System Center

Another handy hotfix to keep around for your System Center Operations Manager 2007 install if you are running Server 2008 or Vista. If your Health Explorer is crashing, you will want to install this OS update here.

It looks as though it isn't an error in SCOM, but an error in ComCtl32.dll.

SCCM 2007 SP1 is available for download here.

You can read about the announcement from the SCCM group here.

The biggest noteworthy items are: Full Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Support, AMT Integration, and Asset Intelligence.

If you are curious what SP1 provides in detail, check out the release notes here.

Most new MS products come with Powershell functionality. It is a good scripting language to learn. I find myself replacing 20 lines of VBScript with 2 lines of Powershell code. Anyone that does Exchange or System Center work should look into learning Powershell.

With that said, here is the second CTP for the next version of Powershell, here.

Here is the official description:
Windows PowerShell V2 CTP2 introduces several significant features to Windows PowerShell 1.0 and Windows PowerShell V2 CTP that extends its use, improves its usability, and allows you to control and manage the Windows environment more easily and comprehensively.