Altiris - Best Practice references for Symantec Management Platform 7.1

Best Practice references for Symantec Management Platform 7.1:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO35984

SCOM 2007 R2 Comulative Update 5

Cumulative Update 5 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is available

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2495674 (948 MB)

SCOM 2007 R2 - Exchange 2010 Management Pack Tuning

Guidance, Tuning and Known Issues for the Exchange 2010 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592561

SCOM 2012 BETA - Now available

Public beta is available for download here:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26804

SCCM 2012 Beta 2 VHD Download

VHD Test Drive – System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (on Windows Server 2008 R2). 

Download. App. 11 GB

SCOM 2007 R2 - Admin Resource Kit

System Center Operations Manager R2 Admin Resource Kit was released 3th of June 2011 (version 1.0.0.0).

Available for download here.

SCOM 2007 R2 - New management packs portal

The System Center Marketplace:

http://systemcenter.pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/default.aspx

Management packs for SCOM sorted by release date:

http://systemcenter.pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/applications/search/operations-manager-d11?sort=released&q=