from here and start build your own Live Migration failover cluster.

And if you live in Ireland and want to join the IT Pro Momentum program please email me mailto:daven@microsoft.com

Enjoy..

Dave

System Center and Microsoft Exchange 2010

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:41:00 GMT

PART 4 of 4

In this episode of Brad and Jeff's periodic chats about the management business at Microsoft, they talk about how System Center fits in the constellation of platform and server releases in the fall of 2009.

In part 4, Brad and Jeff cover briefly how System Center supports key workloads, such as Microsoft Exchange.

Also in this episode:

System Center and Windows 7

Dave Morehouse — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:05:00 GMT

PART 2 of 4

In this episode of Brad and Jeff's periodic chats about the management business at Microsoft, they talk about how System Center fits in the constellation of platform and server releases in the fall of 2009.

In part 2, Brad and Jeff talk about all the improvements in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and R3 that make deployment and management of Windows 7 clients far more energy efficient and cost effective than ever before.

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System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 beta preview

Adam Bomb — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT

I recently sat down with David Mills and Edwin Yuen, who got together for a brief discussion of Microsoft’s IT management and virtualization solution for midsize businesses. With the release of public betas for System Center Essentials 2010 and Data Protection Manager 2010, customers will have the capability to easily manage, backup and restore their physical and virtual servers in an integrated way.

After discussing the benefits of using Hyper-v, SCE 2010 and DPM 2010, Edwin gives us a quick demo of SCE 2010’s integrated virtual and physical management capabilities.

For more information and to download public betas, go to:

SCE 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/sce

DPM 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/dpm

System Center and Windows Server 2008 R2

Dave Morehouse — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:29:00 GMT

PART 3 of 4

In this episode of Brad and Jeff's periodic chats about the management business at Microsoft, they talk about how System Center fits in the constellation of platform and server releases in the fall of 2009.

In part 3, Brad and Jeff treat the relationship of System Center to the latest release of the server platform, Windows Server 2008 R2.

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Better Power Management in the Enterprise (2 of 2)

Kimberly Bolton — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:28:00 GMT

In part 2 of 2, Mark Aggar, Microsoft Environmental Technologist, talks about how virtualization is key to better power management, and then provides tips and resources that help consumers and businesses track and reduce their power consumption.

Also in this series:
Better Power Management in the Enterprise (1 of 2)

Better Power Management in the Enterprise (1 of 2)

Kimberly Bolton — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:50:00 GMT

In this 9 1/2 minute video, Jeffwettlaufer, System Center Product Manager, and Mark Aggar, Environmental Technologist, discuss how Microsoft is helping businesses make IT greener through better use of Microsoft product features and best practice recommendations.

Also in this series:
Better Power Management in the Enterprise (2 of 2)

System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 and Microsoft Exchange

Dave Morehouse — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:22:00 GMT

Jason Buffington and Leslie Kitz get together for a brief parlay on what's new and exciting in the next version of System Center Data Protection Manager, due out in the spring of 2010.

After discussing how DPM 2010 stacks up, and how 2010 supports Exchange server installations, Jason goes into a demo that shows off DPM's new capabilities in protecting Exchange.

This video is the first of a series.

Driving Manageability Across Microsoft

Dave Morehouse — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:31:00 GMT

PART 1 of 4

In this episode of Brad and Jeff's periodic chats about the management business at Microsoft, they talk about how System Center fits in the constellation of platform and server releases in the fall of 2009.

In part 1, the discussion focuses at a general level on how System Center is a business central to Microsoft, not only from the standpoint of its strategic value in the marketplace, but also in terms of its technical importance to businesses across the company, from Windows client to Windows server, to all of the key server workloads, especially Exchange.

In parts 2, 3, and 4 that follow separately, they talk specifically about the way in which System Center supports, respectively, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange.

Also in this episode:

System Center Home
Because It's Everybody's Business (the joint launch and campaign site)

Managing Compliance with System Center Service Manager 2010

Dave Morehouse — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT

Clare Henry, technical product manager on the System Center team, introduces System Center Service Manager 2010 by showing how this new product from Microsoft, currently in beta 2 trials, can help lower the risk of configuration errors so you can can quickly and efficiently resolve incidents. The demonstration specifically shows how Service Manager delivers solutions for compliance management, from the detection of a non-compliant configuration scenario to full remediation.

For more information on Service Manager, please refer to the System Center Web site.

Service Manager 2010: Operations Manager Integration and Service Maps

Dave Morehouse — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT

System Center Service Manager, scheduled to ship in 2010, is a flexible IT automation platform that provides built-in workflows based on industry best practices for incident and problem resolution, change control, and asset lifecycle management. It can help provide better service management by:

Reducing the cost and improving the responsiveness of customer service requests by combining knowledge, self-service, and the ability to automate requests on the Service Manager Self-Service portal.
Optimizing processes and ensuring their use through templates that effectively guide IT analysts through best practices for change and incident management.
Providing the foundation for informed and cost-effective decision-making to better align IT systems and services to the ever-changing needs of the business.
Reducing resolution times by cutting across organizational silos, ensuring that the right information from incident, problem, change, release, or asset records is accessible through a single pane.
Delivering flexible process workflows and templates that IT pros can adapt to their organization’s requirements.
Extending the value the Microsoft platform delivers by automating the processes and activities among System Center products.

In This Video
In this presentation w/ UI demo created by Marc Umeno, senior program manager on the Service Manager team, you'll find out how System Center Service Manager can import service maps from System Center Operations Manager and extend them to include relevant business information, user information, and service information. Service maps in System Center Service Manager allow IT to better understand how issues affect services, perform root cause analysis faster, and quickly identify the right course for remediation.

