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Important notes regarding the App-V 5.0 SP2 update
Please be aware that Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 Service Pack 2 (App-V 5.0 SP2) does not include a new version of the App-V Server. This means that currently the most recent version of the App-V 5.0 Server component is App-V 5.0 SP1. In addition, please make note of the following regarding App-V 5.0 SP2 clients:
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KB: The System Center Management service stops responding after an instance of SQL Server goes offline
After an instance of Microsoft SQL Server that hosts the OperationsManager database goes offline, the System Center Management service of the Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) management server may stop responding.
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Hotfix Package 2 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 Service Pack 1 now available
This Knowledge Base article describes a hotfix package that contains the latest hotfixes for Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 (App-V 5.0) Service Pack 1 (SP1). This hotfix package is applicable only to the server that is running App-V 5.0 SP1. We recommend that you test hotfixes before you deploy them in a production environment. Because the builds are cumulative, each new hotfix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous update package. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains the most necessary hotfixes.
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Advance Notification Service for December 2013 Security Bulletin Release
Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of 11 bulletins, five Critical and six Important, for December 2013. The Critical updates address vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Microsoft Exchange and GDI+. The Critical update for GDI+ fully addresses the publicly disclosed issue described in Security Advisory 2896666.
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Attempts to schedule a mailed report in DPM 2012 fail with “Reporting Services Server cannot connect to the DPM database”
~ Mike Jacquet
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KB: The DPM service crashes with Event ID 917 after you change a protection group
After you change a protection group in Microsoft System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012), the DPM service crashes with Event ID 917 and the console shuts down. This affects only protection groups that are configured for long-term protection (for example, groups that are configured for tape backup), especially if those groups contain data sources that are SQL AlwaysOn databases.
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Using Azure to provide a monitoring gateway into Operations Manager
Cameron Fuller, a System Center: Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, just published a great post about the integration of Azure and System Center. As we start to see new features in both solutions, it begins to make the sum greater than the individual parts. Examples of these integrations include backup to the cloud in DPM, cloud-based distribution points in Configuration Manager and Global Service Monitor in Operations Manager. In this blog post, the first in a series Cameron is putting together, he discusses how to use Azure to provide a cost effective solution to monitor Windows servers regardless of their location or domain membership through the introduction of Azure Monitoring Gateway (AMGW).
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KB: Update rollup packages for System Center 2012 Operations Manager
This article lists all update rollup packages that were released for Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager and Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1). The updates are listed according to build number. Update rollup build numbers that have a larger numeric value include the fixes from all previously released update rollup packages. Any version of System Center 2012 Operations Manager can be updated to a later-version update rollup. You cannot uninstall a later-version update rollup to downgrade to an earlier-version update rollup.