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Quick Post – Documenting Setups & Installations Smartly

I am a big fan of smart solutions and approaches. Today I had one of these moments which I really liked. I was going to update a SCOM 2012 environment to SCOM 2012 SP1. Because the customer only had Thin Clients, which basically only provide an RDP client, it was somewhat limited with tools available. […]

SCOM 2012 – Event ID 4001 GetSQL2012SPNState.vbs, Missing Database Instances

During a past SCOM engagement I was asked to implement SQL Server Management Pack 6.6.0 for monitoring SQL Server 2012. This MP is getting better with every release and works in most cases without any issue. I had two SQL Servers which were placed in the same domain and were configured identically. The only difference […]

MS Flow – Trigger Azure Automation Webhook

In one of my previous post I showed you how you could trigger a webhook to trigger an Azure Automation runbook using IFTTT (If This Than That) . Well, the great news are that Microsoft is investing a great deal of money into a similar technology called Microsoft Flow. For a short summary and differences […]