Searching for Operations Manager help

First published on TECHNET on May 07, 2008
I created a Vista gadget that makes it easier to find help for System Center products. The gadget uses Live Search macros to search specific sites instead of the entire web. Search results are only returned from sites that are known to contain helpful information about System Center products. Use the settings in the gadget to pick the product (such as Operations Manager) that you want to find information about, and then enter a search term in the gadget to get customized search results.

Here is the download link: http://gallery.live.com/LiveItemDetail.aspx?li=49e26ad0-113d-4f3d-a711-57f6530c75d9

If you are interested in extending the gadget to search sites that you define, then here is an article about that: http://weblog.stranger.nl/extending_the_system_center_content_search_windows_gadget

Also, if you want to take advantage of the scoped search without installing the gadget, here are a few search macro sites you can use:

• Search Operations Manager blogs: http://search.live.com/macros/microsoft_user_assistance/sc_operations_manager_blogs
• Search Operations Manager product help on TechNet: http://search.live.com/macros/microsoft_user_assistance/sc_operations_manager_technet
• Search Operations Manager SDK help on MSDN: http://search.live.com/macros/microsoft_user_assistance/systemcenteroperationsmanager
• Search Operations Manager KB articles: http://search.live.com/macros/microsoft_user_assistance/sc_operations_manager_kb

- Chris Scoville