Technical Preview 5 has recently been released for SCOM 2016 you can get it here.
Technical Preview 5 has recently been released for SCOM 2016 you can get it here.
A Community Technical Preview has been released for all of the SQL server versions and components they are available for download here. This MP is accompanied by a refresh of the SQL MPs released earlier this month v6.6.7.6, could this be an attempt to improve QA and testing on management pack releases, especially considering the issues with the SQL MP over the past year.
The new features and fixes introduced in CTP1 management packs are as follows:
New Reporting Services 2016 MP Features and Fixes
New SQL Server 2005-2012 MP Features and Fixes
New SQL Server 2014-2016 MP Features and Fixes
There are several new additions for the Windows Server Technical Preview management packs available here.
They are:
Updated management packs for the forthcoming Windows server technical preview have been released they include support for the following technologies:
Available here
Microsoft released a technical preview of a management pack for Microsoft Azure:
The Management Pack for Microsoft Azure enables you to monitor the availability and performance of Azure resources that are running on Microsoft Azure. The management pack runs on a specified server pool, and then uses Microsoft Azure REST APIs to remotely discover and collect performance information about the specified Microsoft Azure resources.
Version 1.3.10.0 is available for download here
Available for download here
This is a preview release for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview Management Packs.
The following components of Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview can be monitoring:
Another addition addition with Technical Preview 2 for SCOM 2016 is the inclusion of a management pack for Open Source Software.
is is available for download here
Currently the following products are supported:
Guides are available detailing the current capabilities of the management packs.
A question I’ve often posed regarding SCOM is, “Why do should we be using 3rd party utilities to perform certain functions?” and the one that comes up most frequently is scheduling maintenance mode.
Well it’s finally here and i’m not surprised to see it as the first feature cropping up in the community blogs, as it is exciting, we’re finally getting the ability to create maintenance mode schedules from inside the product.
You can find this feature under the administrators node in the console.
I for one am certainly looking forward to see what other surprises are in the System Center goodie bag, more to follow.
Microsoft has announced Technical Preview 2 for the upcoming System Center 2016.
The VHD for SCOM is available for download here a link to the other System Centers products is under the details section.
New features in System Center 2016 technical preview 2 include: