Articles
Here you’ll find articles providing conceptual and practical guidance on MOM 2005 and MS System Center architecture and design, implementation and administration.
| Date | Name | Description |
| 2008/03/31 | Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration Series [Complete] | Single pdf download of all 8 parts of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series at System Center Forum. |
| 2008/03/28 | Part 8: E-mail notification in Xian Io for Operations Manager 2007 | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 8 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/28 | Part 7:Jalasoft Xian Io UI integration with Operations Manager 2007 | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 7 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/20 | Part 6: Xian Policy Templates | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 6 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/17 | Configuring ACS in Operations Manager 2007 SP1 | Part 3 of the ACS series, this tutorial provides a brief overview of ACS architecture and step-by-step instructions for configuring a redundant ACS collectors reporting to a single Audit database. |
| 2008/03/12 | Part 5: Distributed Applications and Xian Network Manager Io | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 5 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/03/05 | Scripting Series (Part 3): Debugging Runtime Scripts for OpsMgr and SCE | In part 3 of our scripting series, we review debugging tips for runtime scripts in Operations Manager and Essentials 2007. |
| 2008/03/04 | Part 4:Monitoring of Processes in non-Windows systems with Xian Io | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 4 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/02/25 | Part 3: Asynchronous Monitoring with Xian IO | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 3 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series |
| 2008/02/08 | Monitoring the Availability of a Device and its Response Time | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 2 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series... |
| 2008/02/04 | Monitoring Network Device Interfaces and Ports Status with Xian Io Network Manager | Downloadable copy (pdf) of Part 1 of the Jalasoft Network Monitoring and Integration series... |
| 2008/01/28 | Operations Manager Command Line Install Syntax [Complete list]  |
Complete list of command line installation parameters for all Operations Manager 2007 roles (from OpsMgr Product Team) |
| 2008/01/18 | SCF Scripting Series Part 2 - Custom Performance Objects | In part 2 of our scripting series, we will update the script we created in part 1 to log file size data to a custom performance object. |
| 2008/01/17 | Group Computers by Subnet in MOM 2005 [HOW TO] | How to group computers located in one or multiple subnets using regular expressions in a formula-driven group. |
| 2008/01/02 | SCF Scripting Series Part 1 - Converting MOM 2005 Scripts to OpsMgr / SCE 2007 | In our first installment, we cover some basics of the OpsMgr 2007 runtime scripting API and provide a walkthrough of a simple MOM 2005 script update to work with Operations Manager and SCE 2007 |
| 2007/09/05 | Configuring Notification in Operations Manager 2007 | Step-by-step walkthrough on the steps required to configure notification in Operations Manager 2007. Updated Sept '07 |
| 2007/07/24 | Backing up Ops Mgr 2007 with Data Protection Manager | A guide to backing up your Operations Manager 2007 deployment with System Center Data Protection Manager v2. |
| 2007/07/19 | Console Tuning in Operations Manager 2007 | A short article with some lesser known Ops Mgr console tuning resources for optimizing your experience in the Ops Mgr Operations and Web Consoles |
| 2007/07/13 | System Center Service Manager - 1st Look | A flyover of the beta 1 release of System Center Service Manager. |
| 2007/07/05 | Executing Powershell Scripts in Tasks in Ops Mgr 2007 | A brief tutorial illustrating how to create custom tasks to Powershell scripts from the Operations Console. |
| 2007/03/21 | MOM 2005 Pricing & Licensing |
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| 2007/03/21 | Licensing MOM Workgroup Edition |
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| 2007/03/21 | MOM 2005 Pricing & Licensing Flash |
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| 2007/03/21 | Scripting MOM 2005 - Part Four |
MOM 2005 scripting guidance from MCS engineer Brian Wren |
| 2007/03/21 | Scripting MOM 2005 - Part Three |
MOM 2005 scripting guidance from MCS engineer Brian Wren |
| 2007/03/21 | Scripting MOM 2005 - Part Two |
MOM 2005 scripting guidance from MCS engineer Brian Wren |
| 2007/03/21 | Scripting MOM 2005 - Part One |
MOM 2005 scripting guidance from MCS engineer Brian Wren |
| 2007/03/21 | Managing Exchange 2003 With MOM 2005 (Part 3) |
Deploying Exchange monitoring in MOM 2005 by Exchange MVP Neil Hobson. |
| 2007/03/21 | Managing Exchange 2003 With MOM 2005 (Part 2) |
Deploying Exchange monitoring in MOM 2005 by Exchange MVP Neil Hobson. |
| 2007/03/21 | Managing Exchange 2003 With MOM 2005 (Part 1) |
Deploying Exchange monitoring in MOM 2005 by Exchange MVP Neil Hobson. |
| 2007/03/21 | Top Three Configuration Issues with Exchange Management Pack in MOM 2005 |
Troubleshooting guidance on MOM 2005 Exchange MP from MS PSS. |
| 2007/03/21 | Coexistence of MOM Notification Workflow and MOM 2005 Reporting on SQL 2005 ( |
Walkthrough of coexistence of Notification Workflow SA and MOM 2005 Reporting on SQL 2005. |
| 2007/03/21 | Tips for a Successful Notification Workflow SA Deployment |
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| 2007/03/21 | Provisioning MOM 2005 Console Access in the Enterprise |
Relay some recommended practices for provisioning MOM access in enterprise environments |
| 2007/03/18 | MOM 2005 Database Fundamentals | Review of important concepts related to the care and feeding of MOM 2005 operations and reporting databases. |
| 2007/03/18 | Backing up MOM 2005 |
Article on how to backup MOM 2005 management packs via a custom script. |
| 2007/03/18 | Change Management for MOM 2005 |
Article at microsoft.com explaining how MSIT manages changes to MOM 2005 management pack rules. |