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Harmony Hub
By Tim Posted on September 14, 2019

Harmony Hub – Setting Up Activities for Alexa

The Harmony Hub by Logitech is a fantastic piece of kit, once you get past it’s intricacies. This article explains things to be aware of when setting up activities in the Hub you want to use with Alexa voice control.

Categories: TechnicalTags: Harmony Hub, Smart Tech
By Tim Posted on September 23, 2018August 27, 2019

Deploy System Center Service Manager (SCSM)

Part 1 – First Management Server Prerequisites SQL 2016 already configured Windows Server 2016 VMs created to host SCSM Domain account for the SCSM Service Domain account for the Workflow … Continue reading Deploy System Center Service Manager (SCSM)

Categories: TechnicalTags: Automation, How To, PowerShell Snippets, SCSM, Servers
By Tim Posted on September 22, 2018August 27, 2019

Create an SQL 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Group – Lab

Server Configuration 2x Windows Server 2016 virtual servers; Server01, Server02 Disk Config: Apps Disk on SCSI Controller 0 SQL DB Disk on SCSI Controller 1 SQL Log Disk on SCSI … Continue reading Create an SQL 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Group – Lab

Categories: TechnicalTags: Automation, Databases, PowerShell Snippets, Servers
By Tim Posted on September 22, 2018August 27, 2019

Azure Low Priority VMs on Virtual Machine Scale Sets

What are VM Scale Sets VM scale sets are a group of identical virtual machines deployed as a scaled set.  Scale sets, along with other benefits, support load balancing, auto … Continue reading Azure Low Priority VMs on Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Categories: TechnicalTags: Azure, Public Cloud
By Tim Posted on October 25, 2017August 25, 2019

TLS 1.2 now Supported by SystemCenter 2016

Worth taking note. Particularly anyone struggling to fit SCSM outbound email to Office 365 into your security model. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/scvmm/2017/10/25/system-center-2016-now-supports-tls1-2-security-protocols/

Categories: TechnicalTags: SCSM, Servers
By Tim Posted on May 30, 2017August 25, 2019

Entity Explorer

Essential reading for any SCSM admin or developer. How to use entity explorer to examine classes easily

Categories: TechnicalTags: SCSM, Servers
By Tim Posted on March 13, 2017August 27, 2019

Orchestrator Web Console and Service Fail to Start after 2016 UR1

Back in 2013 Microsoft discovered a bug in the upgrade process from Microsoft System Center 2012 Orchestrator to Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator.  More information can be found here. … Continue reading Orchestrator Web Console and Service Fail to Start after 2016 UR1

Categories: TechnicalTags: How To, SCORCH, Servers
By Tim Posted on March 2, 2017August 25, 2019

SCSM RBAC Guidelines

Stumbled across a great blog post today by Jan Van Meirvenne that provides good guidance on configuring RBAC for Service Manager. It’s also the first in a series of posts … Continue reading SCSM RBAC Guidelines

Categories: Technical, UncategorizedTags: SCSM, Servers
By Tim Posted on February 10, 2017August 25, 2019

Script – Join a Computer to the Domain

Join the local computer to the domain without prompting  using a specific account and reboot once finished.

Categories: TechnicalTags: Automation, PowerShell Snippets, Servers
By Tim Posted on February 9, 2017August 25, 2019

Script – New AD Forest

This PowerShell script will deploy a new root forest with a forest and domain level of Windows Server 2012 R2.

Categories: TechnicalTags: Automation, PowerShell Snippets, Servers
By Tim Posted on February 2, 2017August 27, 2019

Activities Stuck in Pending Status

Occasionally you can get a Change Request or Service Request that has activities stuck in a pending state.  This can occur for a variety of reasons the most common of … Continue reading Activities Stuck in Pending Status

Categories: TechnicalTags: How To, SCSM, Servers
By Tim Posted on November 29, 2016August 25, 2019

Cireson Portal Environment Hash Code Missing

The Environment Hash Code is used by the portal to obtain a license, or, in an air gap environment it is used by you to obtain a license. The hash … Continue reading Cireson Portal Environment Hash Code Missing

Categories: TechnicalTags: How To, SCSM, Servers

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