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Announced on the OpsMgr team blog…
"OpsMgr 2007 SP1 and SCE 2007 SP1 have recently announced support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 in knowledge base article 953141. Along with the release of this support statement, the first batch of management packs that provide monitoring for the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Operating System have been released to [...]

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Overview
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 management pack is designed to be used for monitoring Exchange 2007 events, collecting Exchange component-specific performance counters in one central location, and for raising alerts for operator intervention as necessary. By detecting, sending alerts, and automatically responding to critical events, this management pack helps indicate, correct, and prevent possible service [...]

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I’m sure most of you know by now that SP1 for System Center Operations Manager is available for download.
Get it here…
Read all about it here…
However what you may not know yet is a known memory leak occurs on the agents after you install SP1.  Check out this KB article and Kevin Holman’s post for more [...]

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Chris Fox has posted his pre-released document on clustering the RMS role in SCOM 2007.
 
“Hi all - I am nearly complete with updating the How To Cluster the RMS for SP1 procedures as they will appear in the Deployment Guide.  Here they are, minus a screen shot.  These procedures will work for the RTM version [...]

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The Microsoft Mom Team posted a nice article on the computer discovery process in System Center Operations Manager 2007.
 
Read their post here…
 

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What is the Intersite Replication Latency Threshold?
“The Intersite replication latency threshold is the maximum amount of time that can be required for a change to replicate across the entire forest. This value is typically monitored to ensure that basic help desk procedures, such as resetting passwords or performing replication from corporate headquarters to a branch [...]

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This document describes performance and scalability guidelines to consider when planning a Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 deployment.
 
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SCCP 2007 helps size and plan deployments of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, with capacity planning models for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 coming soon. It provides you with the tools and guidance to help deploy while planning for the future by predicting the [...]

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Microsoft recently released SCOM SP1 RC that addressed a wide range of issues.  Those issues are now officially published in a KB article 944443.
 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944443

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The MOM Team posted an article outlining the upgrade paths for OpsMgr 2007 SP1.
 
“As many of you know we released an OpsMgr 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP) Release Candidate (RC) a couple of weeks ago. The product team fully supports inplace upgrades from this release candidate to the RTM version of the Service Pack. Another [...]

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