Product Documentation

How to Protect Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 sp1

rodtrent — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:57:36 GMT

Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009, a comprehensive business management solution for mid-size and larger organizations, is built on top of the proven Microsoft SQL Server™ database and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 solutions. Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 with Service Pack 1 provides a comprehensive feature set that provides unified disk-, tape- and cloud-based protection for the various components of the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 deployment with byte-level replication and integrity checking, plus full support for disk-to-disk, disk-to-tape, and disk-to-disk-to-tape backup. DPM 2007 with SP1 offers comprehensive data protection for organizations of all sizes, helping to maintain the business value of your Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 deployment by making it better protected and more available.

SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide

rodtrent — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:12:41 GMT

A successful upgrade to SQL Server 2008 should be smooth and trouble-free. To achieve that smooth transition, you must devote plan sufficiently for the upgrade, and match the complexity of your database application. Otherwise, you risk costly and stressful errors and upgrade problems. Like all IT projects, planning for every contingency and then testing your plan gives you confidence that you will succeed. But if you ignore the planning process, you increase the chances of running into difficulties that can derail and delay your upgrade. This document covers the essential phases and steps involved in upgrading existing SQL Server 2000 and 2005 instances to SQL Server 2008 by using best practices. These include preparation tasks, upgrade tasks, and post-upgrade tasks.

Chapter 1 gives an overview of the technical issues and decisions that are involved in an upgrade to SQL Server 2008, as well as recommendations for planning and deploying an upgrade.
Chapter 2 addresses issues related to upgrading to SQL Server 2008 Management Tools.
Chapters 3 through 8 focus on upgrade issues for SQL Server relational databases.
Chapter 9 addresses upgrading to SQL Server 2008 Express.
Chapters 10 through 14 focus on upgrading to SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence components: Analysis Services, Data Mining, Integration Services, and Reporting Services.
Chapter 15 addresses the implications of upgrading to SQL Server 2008 for other Microsoft applications and platforms.
Appendix 1 contains a table of allowed SQL Server 2008 version and edition upgrade paths.
Appendix 2 contains an upgrade planning checklist.

Adaptiva Bridge

rodtrent — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:04:11 GMT

Adaptiva Bridge is a revolutionary add-on to Microsoft’s SMS 2003 and SCCM 2007 products which enables single-server Systems Management for large global networks. Once configured on a large, distributed network, the entire network can be managed as if it was a single local network.

Quest Software - Lotus Notes Transition to Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint

rodtrent — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:54:03 GMT

Quest Software - Lotus Notes Transition to Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint

"Silverlight 2 First Look" eBooklet

rodtrent — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:44:05 GMT

Due to popular demand, the author and the Microsoft press team have provided the book as the attached PDF. It contains the first three chapters of Laurence Moroney’s book "Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 2.0" .

Full book available here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/073562528X/o/qid=buzzmanagement

Factsheet: Speed up Outlook 2007 - performance tips

rodtrent — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:05:26 GMT

This factsheet provides a series of useful tips to keep Outlook 2007 running at optimum performance.

Integrating FCS with SCCM

rodtrent — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:33:15 GMT

Did you know SCCM can be used to provide client updates and signature updates to Client Security?

Deploying and maintaining your Forefront client Security clients can be automated using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). With SCCM customers can quickly deploy the Forefront Client Security (FCS) agents, maintain signature updates automatically and assess the agent’s configuration compliance on a routine basis.

Xian Network Monitoring and Integration the full series

rodtrent — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:34:39 GMT

The Xian Network Monitoring and Integration series is now complete.

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 System Requirements

rodtrent — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:19:47 GMT

DPM 2007 System Requirements provides information that you use to ensure that the DPM server and the computers and applications it is going to protect meet network and security requirements. This topic also lists the DPM supported operating systems and the recommended hardware and software requirements.

Microsoft Deployment & Dell ImageDirect

rodtrent — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:34:56 GMT

by Charles O. Beima.

