System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog : Recommendations for PKI Key Lengths and Validity Periods with Configuration Manager

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Great article on PKI recommendations for SCCM environments looking to moved into Native Mode.

System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog : Recommendations for PKI Key Lengths and Validity Periods with Configuration Manager

BridgeWays Management Pack for VMware

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BridgeWays Management Pack for VMware is now available for trial and to purchase.
BridgeWays management packs are designed to model the complex environments that are a result of virtualization. Through connections to the VMware vCenter Server or individual VMware ESX/ESXi hosts the management pack is able to automatically discover all of the components that make up VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3).
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Email: jeff.madott@bridgeways.ca
Tel: +1.613.842.3494

OpsMgr ISV Über Demo, Webcast June 3rd

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Learn how to optimize System Center Operations Manager for cross-platform devices and applications, regulatory auditing requirements, and how to create advance LOB, geographic and executive level dashboards in SharePoint. Don’t miss this great opportunity to see firsthand how easily SCOM can be extended to address real world business problems, reduce complexity and TCO for IT, all while maximizing your ROI in System Center.

Register Online Now

Title: Optimizing System Center Operations Manager for cross-platform monitoring, regulatory auditing and advanced visualizations

This session includes over 50 minutes of demos and presents customer examples of:

  • extending Operations Manager for Apache and Oracle monitoring using BridgeWays;
  • supporting SOX and PCI audit requirements using Secure Vantage Technologies;
  • building intelligent views across these solutions using Savision Live Maps; and
  • integrating it all with Microsoft Office SharePoint.

Presented By

· Jeremiah Beckett - President, Secure Vantage Technologies Inc.

Special Guests

· Dennis Rietvink - CEO, Savision

· Rob Doucette - SW Dev Mgr, BridgeWays

· Ryan Brennan – CTO, Secure Vantage Technologies Inc.

Cisco SAFE Reference Guide

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This guide discusses the Cisco SAFE best practices, designs and configurations, and provides network and security engineers with the necessary information to help them succeed in designing, implementing, and operating secure network infrastructures based on Cisco products and technologies.
Download the complete book (PDF - 17 MB)

System Center Virtual User Group meeting

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The next System Center Virtual User Group meeting #6 will be May 21st, 12 noon central start time. We have a good mix of SCCM and Operations Manager presentations.

Agenda (Central Time Zone)

Presenter

Topic

Scott Moss

Introduction

12:00 - 12:05

Steve Rachui

SCCM - Task Sequencing and Software Distribution

12:05 - 12:55

Baelson Duque

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Features

1:00 - 1:55

Closing - open for questions

2:00 - 2:10

Registration

We have an excellent line up for this meeting so join us by registering here. http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=138017

PC Audio only

Audio will only be available through Live Meeting.

Presenter Bios

Steve Rachui - Microsoft

Steve Rachui is a Manageability Support Escalation Engineer in the Product Support Services group at Microsoft. Steve was also a tech reviewer for the upcoming ‘SCCM Unleashed’ book. He has supported SMS since version 1.2. Steve can be reached via his supportability blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/.

Baelson Duque - Senior Program Manager - Microsoft
Baelson Duque started at Microsoft a Systems Engineer and shortly thereafter, became a Tools Engineer building tools for Microsoft Game Studios Operations team. Baelson pioneered MOM as the Operations Monitoring Platform. Baelson is has been a proud member of the Operations Manager Program Management team for 7 years bringing with him over 5 years of Operational Expertise from many levels in the IT Operations stack. Baelson is currently the PM Project Lead for OpsMgr 2007 R2 and working on “Bringing Easy Back” to Management Pack Authoring for the next release of Operations Manager (OM 10).

Thank you for your continued support!

Scott Moss

president - System Center Virtual User Group

vice president - Atlanta Systems Management User Group

Windows 7 Ultimate cannot be upgraded to Windows 7 Enterprise.

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Hope you’re not reading this in hopes of getting past this issue with the Release Candidate of Win7. All my attempts have failed miserably. If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to add a comment.

Finally back in Austin. Plane …

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Finally back in Austin. Plane was delayed in PHX. Next stop: bed! Then I pick up Roscoe dog in the morn. Good night all.

@autumnbouk That might be hard…

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@autumnbouk That might be hard… He’s dead.

Never again will I travel with…

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Never again will I travel with two laptops! What a pain! Literally.

2hr layover in Phoenix. Flight…

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2hr layover in Phoenix. Flight is delayed. :(

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