See the System Center Web site for more information on Service Manager.

Instalación de System Center Configuration Manager 2007

hektor — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:13:00 GMT

Este video realizado por Gastón Gardonio (Ingeniero de Soporte de Microsoft) nos detalla la instalación de System Center Configuration Manager 2007. Además podremos ver los requerimientos del SCCM 2007, aspectos de la migración de SMS 2003 a SCCM 2007 y características de la nueva versión. También nos comenta en detalle que modificaciones se hacen en el Active Directory y como realizarlas.

Configuracion e instalación del cliente de SCCM 2007

hektor — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:12:00 GMT

Este video realizado por Gastón Gardonio (Ingeniero de Soporte de Microsoft) nos detalla la instalación del cliente de System Center Configuration Manager 2007 y cómo llevar a cabo sus configuraciones iniciales.

Windows Day: System Center Management Suite Enterprise aplicada al desktop

Diego Gaona — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:16:00 GMT

Con SMSE la administración de sistemas se integra definitivamente, aun en entornos virtualizados.¡Tome el control sobre sus estaciones de trabajo! La premisa: productividad y facilidad de uso.

Oradores: Martín Berra - Alberto Ortega

Toward User-Centric Client Computing: Citrix Integration with Configuration Manager

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:46:00 GMT

In this episode of their ongoing discourse on System Center, virtualization, and other topics in IT systems management, Jeff and Brad talk about a recent announcement from Citrix regarding their efforts with Microsoft to simplify desktop computing through a closer partnership in developing and integrating desktop virtualization technologies. Citrix's XenApp, as Brad and Jeff discuss, with its integration into System Center Configuration Manager, represents a significant step toward the vision of user-centric client computing.

Additional resources:

Integration of Dell's Lifecycle Controller with Microsoft System Center

Dave Morehouse — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:58:00 GMT

Brad Anderson, System Center corporate VP, meets with Laurie Tolson, systems management VP of Dell, to discuss their technology partnership, in particular the integration with System Center of Dell's latest offering in systems management, Lifecycle Controller 1.2, part of the 11G family of Dell server hardware.

Operationalizing Compliance With Microsoft System Center and Tripwire

David Tesar — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:01:00 GMT

Paul Ross from Microsoft System Center and Dwayne Melancon from TripWire discuss compliance in the datacenter and their solution can help make compliance easier and less taxing for joint customers.

Visit TripWire's Solution Compliance Page
Visit the System Center Homepage

What Virtualization Means for the Desktop

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:59:00 GMT

Brad Anderson and Jeff Wettlaufer are together again, this time for a chat on desktop virtualization scenarios and technologies. Using Brad's whiteboard for illustration, they cover application virtualization, desktop (or hardware) virtualization, presentation virtualization, and finally, virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI.

For additional information relevant to their discussion, please refer to:

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Zane Adam: thoughts from the top on Virtualization

James O'Neill — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:13:00 GMT

Zane’s job title is “Senior director, Virtualization” , so I expected him to be an interesting chap and I wasn’t disappointed. This interview was recorded on his recent visit to London, when he was suffering from such a lack of sleep that he would have been within his rights to call the whole thing off. Not a bit of it... we had what I thought was a great talk - the video attached needed very little in the way of editing, even if it lacks a little in recording quality.

Using Service Manager with Operations Manager

Adam Bomb — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT

While at MMS last April, I ran in to Clare Henry on the Ask the Experts night, and she introduced me to a few members of her team and got a demo for me of Service Manager.
It's pretty slick - you can use the trouble ticket tool to drive activities in Operations Manager. This way your help desk people can have basic operations activities performed without requiring administrative permissions or OpsMan access.
You can find out more about Service Manager here. Oh, and look, you can take it for a test drive.

How to protect SharePoint with DPM 2007 sp1

Jason Buffington — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:01:00 GMT

We get a lot of questions about how and why DPM 2007 is a great backup and restore solution for SharePoint.

So, I took most of the current information that I use on SharePoint protection, added some demo's, and included the SP1 updates for protection.

For more information specifically on how to protect and
recover SharePoint with DPM -- please visit www.microsoft.com/DPM/sharepoint.

Enjoy...

Community Q&A with Larry Orecklin at MMS

Adam Bomb — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:01:00 GMT

Larry Orecklin is a General Manager in the System Center organization at Microsoft. He dropped by the community lounge at MMS to answer questions, including his thoughts on the importance of community, where Microsoft is going with virtualization technologies, managing clients, including our newly announced online management offering and more.

Insight Control for System Center

Dave Morehouse — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:49:00 GMT

Brad Anderson chats with HP's Scott Farrand about a new management solution from HP, Insight Control for System Center, which integrates the hardware management features of HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers with Microsoft System Center.

For further info, check out this page on the HP site.

Brad Anderson Q&A from MMS 2009

Adam Bomb — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:39:00 GMT

New this year at MMS was the Community Lounge, which offered a comfy place to sit, some nifty swag, and an opportunity to ask questions of executives in Microsoft's System Center Division.
Brad Anderson, the General Manager of System Center, was the first of these Execs, and he answered questions on the future of hosted management services from Microsoft, the UI in the System Center Admin tools, and shared some of his own thoughts on the importance of the Management community.
The lounge area lighting wasn't the best, and we didn't have mics on the folks asking questions, but Brad does a good job of repeating their questions in his answers.