Microsoft released a new tool for analyzing and comparing sets of Group Policy Objects (GPOs). The tool is is deliverd in a .zip file and requires no installation.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/secguide/archive/2016/01/22/new-tool-policy-analyzer.aspx
Adding Disk performance counters in Windows Server 2012 R2
This is a really good tips about how to make the disk performance counters visible in task manager in Windows Server 2012 R2:
http://deploymentbunny.com/2013/12/24/nice-to-know-adding-the-missing-disk-performance-counters-in-task-manager-in-windows-server-2012-r2/
FREE Microsoft eBooks
Microsoft Senior Sales Excellence Manager – Eric Ligman posted a list of almost 300 FREE Microsoft eBooks. You can download them all from hos blog at the following address:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2014/07/07/largest-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-ever-including-windows-8-1-windows-8-windows-7-office-2013-office-365-office-2010-sharepoint-2013-dynamics-crm-powershell-exchange-server-lync-2013-system-center-azure-cloud-sql.aspx
Free Study Guide for Microsoft Exam 74-409
Veeam are giving away a studying guide for Microsoft Exam 74-409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center for free.
The guide can be downloaded at http://go.veeam.com/microsoft-certification-exam.html
Recover From An USN Rollback
Very interesting article about a possible way to recover from an USN rollback:
http://thoughtsonopsmgr.blogspot.se/2014/03/solving-domain-controller-issues.html
Publishing of older posts
I have decided to publish some of my older posts that I held private as they was mostly ment as a collection of good links for my own use. Most of them are related to System Center 2012 but other areas are included as well.
SPN settings in SCOM 2012
SCOM 2012 Agent Discovery Fails
System Center 2012 Operations Manager Survival Guide
Operations Manager 2012 Sizing Helper Tool
How to become an expert
Monitoring Text and CSV log files in System Center Operations Manager
Visio and SharePoint extensions for System Center 2012
WS-Management/SMASH in SCOM 2012
Script to backup MPs
Regular expressions in SCOM
Remote Server Administration Toolkit for Windows 8
How to Create Your Own Windows Azure Publish Settings File
SCOM Remote Maintenance Mode Scheduler 2.0
Understanding Operations Manager Maintenance Mode
How to make Operations Manager 2012 (SCOM 2012) Fault Tolerant
Use PowerShell to Find Service Accounts
I was looking for a way to find service accounts using PowerShell and found the following post on the “Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog”:
To summarize, you can use the Get-WmiObject cmdlet to retrieve information about service accounts as in the following example:
Get-WmiObject win32_service | format-table Name, StartName
Automatic Virtual Machine Activation
One of the news in Hyper-V 2012 R2 is Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA), which lets you install virtual machines on a properly activated Windows server (running Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter) without having to manage product keys for each individual virtual machine. It works even in disconnected Environments. AVMA binds the virtual machine activation to the licensed virtualization server and activates the virtual machine (running Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter, Standard or Essential) when it starts. Real-time reporting and tracking data is available on the virtualization server.
AVMA is easy to implement, use one of the following AVMA keys when installing a new virtual machine in Hyper-V:
| Edition | AVMA key |
|---|---|
| Datacenter | Y4TGP-NPTV9-HTC2H-7MGQ3-DV4TW |
| Standard | DBGBW-NPF86-BJVTX-K3WKJ-MTB6V |
| Essentials | K2XGM-NMBT3-2R6Q8-WF2FK-P36R2 |
More information is available on Technet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn303421.aspx
Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview
It is here! Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview has been released, you can download it from TechNet Evaluation Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205286.aspx
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