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May 2004 - Posts

What you missed at TechEd about MOM and SMS

Posted Saturday, May 29, 2004 10:18 PM by jonathanh
At TechEd itself you missed a free copy of SMS 2003, MOM 2005 Express, and Services for Unix , and at the MOM party you missed... Jessica Simpson ?!? Oh, there was some news about management packs and online demos and such, but really, you should go read Read More...
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ccmexec.exe and inventory.exe - what are they and what do they do?

Posted Thursday, May 27, 2004 1:14 PM by jonathanh
I referred to these two processes tangentially in Microsoft laptop gripes , but based on referrer hits and email they deserve a post of their own. Systems Management Server pushes out patches and keeps your software updated via an agent that's installed Read More...
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The secret's out - here's what DSI *really* stands for

Posted Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:59 PM by jonathanh
"Actually, you missed that part. I would apologize on that normally, but what we have here is the first extension of our DSI initiative, Dreary Skies Initiative . Microsoft can now span out dreary skies from Seattle absolutely anyplace. It's all under Read More...
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The MSM Glossary - the hardest part is using the same language

Posted Monday, May 24, 2004 9:39 PM by jonathanh
The Microsoft Solutions for Management team have just released their MSM glossary . This puts into one place all of the terminology used in their Operations Framework (MOF) and Solutions Framework (MSF) guides - like the recent capacity planning guide Read More...
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The Microsoft Indy team is hiring

Posted Friday, May 21, 2004 1:13 PM by jonathanh
Did I mention that my team is hiring? Indy offers the chance to be in on v1 of a Microsoft product, and build it from the ground up! Right now we're looking for two experienced developers and one developer in test to round out our team for the first release. Read More...
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MOM and SMS at TechEd

Posted Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:23 PM by jonathanh
If you're into MOM and SMS and going to TechEd next week, it looks like Ali Parker's blog is the place to catch up with what's happening - how else would you know to block out Wednesday night for the Rumble in the Jungle party ? And if you make it through Read More...
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They redesigned our community web pages - and I don't think I like it

Posted Monday, May 17, 2004 9:40 PM by jonathanh
This is belated feedback, after I missed the online chat hosted by TJLau on the redesign of the MOM and SMS web pages. In particular, I'm thinking of the redesigned pages for the SMS Community and MOM Community . Some aspects of the redesign are really Read More...
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Microsoft Management Roadmap

Posted Saturday, May 15, 2004 9:21 AM by jonathanh
Contrary to popular Slashdot belief, Microsoft's 50,000+ employees do not operate as a giant hive mind. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of everything we're doing, and the flurries of email that follow any re-org tend to be so verbose that they hinder Read More...
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And then there were three! (SMS & MOM bloggers, that is)

Posted Friday, May 14, 2004 6:20 PM by jonathanh
TJLau has started another WEMD blog - he's hoping to give some insights into the product management aspects of MOM, SMS, and all our other stuff for computer management. And I'm hoping that eventually I can turn over the Management Updates blog to him Read More...
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One RSS feed of Management Updates, coming right up

Posted Friday, May 14, 2004 12:53 PM by jonathanh
Ok, you asked for it, you got it! I've started the Management Updates blog on blogs.msdn.com, and kicked things off with the contents of the latest email from the Management Update Notification Service . Here's the opening post: Based on customer feedback Read More...
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Do you want an RSS feed of Management Updates?

Posted Tuesday, May 11, 2004 6:12 PM by jonathanh
Adam Field asked for an RSS feed of the “Management Update Notification Service” that I blogged about previously . The service is currently just an email list that gets one or two emails a month with news from the Microsoft management space: MOM, SMS, Read More...
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New on TechNet: guide to Capacity Management

Posted Sunday, May 09, 2004 8:26 PM by jonathanh
The Microsoft Solutions for Management team have released an updated version of their Capacity Management guide . This puts into one place all of their thinking on current best practices for capacity planning, performance management, and application sizing. Read More...
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Welcome to another SMS blogger!

Posted Sunday, May 09, 2004 7:39 PM by jonathanh
SMSPerfGuy joins the blogging party - welcome! Now I won't have to be point guy all the time :-) Read More...
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New releases: beta of SMS 2003 SP1, and MOM connectors for Openview and Tivoli

Posted Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:08 PM by jonathanh
Donning my marketing hat * : We've released the beta of SMS 2003 SP1. This adds security fixes, more functionality, and more client configurations - read about it and download the beta here . The MOM 2000 connectors for HP Openview and Tivoli TEC are Read More...
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The other reason to love folder redirection: shadow copies

Posted Wednesday, May 05, 2004 1:36 PM by jonathanh
In my previous post I forgot to mention the other big win of having My Documents redirected to a share on a Windows 2003 server - shadow copies . In technical terms this is a periodic volume snapshot service, using copy-on-write to minimize disk space Read More...
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The only way to work on a laptop: folder redirection and offline files

Posted Sunday, May 02, 2004 10:06 PM by jonathanh
I might bitch about eating our own dogfood, but a lot of the time it's actually pretty damn tasty. For example, I can't remember how I ever used a laptop without the combination of folder redirection and offline files. Microsoft's technical support staff Read More...
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Got Sasser?

Posted Sunday, May 02, 2004 2:39 PM by jonathanh
Didn't turn on auto-updates? Infected with the Sasser worm? Grab Microsoft's Sasser.A and Sasser.B Worm Removal Tool . Security MVP Harry Waldron seems to have been the first to pick this up . Unfortunately, the Internet Storm Center is already reporting Read More...
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Creating your own keyboard shortcuts in Outlook

Posted Saturday, May 01, 2004 9:05 AM by jonathanh
Or, remapping keys for fun and profit. I subscribe to a fair number of email lists, and use Exchange rules to filter them to individual folders. Since I read just a fraction of the new emails that arrive each day, I find myself doing “Mark All as Read” Read More...
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