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Getting ready for my first Open ConfigMgr 2012 class

SCUG.be — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:40:19 GMT

Hi All, I am preparing for my very first teach in an open class of ConfigMgr 2012. The material we’ll be using is the manual me and Kent Agerlund (Danish ConfigMgr MVP) wrote. We started writing at beta2 and have updated the material over the months up...(read more)

SCSM 2012 RC : Service Offering Languages not working

SCUG.be — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:34:10 GMT

In Brussels, the capital of Belgium, 2 languages are spoken: French and Dutch. We wanted to create a few Service Offerings in Dutch (nl-Be) and a few others in French (fr-Be). To enable users to log an incident in their own preferred language. ...(read more)

SQL 2008 R2 failover cluster for system center: Lessons Learned (the hard way)

SCUG.be — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:22:47 GMT

I had assigned a task to install 5 SQL 2008 R2 cluster instances and on one of them had Analysis Services installed on a two node SQL Server 2008 R2 cluster (along with db engine). Now I discovered that Analysis Services was not needed on one of the instances...(read more)

Microsoft Virtual Academy

SCUG.be — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:46:28 GMT

A few months ago, Microsoft started the Virtual Academy, also known as MVA. On this site, www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com you can learn about Microsoft technologies. There are different tracks available. Each tracks contains a few videos explaining a...(read more)

Techdays 2012–My top 10 sessions

SCUG.be — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:32:12 GMT

Celebrate 10 years of Microsoft TechDays in Belgium! Year after year thousands of technology professionals come together to network with peers and experts, while diving deep into Microsoft technologies and learning about the latest products and...(read more)

Enable verbose logging on Self-Service Portal

SCUG.be — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:20:28 GMT

A couple of days ago, Travis Wright wrote a blog post on troubleshooting Self-Service Portal Issues in SCSM 2012. In this post Travis explains where you can find the SMPortalTrace.log file http://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager/archive/2012/01/20/troubleshooting...(read more)

SCCM 2012 Offline Event @ Microsoft Belgium

SCUG.be — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:16:00 GMT

Hi There! On Thursday March 22 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT+0100) SCUG organizes an SCCM 2012 “offline” event in the Microsoft premises at Zaventem, Belgium Speakers: Kenny Buntinx: Package Conversion Manager Nico Sienaert: What’s new...(read more)

SCOM 2012: What’s new: Default behavior of overrides

SCUG.be — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:46:59 GMT

This post is part of a series What's new: Check here for the other parts. SCOM has some huge changes on board… But some are rather small and go unnoticed to the untrained eye although they could save you a major headache. I’m pretty sure not a lot...(read more)

SCVMM 2012 : Adding ESX 4.1(i) hosts will fail when using root account

SCUG.be — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:23:44 GMT

Maybe this is a very small blog post , but I think it could help some people out When you want to add your physical ESX 4.1 hosts with the root account and it does not succeed ( getting an access denied ) , it means that your hosts are in lockdown mode...(read more)

SCOM 2012: What’s new: Maintenance mode changes

SCUG.be — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:09:00 GMT

This post is part of a series What's new: Check here for the other parts. In the second part of this series of what’s new in SCOM2012 I’ll be highlighting a small change with big implications in SCOM 2012 in the maintenance mode department...(read more)

Prepare your environment to Operations Manager 2012 – Part II Updating the SQL Server

SCUG.be — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:29:46 GMT

Hi All, As promise, the second part of this series will show you to how to update your Operations Manager 2007 R2 infrastructure from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1. Pre-requisites Resources I invite you first to read my previous post : Prepare...(read more)

SCOM 2007: Authoring console can’t find referenced mp

SCUG.be — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:24:58 GMT

Just the other day I was working on an MP after updating the environment to CU4 and all of a sudden I got the error that a reference management pack wasn’t found. Ok no big issue. Locate the management pack and reference it… no go… Still the same error...(read more)

System Center 2012 RC Released

SCUG.be — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:05:05 GMT

Today Microsoft announced the Release of System Center 2012. Please go watch the recording of the web cast to learn more! You can Download all evaluation software . With System Center 2012 RC versions available Microsoft has also implemented some licensing...(read more)

New System Center 2012 licensing model

SCUG.be — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:41:00 GMT

Today Microsoft released some details about the new licensing model of the System Center 2012 products. In a constant effort to reduce the different licensing models they have significantly changed the way you need to license your products. Pricing at...(read more)

Techdays 2012 Belgium : My agenda

SCUG.be — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:21:03 GMT

Hi, The TechDays 2012 Belgium will happen between the FEB 14 and FEB 16 in Belgium at KinePolis Imagibraine. During these 3 days, a lot of IT Pro sessions will be delivered, the complete list is available http://www.microsoft.com/belux/techdays/2012/Home...(read more)