Category Archives: General

General

PDT – Install System Center in 1 (one) hour

Posted on 27/04/2013 by

If you are a Microsoft System Center enthusiast like me, then you are faced with the challenge to install all those products over and over again. Well, when using the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit this gets a bit easier because it … Continue reading →

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Marcel@MVP Summit 2013

Posted on 05/02/2013 by

In two weeks I will attend the MVP Global Summit 2013 in Redmond and Bellevue/USA. For this event, Microsoft invites all MVPs worldwide (approx 4000) for a great week of learning, sharing and having fun! For me it’s a great … Continue reading →

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scsmfaq.ch Blog Stats 2012

Posted on 03/01/2013 by

Happy new year! Another year is gone and I wanted to share the blog stats with my fellow readers and sponsors. Thanks for your support, the many interesting discussions, your endurance and patience . A total of 150k views – … Continue reading →

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SCSM 2012 SP1 – Installation

Posted on 27/12/2012 by

Before you can enjoy the new features of SP1 you indeed need to install it. But I bet you already knew that In this article I will give you a quick overview of the installation process and the preparation steps. … Continue reading →

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System Center Service Pack 1 released

Posted on 25/12/2012 by

It’s finally here on MSDN/Technet, and in a few days also downloadable for everyone: System Center 2012 Service Pack 1! We had to wait a long time for it and are now happy to see some new functionality and also … Continue reading →

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Knowledge Articles – or “how end users will find the help articles they are looking for”

Posted on 15/11/2012 by

The Service Manager portal offers a possibility to publish Knowledge Articles to consumers. This is a great thing, especially when articles are “connected” to Service Offerings or Request Offerings so that they are available at the correct place. But for … Continue reading →

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Marcel@Microsoft Community Open Day in Munich/GER

Posted on 05/11/2012 by

Next Friday and Saturday I will attend the Microsoft Community Open Day in Munich-Germany. I’m pretty sure that this will be two very interesting days where we have lots of possibilities to meet MVPs, geeks and other community members. I … Continue reading →

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Partner of the year 2012 – Datacenter … second time in a row!

Posted on 24/10/2012 by

Wow, today our company itnetx got the “Partner of the Year 2012 – Datacenter” award from Microsoft – for the second time in a row! This award demonstrates our knowledge as well as the ability to plan, deliver and operate … Continue reading →

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Speaker@Microsoft TechDays 2012

Posted on 20/10/2012 by

Another year where I was invited by Microsoft to have a speech at TechDays 2012 Switzerland. This time it will be a session about IT Service Management together with my colleague and Virtualization specialist Philipp Witschi from itnetx. We will … Continue reading →

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SCSM 2012 SP1 (Beta) – Monitoring Management Servers with SCOM 2012

Posted on 29/09/2012 by

Monitoring SCSM 2012 Management Servers with SCOM 2012 was not possible by using SCOM 2012 agents. During an upgrade process from SCSM 2010 to SCSM 2012 you even need to remove the SCOM agent before the upgrade. After a successful … Continue reading →

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