· Cased Dimension’s Management Pack introduction, thank you to the Managing Director Liam Murray for his time and quick overview.
· Service Manager Technical Preview 4
o New iteration in SM 2016 Technical Preview series has many new improvements –
o SCCM & AD connectors become 65%* and 50%* faster respectively with ECL log disabling feature (optional)
o Incident workflows have become 50%* faster
o AD group expansion enhancements have made it schedulable and 75%* faster
o ECL grooming has become 3 times* faster
o Read more about what’s new: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt346039.aspx
o Get evaluation VHD from here - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49967
· Shared the upcoming Update Rollup 9 and next hotfix for the portal, coming January 26, 2016
o More details on UR9 in last month’s LyncUp call http://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager/archive/2015/12/17/service-manager-december-2015-lyncup-call-available-for-download.aspx