janvier 2012 - Posts

System Center 2012 – Service Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions are available !!! (RC)

Hi all,

Great news a new add ons and extensions for System Center 2012 - Services Manager is available!

The following System Center 2012 – Service Manager add-ons and extensions are available for download:

System Center Service Manager Authoring Tool
The System Center Service Manager Authoring Tool is a tool for customization and extension of the built-in functionality in System Center Service Manager. This release supports modifying existing Process Management Packs and creating new Management Packs that define extensions to the Service Manager database for tracking additional information, customizations of forms or new forms, and new workflows. This release is available in 10 languages.

This release is compatible with the System Center 2012 release candidate. It contains the necessary changes to ensure the Authoring Tool is compatible with System Center 2012 – Service Manager but does not contain a new feature set from prior releases.

System Center Cloud Services Process Pack
This process pack will offer a self-service experience to facilitate private cloud capacity requests from your business unit IT application owners and end users, including the flexibility to request additional capacity as business demands increase.


IT Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Process Management Pack
Microsoft System Center solutions assist medium and large organizations in managing and automating their IT GRC responsibilities; improving IT GRC program management efficiency while reducing costs; simplifying and consolidating IT GRC workloads; and increasing executive, audit, and management visibility into their GRC programs. The IT GRC Process Management Pack —combined with the IT Compliance Management Series—helps customers understand and bind complex business objectives to their Microsoft infrastructure in an operationally efficient manner.

For download,click HERE

P2V Migration Toolkit | Download the Release Candidate 2 of P2V Migration Toolkit (32 bit)-(64 bit) (RC2)

Hi all,

 

Big News, the release Candidate 2 (RC2) of P2V Migration Toolkit is available!!!

What's Configuration Manager P2V Migration Toolkit?

The Configuration Manager P2V Migration Toolkit facilitates the re-utilization of existing x64 server hardware using virtualization technologies, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V.
 
The Configuration Manager P2V Migration Toolkit was specifically designed to assist in situations where there are remote Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 site servers that need to be retained during side-by-side migration process to Configuration Manager 2012. Configuration Manager P2V Migration Toolkit is geared to supporting P2V migrations at remote, branch offices that do not have existing onsite Virtual Machine Manager infrastructure.

Learn More about the P2V Migration Toolkit
 
Download the Release Candidate 2 of P2V Migration Toolkit (32 bit)
 
Download the Release Candidate 2 of P2V Migration Toolkit (64 bit)
 


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System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Release Candidate 2 (SCCM 2012 RC2) available now ! (ConfigMgr 2012 RC2 Build 7703)

Hi all,

Great news, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is available in Release Candidate 2 RC2 !!!

You can download System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Release Candidate 2 RC2 HERE

You can read my post on

How to install System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SC2012CM RC- Release Candidate) and System Center 2012 EndPoint Protection (SC2012EP).

Reminder:

What's SC2012CM RC:

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 helps IT empower people to use the devices and applications they need to be productive, while maintaining corporate compliance and control.

What's news in this release:

  • Improved endpoint protection functionality, with integrated setup, management and reporting for System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection.
  • Improved application catalog design that provides a better, more responsive experience when requesting and downloading applications.
  • New support for Windows Embedded devices, including Windows Embedded 7 SP1, POSReady 7, Windows 7 Think PC, and Windows Embedded Compact 7.
  • Improved client status checks for Configuration Manager services and features.
  • Improved compliance enforcement and tracking, with the ability to create dynamic collections of baseline compliance and the generation of hourly compliance summaries.
  • Platform support for deep mobile device management of Nokia Symbian Belle devices. Pending a platform update by Nokia later this calendar year for these devices, customers will be able to try out the management of these Nokia devices with ConfigMgr.
  • Additional scalability and performance improvements.

What's System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection :

  • System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection (previously known as Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012) protects client and server operating systems against the latest threats using industry-leading malware detection technologies. It is built on System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, giving customers a unified infrastructure for client security and compliance management. This shared infrastructure lowers ownership costs while providing improved visibility through user-centric malware reporting and control over endpoint management and security.

    New features in the release candidate include:
  • Support for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, including integrated setup, management, and reporting.
  • Role-based management across security and operations.
  • Improved alerting and reporting, with near real-time and user-centric data views.
  • More efficient delivery of signature updates using new automatic software deployment model.

Microsoft France met à disposition toute une série de formations IT, à Paris et en Province !!! (Avec Fabrice Meillon, Stanislas Quastana et l'équipe Microsoft Technet !!!)

Salut à tous,

Super news, Microsoft France a mis en place toute une série de formations IT, à Paris et en Province !!!

 

Pour les inscriptions, c'est par ICI, venez nombreux !!!

