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Authoring Management Packs – the fast and easy way, using Visual Studio???
I know what you are thinking. “Wait, what did he just say?” Well, hear me out. Over the years, there have been many tools that we have used to write MP’s. The SCOM UI Authoring tab, Notepad,...
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Part 1: Use VSAE to create a new Management Pack Project
This is Part 1 in a multi-part series explained here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2016/06/04/authoring-management-packs-the-fast-and-easy-way-using-visual-studio/ Step 1:...
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Part 2: Use VSAE fragments to dynamically discover an application based on...
This is Part 2 in a series of posts described here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2016/06/04/authoring-management-packs-the-fast-and-easy-way-using-visual-studio/ Now we will...
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Part 3: Use VSAE fragments to monitor a service
This is Part 3 in a series of posts described here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2016/06/04/authoring-management-packs-the-fast-and-easy-way-using-visual-studio/ In our next...
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Part 4: Use VSAE fragments to create an alert generating event log rule
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Part 5: Use VSAE fragments to create a performance collection rule
This is Part 5 five in a series of posts described here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2016/06/04/authoring-management-packs-the-fast-and-easy-way-using-visual-studio/ In our...
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Part 6: Use VSAE fragments to add Alert, State, and Performance views to your MP
This is Part 6 in a series of posts described here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2016/06/04/authoring-management-packs-the-fast-and-easy-way-using-visual-studio/ In our next...
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Part 7: Use VSAE fragments to add custom Groups to your MP
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Part 8: Use VSAE fragments to create a Windows Performance Monitor with...
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Silect offers new MP Authoring tool – MP Author Professional
http://www.silect.com/content/mp-author-professional Building on the simple-to-use, free MP Author tool, they released MP Author Professional. It adds/extends many more monitoring scenarios to the...
View ArticleSilect MPAuthor version 7.0 released
The free version of Silect’s MP Author just released a new version: 7.0 http://www.silect.com/mp-author June 2016: MP Author Version 7.0 The enhancements in MP Studio and MP Author consist of a...
View ArticleSQL MP updates – version 6.7.2.0
The SQL Management packs have been updated. This is the first major release since 6.6.4.0, back in late 2015. I will list all the SQL MP below. Don’t import all of them unless you need each...
View ArticleSystem Center 2016 gets a launch date
System Center 2016 and Windows Server 2016 will be launched at the Microsoft Ignite conference in September 2016. Read about it here:...
View ArticleUpdated SQL RunAs addendum MP’s
Just a quick notice to let everyone know I updated my SQL RunAs Addendum MP’s. If you haven’t read about this, it is a new way to configure security for the SQL management packs which eases...
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How to add accounts from another domain into a SCOM User Role
Normally – when you have a trust with a remote account domain, and you want to add users from the rote domain to SCOM, things go perfectly. However, if the user account in the remote domain uses a...
View ArticleMP Update: Windows Server Operating System 6.0.7316.0 released
The base operating system MP’s have been updated: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=9296 Previously, there were a couple interim releases that were pulled due to issues,...
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SQL MP Run As Accounts – NO LONGER REQUIRED
Over the years I have written many articles dealing with RunAs accounts. Specifically, the most common need is for monitoring with the SQL MP. I have explained the issues and...
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UR11 for SCOM 2012 R2 – Step by Step
KB Article for OpsMgr: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3183990 Download catalog site: http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=3183990 NOTE: I get this question every...
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SCOM 2016 is available
Yes, yes, I know. Late to the party. Better late than never. For those that don’t know – SCOM 2016 was released at Ignite this year, on Sept 29th. It hit the GA milestone on October...
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VSAE (Visual Studio Authoring Extensions) updated for SCOM 2016
VSAE has been updated for SCOM 2016. Get it here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30169 Works great with my fragment library – which you can download and try out...
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