When building a fabric domain most want to connect Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager to get alerts and information. However many seem to fail with this due to not using the correct credentials.

First off you need to download and import the SQL MP for OpsMgr. They have been removed from the catalog and can now be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10631 Download, extract and import them into OpsMgr.

Next we need a service account with Admin privileges in OpsMgr. Create the account and add the account to an AD group and add the AD group to the OpsMgr Admins. While you are in the process of creating accounts we will need another account that OpsMgr will use to connect to VMM. This account does NOT need any privileges at all.

Now go to the VMM console on the VMM server. Go to Settings and then System Center Settings and click…