 

Nos deux Architectes et Speaker Microsoft préférés sont de la partie, j'ai nommé Fabrice Meillon et Stanislas Quastana ! Big Smile  un coucou en passant d'ailleurs!  Big Smile

 

 

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager certification | Exam 246, 247 : Private Cloud Monitoring and Operations with System Center 2012 (Private Cloud certification)

Hi all,



Great news,

If you are more interested in the Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager certification, you can get your training started now by taking the

beta course from a Microsoft partner - http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=10747AB&Locale=en-us#tab1

  • 10747A : Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
  • 10747B : Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Learn more about the Private Cloud certification here: www.microsoft.com/learning/certification/cert-private-cloud.aspx

Very more exciting, for the first time, we are going to open up our beta exams for the Private Cloud to the public at the Microso

ft Management Summit (MMS).

  • Exam 246: Private Cloud Monitoring and Operations with System Center 2012
  • Exam 247: Private Cloud Configuration and Deployment with System Center 2012


Beta exams will be limited, but it will be free.   Register for MMS today.

 

  • 10747A : Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

About this Course
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to configure and manage a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site and its associated site systems in the role of Configuration Manager administrators.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for Configuration Manager Administrators who are responsible for configuring and managing one or more System Center 2012 Configuration Manager sites and all supporting systems. They have one to three years of experience supporting multiple desktop and server computers running the Windows Server operating system in medium to large enterprise organizations. Administrators may have previous Configuration Manager experience, or be new to the product. Individuals who are interested in taking exam 70-243 TS: Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, Configuring can also attend this course. Both Configuration Manager courses will be necessary to prepare for the exam.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Describe the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager feature set.
  • Discover and organize resources.
  • Manage the Configuration Manager client.
  • Manage inventory and software metering.
  • Query and report data.
  • Manage software deployments by using packages and programs.
  • Create and deploy applications.
  • Manage application deployment.
  • Deploy and manage software updates.
  • Implement System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection.
  • Deploy operating systems by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
  • Manage compliance settings on devices.
  • Manage mobile devices.
  • Configure Wake On LAN, Power Management, and Remote Control.
  • 10747B : Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

About this Course
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to configure and manage a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site and its associated site systems in the role of Configuration Manager administrators.
 
 
The beta version of this course (10747AB) utilizes RC1 software in the virtual machine for the labs.
Audience ProfileThis course is intended for Configuration Manager Administrators who are responsible for configuring and managing one or more System Center 2012 Configuration Manager sites and all supporting systems. They have one to three years of experience supporting multiple desktop and server computers running the Windows Server operating system in medium to large enterprise organizations. Administrators may have previous Configuration Manager experience, or be new to the product. Individuals who are interested in taking exam 70-243 TS: Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, Configuring can also attend this course. Both Configuration Manager courses will be necessary to prepare for the exam.
 
 
 

About Licensing and Pricing System Center 2012 Product Suite (Configuration Manager Client ML, Endpoint Protection Subscription,Client Management Suite Client ML etc...) MICROSOFT CLOUD POWER !

Hi all friend,

In this post, you find the new licensing (Licensing Managed Servers) information for System Center 2012 Product!!!

For start, you need to know that you have two versions of System Center 2012 products suite, it's under...

System Center Suite 2012 licensing models : 

System Center 2012 Standard

System Center 2012 Datacenter

 

 

 

Datasheet

Download the System Center 2012 overview datasheet.

Licensing

Find licensing and pricing details in the downloadable datasheet.

Training

Improve your IT skill set and help advance your career with free, easy to access training.

For access to the others option on System Center2012 Licensing Website, it's HERE

 

How to install and configure System Center 2012 Operations Manager (SCOM 2012)

Hi all,

It's with a big pleasure that i explain you in this post how to install and configure System Center 2012 Operations Manager !

What's System Center 2012 Operations Manager?:

Operations Manager provides infrastructure monitoring that is flexible and cost-effective, helps ensure the predictable performance and availability of vital applications, and offers comprehensive monitoring for your datacenter and cloud, both private and public.

What's new in System Center 2012 Operations Manager?:

New Monitoring Capabilities

Network Monitoring

Operations Manager provides the ability to discover and monitor network routers and switches, including the network interfaces and ports on those devices and the virtual LAN (VLAN) that they participate in. You can also delete discovered network devices and prevent the deleted network devices from being rediscovered the next time discovery runs. For more information, see Monitor Network Devices.

Application Monitoring

In Operations Manager, you can monitor Internet Information Services (IIS)-hosted .NET applications from server- and client-side perspectives to get details about application performance and reliability that can help you pinpoint root causes of incidents. When you specify settings, the types of events to collect, the performance goals to measure, and servers to monitor, .NET Application Performance Monitoring reveals how web-based applications are running. You can see how frequently a problem is occurring, how a server was performing when a problem occurred, and the chain of events related to the slow request or method that is raising exceptions. This information is required to partner with software developers and database administrators to help ensure that applications perform correctly and reliably for your customers. For more information, see Authoring the .NET Application Performance Monitoring Template and Monitoring .NET Applications.

