MMS – Sessions
A brief recap of today’s sessions.
IO14 – SCOM Advanced Concepts
Alert-based subscription now native in the console!
Override view now in the console!
Service – Level Monitoring built in, a bit easier to config.
And, BTW, if you haven’t played with it yet, R2 is a vast improvement.
IO16 – Authoring Management Packs for SCOM – Advanced
Lots of “Follow these directions” without a real understanding of why. The session is more of a “Here’s what you can do” versus “Understanding How”. Appropriately, a new multi day course was announced: 50231 “SCOM 2007: Advanced Management Pack Authoring (L400)”. All said, an important lab to understand if you are even remotely related to MP authoring.
YY05 – Implementing Desired Configuration Management in SCCM
Great lab, great instructor. Nearly every step of the lab was accompanied by a note, explaining what you were doing and why, and what the options were that you weren’t doing. Best session so far.
Instructor highlighted Silect.com. Their CP Studio makes DC MP’s easier to create by importing config’s from known entities (servers, workstations).
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