Greater Philadelphia System Center User Group

Content from February Meeting

Scott Stumpf — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:19:49 +0000

Here is a link to the slide deck and my Windows Server Core tips sheet from our February meeting.

Philly SC 2012-02 February Meeting

Hyper-V on Windows Server Core Tips, Tricks, and Cheats

Microsoft Virtual Academy for System Center 2012

Scott Stumpf — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:40:26 +0000

Microsoft Virtual Academy is a FREE training portal offered by Microsoft with some nice online course content. New tracks have been added recently for Configuration Manager 2012 and Virtual Machine Manager 2012.

Microsoft Virtual Academy

Overview and Infrastructure Changes to SCCM 2012

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

A great free training resource worth checking out.

VERY Excited to see these!! Microsoft announces availability of System Center 2012 Release Candidate Orchestrator Integration Packs

Mike Bergin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:55:59 +0000

Following the release of System Center 2012 Release Candidate, Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate of the Orchestrator Integration Packs for the following System Center 2012 components:

System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
System Center 2012 Operations Manager
System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager
System Center 2012 Service Manager

In addition, Release Candidate Orchestrator Integration Packs are also available for the following legacy System Center products:

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
System Center Service Manager 2010
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
System Center Configuration Manager 2007

They can be downloaded HERE:

System Center Cloud Services Management Pack RC Now Available!

Mike Bergin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:23:00 +0000

Check out Travis Wright’s blog and learn more about the System Center Cloud Services Management Pack Release Candidate that is now available for download.

The System Center Cloud Services Process Pack offers 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. Download the Management Pack today!

New Microsoft Private Cloud Whitepaper

Scott Stumpf — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:26:11 +0000

Microsoft has just released a new whitepaper with cost and ROI comparisons between System Center 2012 and VMware’s vCenter Operations Management Suite. You can download a copy directly from our user group website.

Microsoft Private Cloud Whitepaper

February Meeting Agenda Posted

Scott Stumpf — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:13:56 +0000

The agenda for our February 16th meeting has been posted. You can register for the meeting using the following link:

http://phillysc-feb2012.eventbrite.com/

Photos from our January Meeting

Scott Stumpf — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:52:34 +0000

Bill Tsai was kind enough to send me some photos from two breakout sessions at our January meeting.

Free 2-Day Online Course for System Center 2012

Scott Stumpf — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:31:39 +0000

Microsoft is offering a free 2-Day online course “Creating and Managing a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Jump Start” on Feb 21 – 22, 9:00 – 5:00 AM PST. This looks like a really nice offer. You can check out the details and register here

http://mctreadiness.com/MicrosoftCareerConferenceRegistration.aspx?pid=298

Intro Slides from January Meeting

Scott Stumpf — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:06:59 +0000

Here is a copy of the intro slides with links from our January meeting for those of you asked for it.

Philly SC 2012-01 January Meeting

New System Center 2012 Suite Licensing

Scott Stumpf — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:26:20 +0000

During the “Transforming IT with Microsoft Private Cloud” webcast, Microsoft officially announced a new licensing model for System Center 2012. The suite is going to be offered in both Standard and Data Center editions; no licensing for separate products going forward. I was going to post detailed information on the two, but Rod Trent over at myITforum beat me to the punch. You can check out his excellent post at:

http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/01/17/new-system-center-2012-suite-versioning-and-licensing-model-simplifies-and-excites/