App-V superflow published

About a week ago, a new superflow documentation was released. This is the App-V deployment Superflow. Highly useful document if u need a step by step guide to install the App-V componentt. Flowcharts are provided to showcase the steps process.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=948cb798-779c-4a39-9a16-5181dd1c45a7

Getting Rid of the Outlook 2010 Panning Hand

So i suddenly had this Hand in my Outlook 2010 Reading Pane and couldn't freakin get rid of it! This meant that I could not highlight any text and copy anything! Everytime I clicked the hand it would just PAN. Clik.. PAN... Click.. PAN... Spent a couple of hours trying to figure out how to get rid of it!!! ^&*(*&^..

then... i accidentally pressed [ESC] and *poof.... gone. Back to normal. DUH!!

SCOM placed in Leader Quadrant

Operations Manager 2007 R2 and its AVICode acquisition has been placed in the Gardner Magic Quadrant as a Leader. However, reading the review, there is a little error in their comment about licensing. In the Weaknesses description, it states that OpsMgr licenses can only be acquired with the System Management Suite. This is not right as OpsMgr can be purchased as a standalone product. Read it here

Opalis Integration Packs for FTP, Telnet and HTTP (by Quest)

Quest has released some FREE Opalis Integration Packs. They are for FTP, Telnet and HTTP.
http://blogs.inside.quest.com/management-extensions/2011/01/26/quest-software-opalis-integration-pack-utility-for-http-telnet-and-ftp/

Opalis Video Demos

This is a good post on demos surrounding Opalis. Check out the 8-minute video demos at  http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2010/09/21/opalis-8-minute-demo-video-series-now-on-microsoft-showcase.aspx

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3

I believe the only product which has ever gone to an R3 version.. :)

SCCM R3 is now released. http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2010/10/14/system-center-configuration-manager-2007-r3-unleashed.aspx

Opalis Customer Experience program announced. Sign up Now

The CEP for Opalis has been announced. Check out the team post here. This is a good program to participate together with Microsoft on your Opalis experience. Sign up here

Windows Intune first steps

Started the Beta 2 of Windows Intune yesterday. Installed the 64-bit agent that was downloaded from the Management Console. It took a couple of hours for the whole setup to initialize. Here is some of the stuff that was noticed:

• My Forefront Client was uninstalled and replaced by the Intune Malware Protection
• Windows Intune Center was added
• Files were installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft\OnlineManagement
• Noticed several common client based management packs imported into the C:\Program Files\Microsoft\OnlineManagement\Monitoring\Management Packs folder