Source: Internal As you might know I was not able to fly to MMS 2010 in Las Vegas due to the recent eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland :-( So I’ve time for other things and today I stumbled on the next screencast, which might be handy for implementing OpsMgr Crossplatform monitoring. Check out this screencast on Screencast.com.  

Source: John Baker’s BritBlog I’m currently building a new demo environment on Hyper-V for the next Public Beta of OpsMgr 2007 R2 and was looking for a fast way to install some new Windows Server 2008 machines. And today I stumbled upon this article from John Baker. “Are you working with Hyper-V?  Want to save some time creating virtual machines?   Then take a look at the Virtual Machine download site, there are two virtual machines available:  Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Server CORE installation and Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Server FULL installation. These VHD's are only available in English only and is only for evaluation and testing purposes. Evaluating Windows Server2008 software does not require product activation or entering a product key. Any edition of Windows Server 2008 may be installed without activation and evaluated for an initial 60 days.” More info on source.

Source: Technet Magazine Blog The November 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. FEATURE ARTICLES                                                                  Monitoring Windows Server 2008 with OpsMgr 2007 As you deploy Windows Server 2008 into your environment, you’ll need a way to manage and monitor its health, performance, and availability. Fortunately, you can  use the existing System Center tools you are already familiar with. See how you can use OpsMgr 2007 to manage your Windows Server 2008 assets. Using Configuration Manager with Windows Server 2008 Granular Targeting in Operations Manager 2007 Presentation Virtualization with Enhanced Terminal Services Tracking Changes in Your Enterprise Database