What if OpsMgr is in a state where it is running but not working properly? Maybe your RMS is gray or the notification and alerting systems are down. How do you detect this condition so someone can take action to resolve it? Monitoring the console all...

Here at Microsoft I have had the opportunity to work in different roles on several teams all of which contained very smart people.  I have to say though, I am currently working with some of the most talented engineers of my career.  I work with...

Over a year ago I blogged about the proper syntax required to populate an alert description with data returned from a property bag. The syntax in the blog is correct but the idea of doing this confused some. I will describe below how to accomplish this...