System Center 2022 Update Rollup 3
We’re pleased to announce Update Rollup 3 (UR3) for System Center 2022. This release continues our commitment to stability, security, and platform currency across on‑premises datacenter operations, with targeted fixes and compatibility improvements for Operations Manager, Service Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, and Orchestrator. Details below. Virtual Machine Manager Support for additional Guest OSes & UX improvements Added Windows Server 2025 guest OS support Expanded Linux guest OS coverage: Ubuntu 24.04, RHEL 9, Debian 12, Rocky Linux 8 & 9. Availability Sets are now listed alphabetically to streamline selection. Storage provider security hardening Secure‑by‑default: Adding new storage providers now uses HTTPS by default. Learn more: Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2022 Virtual Machine Manager. Operations Manager Operations & Web Console are more stable since multiple issues are fixed such as console crashes, dashboard performance, favorite report issue. Addressed failures in workflows that use WMIProbe, ensuring the probe correctly falls back and executes. Restored Microsoft Teams notification functionality for environments impacted after UR2. Learn more: Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2022 Operations Manager. Service Manager Platform Stability on New CPUs/OS Builds Eliminated MonitoringHost instability observed on newer processors/OS builds and addressed a GroupCalc‑related crash scenario. Multiple Bug fixes on Self‑Service Portal & Knowledge Article Rendering Note: UR3 can be applied even where UR2 installation had failed, and it includes the bug fixes and enhancements that shipped with UR2. Learn more: Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2022 Service Manager. Orchestrator Platform Updates .NET 8 (LTSC) is now supported. Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) are supported. Security improvements Support for TLS 1.3 protocol is enabled. Learn more about bugs fixes: Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2022 Orchestrator We are committed to delivering new features and quality updates with UR releases at regular cadence. For any feedback and queries, you can reach us at systemcenterfeedback@microsoft.com.
Free Microsoft Hyper-V VM State to Memory Dump Converter
First published on TECHNET on Feb 02, 2010 Here's another one that's not necessarily SCVMM specific but should come in handy if you ever have to debug any of your Hyper-V VMs: The Hyper-V VM State to Memory Dump Converter Hyper-V(tm) VM State to Memory Dump Converter (vm2dmp) is a command-line tool that converts the saved state of a Hyper-V virtual machine to a full memory dump file compatible with Debugging Tools for Windows.The Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool
First published on TECHNET on Oct 27, 2009 Do you have a bunch of random machines in your environment and need to know which have processors that support hardware assisted virtualization and if this setting is enabled? If so we have a tool for you: Windows Virtual PC requires processors capable of hardware-assisted virtualization with AMD-V™, Intel® VT or VIA® VT turned on in the BIOS.Best practices for migrating a datacenter from VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V
First published on TECHNET on Mar 03, 2015 ~ Giuseppe Di FedericoI’ve had the opportunity to assist many customers who wanted to migrate their infrastructure from VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V so I wanted to take a minute to highlight some of the best practices I learned along the way.
