Author Archives: Marcel Zehner

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GitHub Source Control for your Azure Automation Runbooks

Posted on 14/05/2016 by Marcel Zehner

If you work with Automation you might know that you will only be successful when following crystal clear developlent guidelines and processes. One important factor to keep in mind – especially in larger projects with many involved automation engineers – … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Regional Director for Switzerland!

Posted on 02/03/2016 by Marcel Zehner

What a day! Today I was informed that I was nominated as a Microsoft Regional Director for Switzerland, starting in April 2016 for the next 2 years!

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Speaking at SCU Malaysia 2016 and SCU Australia 2016

Posted on 16/02/2016 by Marcel Zehner

I admit it: I love community conferences and two of the best of them will run in March 2016 in Malaysia and Australia. Both conferences focus on the latest Microsoft products and solutions and will cover technical and strategic topics … Continue reading →

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Control personalized views in SCSM

Posted on 20/12/2015 by Marcel Zehner

In SCSM Analysts have the option to change views for their specific needs. They can change the width of columns, hide columns completely or use grouping and sorting functions. All view personalizations are stored in the SCSM database so that … Continue reading →

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Operations Management Suite (OMS) – Alerting Part 1 (preview)

Posted on 07/12/2015 by Marcel Zehner

You might have heard of OMS already, Microsoft’s IT Management as a Service approach that delivers different capabilities from the cloud. Some days ago a new feature made it to the public preview status: Alerting! This means that OMS now … Continue reading →

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System Center Universe Europe – This was SCU Europe 2015!

Posted on 30/10/2015 by Marcel Zehner

I finally found some time for a recap of our annual community conference System Center Universe Europe. To sum it up: it was again a great success, the feedback was very positive and we will be back next year for … Continue reading →

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System Center Universe 2015 Europe is just around the corner – will you be there?

Posted on 26/07/2015 by Marcel Zehner

In 4 weeks we will kick off the annual community conference “System Center Universe 2015 Europe” (SCU) for the third time. We again brought together some of the best speakers on the planet to present on systems & cloud management … Continue reading →

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My new certification: MCSD – Azure Solutions Architect … or why I re-focus

Posted on 06/07/2015 by Marcel Zehner

Normally I do not blog about certifications I earned, but this one is somewhat special. The IT industry is transitioning, going through huge changes and the term “cloud” is in everyone’s head. This change will also impact many IT companies. … Continue reading →

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SCSM QuickVids for “SCSM 2012/2012R2 Authoring” – Video 4: Create a custom form (Step 1)

Posted on 13/04/2015 by Marcel Zehner

Shame on me! It’s exactly one year since I published my last video of this series. The idea behind this video series is to give an introduction to the authoring options you have with System Center Service Manager. In the … Continue reading →

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Speaker @ Microsoft TechNet Event, March 11 2015

Posted on 15/02/2015 by Marcel Zehner

On March 11 2015, I will present two sessions during a Microsoft TechNet in Wallisellen/Switzerland. Together with my fellow itnetx colleagues Markus Erlacher and Martin Wüthrich we will introduce the audience to (parts of) the Windows Server and System Center … Continue reading →

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