Dell ImageDirect is a web-based service that allows customers to create one multi-platform Windows XP Professional SP2 image that includes the most current Dell drivers and works across current and future Dell OptiPlex™, Latitude™, and Precision™ products allowing a single image to function on multiple systems. Used in conjunction with Microsoft Deployment, Dell Image Direct allows you to spend less time on driver management and more time on other activities.

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Software Updates Synchronization SuperFlow

rodtrent — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:28:08 GMT

The Software Updates Synchronization SuperFlow is a dynamic, interactive dataflow model that provides all of the information needed to understand the software updates synchronization process in Configuration Manager 2007. The SuperFlow also provides an animation for the process and resource files and links that provide information related to the process.

Overview

For many enterprise products, technical flowcharts can be an invaluable tool for IT Professionals to help them understand a feature or process within the product and to help them troubleshoot issues that might occur. The SuperFlow is a new concept that takes a technical flowchart to the next level by providing the following:

Interactive Flowchart
The SuperFlow interactive flowchart provides:

General and in-depth technical information about each step in the process.
Sample log files, status messages, including sample log file entries, procedures to accomplish tasks, troubleshooting information, and more!

Animation
The SuperFlow animation provides:

A visual representation for the steps in the SuperFlow process.
A detailed description for each step in the SuperFlow process.

Resources
The SuperFlow resources provides:

Links to internal resources such as the detailed dataflow for the process, sample log entries for the end-to-end process, verification checklists, etc.
Links to external Web resources that provide more information about the product and SuperFlow process

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003

Adobe Flash Player 9

Recommended display resolution of 1280x1024

Free Windows PowerShell workbook: server administration

rodtrent — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:10:30 GMT

Announced a while ago, now finally released: the second free Windows PowerShell booklet is available for download. This time I focus on server administration with Windows PowerShell, from a simple hierarchal storage management solution to user administration in the Active Directory. And I won't miss examples about event logs, SQL databases, WMI or .NET. And of course, Peedy cannot be missed. I round up the book with plenty of partner extensions, most of them free, to make your life as an administrator as easy as possible. And in case you haven't figured out why you should take care about Windows PowerShell: it's now a feature in Windows Server 2008 which can easily be activated and which helps to manage your server much easier than with WSH or CMD, if it's IIS or any other role you look at. So give it a try or dig deeper with this free booklet. The download includes both workshops from me with all the documentation, demo files and script examples.

SecureVantage ACS Noise Filter Guide

rodtrent — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:22:10 GMT

In most cases it is often unnecessary or impractical to collect and store all security events. While the Audit Collection Service (ACS) natively collects all security events from a target systemit includes a filtering mechanism which can be used tomanage event insertion and storage to the SQL database. Filters can be implemented based on event ID or on the contents of the events themselves.

The Secure Vantage ACS Noise Filters Guide provides sample filter sets and guidance to optimize data collection which improves both online and offline storage capabilities plus reporting performance. ACS Noise Filters are based onMicrosoft recommended event filters defined in the Security Attack and Detection Planning Guide and best practices from Microsoft Security MVP, Randy Franklin Smith.

Deploying Windows Server 2008 With System Center Configuration Manager

rodtrent — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:43:29 GMT

With Windows Server 2008, the installation process for servers has substantially changed for the first time since Windows NT 4.0. Since the underlying technologies for deploying Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista are now the same, wouldn’t it be great if you could use the same tools and leverage the same knowledge to deploy both? System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft Deployment now provide that integrated toolset. In this paper, learn how to use System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft Deployment to automate the deployment of Windows Server 2008 – through native integration with these new deployment processes and tools.

AdminStudio 8.0 ZENworks Edition Installation Guide

rodtrent — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:44:17 GMT

For additional information on the AdminStudio ZENworks Edition and your upgrade options, visit the

AdminStudio ZENworks Edition Web site at:

http://www.macrovision.com/products/flexnet_adminstudio/adminstudio/editions/zenworks.shtml