Location of .NET Application Performance Monitoring


Performance and Scale

Resource Pools

A resource pool contains only management servers and provides the ability to distribute workloads across multiple management servers, such as availability, network device monitoring, distributed monitor health rollup, and group calculation. For more information, see How to Create a Resource Pool.

Removal of Root Management Server

In Operations Manager, all management servers are peers; there is no root management server. The workload is split among all management servers in a management group, which provides high availability without requiring a cluster.

Improved Experience

Web Console

Operations Manager introduces a new web console that is optimized for faster load times and provides you with access to the new IT pro dashboards.

Dashboard Views

Operations Manager includes new comprehensive dashboard views that combine multiple panels of information into a single view. In Operations Manager, you can add the new dashboard views to My Workspace and the Monitoring workspace.

Creating Dashboard Views

Dashboard views have been significantly upgraded in Operations Manager from their capabilities in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, including custom layouts and nested dashboard views.

Display Dashboard Views in SharePoint

The Operations Manager web part displays specified dashboard views and can be added to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 sites. For more information, see Add a Dashboard to a SharePoint Site.

System Center 2012 - Orchestrator Replaces Connector Functionality

Connectors have been discontinued for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager and their functionality is replaced by System Center 2012 - Orchestrator. Orchestrator provides the ability to create and run automated workflows, called runbooks, made of multiple activities that each performs a distinct function. The connector functionality of enabling System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 to synchronize alerts with remote systems is achieved by creating runbooks, using activities that interact with and one or more other products. Because runbooks can include sophisticated logic and activities from any number of Integration Packs, you can implement scenarios that cannot be easily achieved with connectors. Integration Packs will be delivered for each System Center component and provide additional activities specific to a particular component.

Operations Manager Module for Windows PowerShell

Operations Manager provides a Windows PowerShell 2.0 module containing a full set of new cmdlets. The cmdlets in this module are only compatible with Operations Manager. You can recognize the Operations Manager cmdlets by the "SC" preceding the noun. For additional information about the Operations Manager cmdlets, open the Operations Manager command shell and type Get-Help about_OpsMgr_WhatsNew. For information about how the Operations Manager 2007 cmdlets map to the Operations Manager cmdlets, type Get-Help about_OpsMgr_Cmdlet_Names.

To use the Operations Manager cmdlets, you must establish a connection to an Operations Manager management group. You can establish either a persistent connection in which you can run multiple cmdlets, or a temporary connection when running a single cmdlet. For more information about connections, open the Operations Manager Shell and type Get-Help about_OpsMgr_Connections.

UNIX- and Linux-Based Computers

In Operations Manager, you can perform privileged operations on UNIX-based and Linux-based computers using unprivileged Run As accounts by combining with “sudo” elevation on the target UNIX-based and Linux-based computers. This capability avoids the need for UNIX or Linux root passwords to be known on the management server, and keeps the privilege control entirely within the domain of the UNIX or Linux administrator. Operations Manager also includes new Windows PowerShell cmdlets for performing agent maintenance functions on UNIX-based and Linux-based computers, allowing for scripting and background operations.  In addition, the resource pool feature supports computers running UNIX and Linux.  If a management server fails, another management server in the resource pool can take over the monitoring, providing high availability. For more information, see Monitoring UNIX- and Linux-Based Computers

Operations Console

You will notice some subtle changes to the Operations console. The Actions pane is now the Tasks pane, and includes a new section called Navigation Tasks that makes it easy for you to open views for a selected object. The Tasks pane offers two tabs: one for actions and one for resources and Help links. The Navigation and Tasks panes can be minimized or expanded instantly by clicking the arrow in the title bar of the pane.

 

Let's GO! Big Smile Big Smile Big Smile for the requirements!

Big Smile System Center 2012 Operations Manager Big Smile DOWNLOAD SOURCE HERE

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Use the Operations Manager Sizing Helper to determine hardware requirements for each System Center 2012 – Operations Manager server feature. If you want to install more than one feature on the same computer, use the higher of the recommended hardware requirements for any of the combined features.

Supported Processors, Memory, and Disk Space

noteNote
Operations Manager does not support installing the 32-bit agent on a 64-bit operating system. Operations Manager provides native support for x86-based computers for agents and consoles, and x64-based computers for all server features and support for agents on computers with 64-bit Itanium processors.

Minimum Software Requirements

Operations Manager server features require a supported operating system.

