This post has nothing to do with operations manager but you will find it useful if you ever need to install hotfixes on a windows server 2008 core installation. Here’s the situation. I needed to install some hotfixes (for SCOM but also for Hyper-V) on a windows server 2008 core environment. When you download the hotfix, and try to install it with the delivered .msi (through commandline) you will get the following notification: Unfortunately, .NET framework won’t work on a core installation so you...(read more)

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