Azure Log Analytics – Portal Refresh
stefanroth It has been not long ago when Microsoft introduced the new Azure Log Analytics query language and also the new portal experience at http://portal.loganalytics.io . Just as we got used…
2017
PowerShell – Comparing Management Pack Version
I bumped into an interesting problem while writing a custom PowerShell module. The module should compare the management packs from a SCOM management group and some local repository. If the…
PowerShell – Convert Special Character String Into Numbers
Do you know the situation where you have to handle strings / string data that has a lot of complex characters? In certain situation it is just a pain to…
OMS – Monitor Windows Services / Processes
One thing I am missing in OMS is, to monitor windows services and processes easily. Well, there are many ways to monitor such components with OMS like: Run some sort…
Azure Log Analytics – Cross Workspace Query Resolve Workspace ID
At Ignite 2017 Microsoft introduced a new functionality in Azure Log Analytics (ALA) to write queries across workspaces. This has been a long awaited feature for many customers. Why? Let’s…
SCOM 2016 – Start-SCOMAgentMaintenanceMode PowerShell Way
In SCOM 2016 there is a new way to set maintenance mode on your agent machine itself. Microsoft released a module to set the maintenance mode on the agent server…
SCOM 2016 – Preview 1711 What’s new?
You might have heard that Microsoft is switching to a semi-annual channel for Windows Server and System Center. If you have no clue what this is or what it means…
stefanroth.net – New Blog Design
stefanr5 It has been 6 years ago when I started to blog about Microsoft technologies, mainly SCOM. You might know the “old” URL was blog.scomfaq.ch / scomfaq.wordpress.com. I started with the…
Azure Application Insights – Using Squared Up Web API
Many of you know Squared Up for their powerful HTML 5 dashboard solution for SCOM. It does an awesome job displaying data in a fast and easy way. There is…
SMA – Cannot create unkown type ‘{clr-namespace:Microsoft. PowerShell. DyncamicActivities} Activity_xxxxxxxxx_Nested’
I have done many projects using Service Management Automation and PowerShell. One specific error I haven’t seen so far in the job exception of the SMA runbook is this…