Operations Management Suite (OMS) Sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2016 – Video...
For those of use that were not privileged enough to be able to attend Ignite this year, we have to rely on watching the video recordings afterwards. If you’re interested in System Center, then you will...
View ArticleSCOM ACS Dashboard in OMS
A few months back, Wei Lim from Microsoft published a blog post about Mapping ACS Reports to OMS Search Queries. Being a SCOM guy, this interested me, since if you’ve ever worked with SCOM, and more...
View ArticleHow I Passed the 70-533 Exam
Recently I successfully passed the 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam. I wanted to briefly share the resources that I used to accomplish this. Here’s the list in no...
View ArticleMy Experience with the SCCM OMS Connector
Today I finally got around to attempting to integrate SCCM with OMS. For those that may not be aware, with the release of SCCM 1606, Microsoft has included a new feature; a pre-release of the Microsoft...
View ArticleHow I Passed the 70-534 Exam
Recently I successfully passed the 70-534 Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions exam. I wanted to briefly share the resources that I used to accomplish this. Here’s the list in no specific order:...
View ArticlePlan Your Windows 10 Upgrades… For Free!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably running/using Windows 10 right now. According to Microsoft, there are more than 400 million devices that are using Windows 10. But, if you’re an...
View Article39 Tapes vs. 1 Azure Backup Cloud
Backup is always that unsung hero. It’s there in the background, and no one notices it, that is until it’s needed. And with the ever-growing volume of data, backing up becomes more and more of a...
View ArticleThree Ways to Restore Azure IAAS VMs
In our Cloud first world, many organizations are starting to explore and use Microsoft Azure as an extension (or maybe even a replacement) of their data centres. Either way, if you’re on this Cloud...
View ArticleAzure Site Recovery Now Allows Longer Test Failover!!!
Back in May 2016, Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure Site Recovery (ASR) in the new Azure portal. True, ASR had been around before then, but in the Classic portal. With the release...
View ArticleAzure Site Recovery – Disks Not Coming Online Post Failover
Here is a scenario you might encounter with one of your customers, in using Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR). The Environment Let’s say there is an...
View ArticleEnhancing the OMS Security and Audit Solution
If you’re using Microsoft’s hybrid management toolset, called Operations Management Suite (OMS), and in particular the Security and Audit solution, then read on to discover potential ways to enhance...
View ArticleThe OMS ACS Dashboard Solution – Now on GitHub!
Several months ago, I posted an article on how I followed Wei Lim’s post on OMS equivalent SCOM ACS queries and built that into a custom OMS Solution. The article in reference can be found here: SCOM...
View ArticleOrphaned Objects in Resource Groups – Lessons Learned
Recently, I developed and published my first OMS solution ARM template, namely the SCOM ACS Dashboard. That was definitely a learning experience in itself. However, when I was developing and testing my...
View ArticleFirst Podcast with Adaptiva: Microsoft’s Upgrade Readiness for Windows 10
A few months ago I published a blog post on the OMS Upgrade Analytics (now called Upgrade Readiness). Recently I was asked to record a podcast based on content from my blog post. A big thank you goes...
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