Note the following database considerations for Operations Manager:

  • Operations Manager does not support hosting its databases or SQL Server Reporting Services on a 32-bit edition of SQL Server.
  • Using a different version of SQL Server for different Operations Manager features is not supported. The same version should be used for all features.
  • SQL Server collation settings for all databases must be SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS; no other collation settings are supported.
  • The SQL Server Agent service must be started, and the startup type must be set to automatic.
  • Side-by-side installation of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Reporting and System Center 2012 – Operations Manager Reporting on the same server is not supported.
  • The db_owner role for the operational database must be a domain account. If you set the SQL Server Authentication to Mixed mode, and then try to add a local SQL Server login on the operational database, the Data Access service will not be able to start. For information about how to resolve the issue, see System Center Data Access Service Start Up Failure Due to SQL Configuration Change
  • If you plan to use the Network Monitoring features of System Center 2012 – Operations Manager, you should move the tempdb database to a separate disk that has multiple spindles. For more information, see tempdb Database.

If you want to install more than one Operations Manager feature on the same computer, you must install the prerequisite software for all of the combined features.

Requirements by Feature

Management Server

  • Disk space: %SYSTEMDRIVE% requires at least 1024 MB free hard disk space.
  • Server Operating System: must be Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
  • Processor Architecture: must be x64.
  • Windows PowerShell version: Windows PowerShell version 2.0.
  • Windows Remote Management: Windows Remote Management must be enabled for the management server.
  • Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) version: Microsoft Core XML Services 6.0 is required for the management server.
  • Both .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and .NET Framework 4 are required. For more information, see the following documents:

Operations Console

Web Console

  • Operating System: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
  • Processor Architecture: must be x64.
  • Web browsers: Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9
  • Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 and later versions, with the IIS Management Console and the following role services installed:

    • Static Content
    • Default Document
    • Directory Browsing
    • HTTP Errors
    • HTTP Logging
    • Request Monitor
    • Request Filtering
    • Static Content Compression
    • Web Server (IIS) Support
    • IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
    • ASP.NET
    • Windows Authentication
  • Selected website for web console: requires a configured http or https binding.

    WarningWarning
    Installing the web console on a computer that has SharePoint installed is not supported.
  • Both .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 4 are required for Setup to run. For more information, see the following documents:

    Sources Prerequisite

Let's GO! Big Smile Big Smile Big Smile  for the SCOM installation!

I have take in my example:

1 Domain controller Acttive Directory (installation not detailed in this post)

1 Windows 2008 Server R2 for SCOM 2012 and Reporting rôle on the same server [but attention, normally you install the reporting role on another server, read this > Operations Manager Reporting on the same server is not supported (Microsoft information)]

With SQL 2008 SP1 R2 + CU 4 (not detail in this post bue necessary to install before scom 2012) Collation fo Database SQL = SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

Have administrators Right lol Big Smile

 

Launch and decompress the install file...

Launch the Setup.exe and Click on Install

 

Click on :

Management server

Management console

Web console

Reporting server:

Attention, normally you install the reporting role on another server, read this > Operations Manager Reporting on the same server is not supported (Microsoft information)

And click Next

Click Next

That's possible that you have some parameter to activate...

In this example under, i will do configure the ISAPI and CGI restrictions for ASP.NET v4.0.3019 in IIS and configure the ram memory (for SCOM 2012, this minimum requirement is to have 4GB )

For configure the ASP.NET v4.0.3019,  open the IIS console and select the server; select ASP.NET v4.0.3019; right click on, select Allow.

And for resolve my memory requirement, i just upgrade my VM to 4Go Big Smile

 

Return to the setup and select Next at this step

Select create the first Management server in a new management group and click Next (in my example, i take AdminGroup)

Approve the licence terms and click Next

Type the server name; leave the default and click Next

Type the server name; leave the default (the database creation launch automatically when the sql server is available...) and click Next


Click Next

It's necessary to configure the Sql Server Agent service with > Startup type = Automatic

Click Next

Select Use Mixed Authentification Click Next

Insert Domain user name; password; let by default other parameter and click Next

Select and participate to the SCOM 2012 improvement ; and click Next

Click On and Next

Click Install

Installation in progress...

Setup is complete, installation finish !!! Big Smile Big Smile Big Smile

Great,your SCOM 2012 installation is ready!!!

I like very the DotNet Framework 4 for the console display, beautiful !!!  ENJOY ALL Big Smile

Long life to System Center 2012 Product !!! Big Smile Big Smile Big Smile

Reminder : Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Updated: December 1, 2011

Hi all friends,

Just a reminder for you inform that the Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is updated for the December 1 2011.

Click HERE for access


 

TOP 10 of New changes to know for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012)

Hi Members and Geek Fan,

First of all I would like to wish all my best wishes for this New Year 2012 I am sure that will be filled with great news and tutorials!

Let's GO for the new changes in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012)!

Changes in SCCM 2012 are numerous, allowing you to update you on changes to come with SCCM2012 you will find below the top 10 innovations/changes that is, between SCCM 2007 and SCCM 2012.