Basically it means it will replace VAT (Visio Authoring Tool) which won’t be recommended anymore nor supported. I don’t regret it since VAT wasn’t a good tool at all. It forced me to use other MP authoring tooling, so I am happy about the demise of it.
The new tool looks very promising and resembles the previous SCOM 2007 MP Authoring tool somewhat. You can download the tool from here (after some registration). Again, the tool is FREE so don’t let this screen fool you after you have filled out the form:
Simply click on No Thanks. This will bring you back to the main screen where you started. But now you’ve received an e-mail message containing the download link for the tool.
Download it, install it and use it. Already Stefan Stranger and Kevin Holman blogged about these two steps in more detail so no need to repeat myself:
- Stefan Stranger:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_stranger/archive/2014/01/13/new-tool-for-mp-authoring.aspx - Kevin Holman:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2014/01/13/new-mp-authoring-tool-released-mp-author.aspx
Happy MP authoring!
5 comments:
Hi Marnix,
Thanks for referencing to my blog post about the MP Author tool.
/Stefan
Hi Stefan.
You're welcome and thanks for sharing. Also thanks for your previous comment about this tool. Already in 2013 I tried to download it only to receive a message telling me it wasn't out yet. So I am happy to know thw software is available now.
Cheers
Marnix
I ran into an issue trying to install this. I have both the SCOM 2012 R2 and SCOM 2007 R2 consoles installed on my laptop. But, when I try to install this, it says I need to have at least the SCOM 2012 Console installed. Not sure exactly what it's looking for to determine what is installed.
I ran into an issue trying to install this. I have both the SCOM 2012 R2 and SCOM 2007 R2 consoles installed on my laptop. But, when I try to install this, it says I need to have at least the SCOM 2012 Console installed. Not sure exactly what it's looking for to determine what is installed.
Hi Richard.
As far as I understand it, only SCOM 21012 is supported.
What you could do is to remove the SCOM 2077x Console, rerun the installer for the SCOM 2012 Console to make sure all is just fine, install the tool and when that is done, install the SCOM 2007x Console.
However, this isn't a supported scenario so you're a bit on your own here :).
Cheers,
Marnix
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