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Control management pack updates between MS OMS and Operations Manager

Summary: Learn how to disable automatic management pack updates from MS OMS to Operations Manager and limit updates to a specific time window. Hi all, Brian Wren here. I usually spend my time writing documentation for TechNet and Azure.com, but I’ve been hearing about an issue from a few customers that I wanted to address. We’re going to...

Use WMI and PowerShell to Create Collection Query Rules

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Heath Lawson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI to create collection query rules. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Heath Lawson is back with us today for Part 3 in his series. You can catch up by reading Part 1 and Part 2: Howdy y’all! Heath here. This is the last in a series of three ...

Use PowerShell to Set Configuration Manager Properties

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Heath Lawson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to set advanced properties in Configuration Manager. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Back today is Heath Lawson. You may want to read the first post of this series before you begin this post: Apply Common PowerShell Concepts to Configuration Manager. ...

Apply Common PowerShell Concepts to Configuration Manager

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Heath Lawson, talks about applying common Windows PowerShell concepts to Configuration Manager. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we welcome guest blogger, Heath Lawson. Heath is a System Center premier field engineer based in Kansas City, Missouri. He often posts about System Center-related scripting ...