http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=Administration,System+Center&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'Administration' and 'System Center'en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2012/06/28/recorded-webcast-available-extend-scom-to-optimize-sql-server-performance-management.aspxThu, 28 Jun 2012 11:37:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:44131KKline<p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Join me and&nbsp;Eric Brown, Quest Software senior product manager for SQL Server&nbsp;monitoring tools, as&nbsp;we discuss the server health-check capabilities of Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM) in this previously recorded webcast. We delve into techniques to maximize your SCOM investment as well as ways to complement it with deeper monitoring and diagnostics.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">You’ll walk away from this educational session with the skills to:</p><ul style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><li>Take full advantage of SCOM’s value for day-to-day SQL Server monitoring</li><li>Extend the capabilities of SCOM to proactively manage SQL Server performance</li><li>Troubleshoot issues in real time and historically</li><li>Drill into database health to quickly find the root cause of issues and make corrections</li></ul><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Watch the recorded webcast:&nbsp;<a title="Quest Software's Expert's Perspective Webcast - Extend SCOM" href="http://www.quest.com/webcast-ondemand/-kevin-kline-webcast-extend-scom-to-optimize-sql-server-performance-ma817107.aspx">HERE</a></p>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2012/05/03/build-your-own-microsoft-operations-manager-pack.aspxThu, 03 May 2012 15:25:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:43125KKline<h2 style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><strong>Operations Manager Management Pack Development Kit</strong></h2><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">I just recently told you about&nbsp;<a title="Cool New Things in Microsoft System Center" href="http://kevinekline.com/?p=1941">some cool new things happening with System Center</a>&nbsp;- before I stumbled across this tidbit. &nbsp;Hey, if I could, I'd go back in time and add this entry to the previous one --- yeah, and totally NOT play the stock market to make a fortune through time travel. &nbsp;But I digress...</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">So the Operations Management Management Pack Development Kit applies to Microsoft Operations Manager 2012 and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. &nbsp;It&nbsp;provide the you with all of the info need to design and build a management pack intended of your own for monitoring an application via Operations Manager.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">At last! You can now manage all of those FoxPro and Access 2.o apps you've still got in production. &nbsp;More info at:</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee533840.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee533840.aspx</a></p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/mpauthor/archive/2011/09/21/new-module-documentation.aspx">http://blogs.technet.com/b/mpauthor/archive/2011/09/21/new-module-documentation.aspx</a></p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">&nbsp;Let me know what you think! Enjoy,</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">-Kev&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">&nbsp; Follow me on&nbsp;<a title="Kevin Kline's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/kekline">Twitter</a>!</p>