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In an earlier post I identified a number of partner management packs for use with Essentials 2007. There are loads of additional custom MPs that don't show up in the standard Microsoft catalogue that can be used either as is or with slight modifications customized for your specific needs. Here is a summary of what is currently available: You can start with the Microsoft catalogue and see what is...

Read More... No Comments 12:44 - Mar 07, 2008

Here is just a sample of Management Packs available for use with Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007. For those of you with sharp eyes, you'll notice that it isn't merely a list of Microsoft applications and operating systems. Cisco Routers, Linux Servers, IBM Blade servers, Blackberry Connectors and other well known products are offered. Those packages listed as 'for Microsoft System...

Read More... 3 Comment(s) 10:20 - Feb 19, 2008

No, Essentials 2007 is not a lite version of System Center Operations manager (SCOM.) Lately, it feels like I've been answering that question frequently. Essentials 2007 uses the same basic engine as SCOM, but includes the features of WSUS 3.0. Unlike WSUS 3.0 on it's own, Essentials 2007 also provides support for pushing out and managing software updates for non-Microsoft products. Essentials...

Read More... No Comments 12:15 - Feb 08, 2008

Fellow 'Z' person, Pete Zerger of System Center Forum , is writing a series of white papers for the System Center Operations Manager and Essentials 2007 community. This series of scripting articles is designed for MOM 2005 folks and folks not to familiar with VBScript. In the move from MOM 2005 to Operations Manager 2007 and Essentials 2007, the runtime scripting API had to change. These articles...

Read More... 1 Comment(s) 10:49 - Jan 03, 2008

SystemCenterForum has created a shared repository for how to resolve alerts for Operations Manager 2007, System Center Essentials 2007 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005. This functionality is available through a management pack called “ReSearch This!” which was created through contributions from the team at SystemCenterForum and MVP community members. ReSearch This! provides a task which does a...

Read More... No Comments 13:52 - Dec 03, 2007