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Troubleshooting System Center Operations Manager, Part 1: Troubleshooting the Windows SCOM Agent
A short intro on this blog series Over the past few months, I've been quite occupied, but I've come to realize something essential—I haven't written an article in well over a year. The primary reason behind this break was my pursuit of inspiration to create something...
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Group Performance Optimizations
In this article Introduction The Challenge List of recommendations Conclusion References See also Introduction The performance of a System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) management group is often a discussion topic for many organizations. In most cases users feel...
“Basic Active Directory User Monitoring with PowerShell” @Experts Live India 2024
“Basic Active Directory User Monitoring with PowerShell” @Experts Live India 2024 by Stoyan Chalakov, Microsoft MVP, Senior Principal Consultant and Partner at POHN IT-Consulting GmbH In the dynamic landscape of Enterprise IT, Stoyan Chalakov, Partner at POHN...
Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance: General Availability and Extended Capabilities
If, like me, you are using Microsoft-based tools for your monitoring. It's highly likely that you are already familiar with some aspects of Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance. This project's main objective was to take a big step toward improving cloud-based...
SCOMathon 2023, Keynote Speaker Stoyan Chalakov
Wir sind stolz darauf, Ihnen mitteilen zu können, dass unser erfahrener und hochkompetenter Senior Principal Consultant und Microsoft MVP Stoyan Chalakov erneut als Keynote-Speaker beim SCOMathon 2023 dabei sein wird. Stoyan ist ein langjähriger Teilnehmer und gehört...
HackaSCOM 2022, Stoyan Chalakov in the jury
HackaSCOM returns this year again for the ultimate Management Pack authoring showdown. HackaSCOM 2022 combines a conventional hackathon with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) to bring together some of the greatest SCOM experts in a super existing 24-hour...
SCOMathon 2022, registrieren Sie sich jetzt für den 10. Mai
Unser Senior Principal Consultant und Microsoft MVP Stoyan Chalakov wird der APAC-Keynote-Sprecher beim SCOMathon 2022 sein und das Thema "The place of System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) in today's monitoring world" behandeln. Welchen Platz hat SCOM in der...
Monitoring Active Directory User Account Expiration using SCOM and PowerShell (Step by Step Guide)
The Task A couple of weeks ago a customer of mine asked if there is a way to monitor expiring Active Directory User account passwords, using System Center Operations Manager. Since I have not done this with SCOM so far, I did some research to see what is out there. As...
Mirroring NTFS Permissions (ACLs) with PowerShell
A couple of weeks ago a colleague of mine approached me and asked me to help him automate a common administrative task – mirroring NTFS permissions for certain domain users. And if this sounds very general, let me depict the exact use case here. Company A acquires...