Automating Role Creation

The companies I’ve worked with break down SCOM access for various app groups (SQL, SharePoint, FEp/SCEP) for security (and SCOM stability!) reasons. I always automate this via Powershell to ensure my dev/test/prod environments match and for easier rebuilding should *gulp* something go awry. Here’s an example of the PS1 I created to setup SharePoint admins … Continue reading →

Web Console – Access Denied when clicking on Views

I got a weird issue today. A user could open the web console and login successfully, but when he clicked on a view he got 401 or access denied. When I tried with my admin ID, I was shocked to get the same results. This obviously wasn’t a true access issue, but some IIS/SCOM issue. … Continue reading →