Visual Studio – Target Framework Not Supported
If you’ve ever authored SCOM management packs with Visual Studio Authoring Extensions then you’ve likely run into this issue. There’s no option that you can select to fix this. To my knowledge, the product group hasn’t fixed this yet. The solution is to add the following text to your .mpproj file, then reload your sloution: …. Read More
Azure Arc – Connect (previously connected) machines at scale using Group Policy
Enhancing Azure Arc Onboarding with a Script Modification Azure Arc simplifies hybrid and multi-cloud management by enabling you to extend Azure’s capabilities to your on-premises servers and non-Azure environments. It empowers organizations to manage infrastructure, security, and compliance with consistency across diverse ecosystems. One practical approach for onboarding multiple domain-joined machines to Azure Arc is …. Read More
Run Remove-SCOMDisabledClassInstance Without Confirmation Prompt
Summary of Remove-SCOMDisabledClassInstance In System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), there are instances where certain class objects become disabled and need to be removed to maintain a healthy management environment. The Remove-SCOMDisabledClassInstance function automates the process of cleaning up these disabled class instances. This is particularly useful for administrators who manage large SCOM environments and need to regularly clean …. Read More
Microsoft.SQLServer.Replication.Windows.Discovery SQL Queries (v7.0.28.0)
Now that the SQL management packs rely heavily on DLLs it’s not easy to determine what the workflows are doing or how they do it. These are the queries used for many of the workflows within this management pack.
Microsoft.SQLServer.Replication.Windows.Monitoring SQL Queries (v7.0.28.0)
Now that the SQL management packs rely heavily on DLLs it’s not easy to determine what the workflows are doing or how they do it. These are the queries used for many of the workflows within this management pack.
Add Custom Kusto KQL Syntax Highlight to OneNote
1) Install NoteHighlight2016 https://github.com/elvirbrk/NoteHighlight2016/tree/master 2) Modify Ribbon file “C:\Program Files\CodingRoad\NoteHighlight2016\ribbon.xml“ Add this line as shown in the screenshot: 3) Create custom .lang file for your language Understanding the .lang File Markup The .lang file is a configuration file used by the NoteHighlight extension to highlight the syntax of code. Here’s a breakdown of the structure: …. Read More
SCOM Agent Proxy Management Pack v2
Download NEW! Added support for Windows System (HKCU) proxy settings. First, the bad news: This new MP version requires a rip and replace of your previous version (and any overrides). The good news: Now you can manage your System proxy settings easily. Why might you need to manage your Windows System proxy settings? When your …. Read More
SQL MP Debug Logging – On/Off with a Simple Agent Task
Sometimes you need to activate SQL Management Pack debugging. The SCOM product group makes it relatively easy; by creating a registry key to instantly begin writing debug information to the Operations Manager event log. ‘HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\SQL Management Packs\EnableEvtLogDebugOutput\SQL Server MP’ To make things even easier, here are two tasks: Enable: Disable Logging should begin …. Read More
M365 Monitoring – Filter Service Alerts with Selective Discovery
The current version of the management pack has really cool logic baked into the service incident alert rules so that only one alert should exist at any given time for a specific incident, regardless of how many updates are added to the incident. However, every time an update is provided, the previous alert is closed …. Read More
Microsoft Graph API test script for M365 Services
Here’s an easy snippet for doing some basic testing of M365 services via Microsoft Graph. Don’t forget that your app registration permissions must be correct before you will find any success with this test. App Registration Permission App registration permissions shown below at the time of this writing.NOTE: Message Center Reader role is required as …. Read More