TABLE OF CONTENTS Introducing Microsoft Operations Manager
Features of Microsoft Operations Manager
Microsoft MOM Workgroup Edition
You may be hearing about Microsoft MOM for the first time, or maybe you ve been using it for a number of years. In either case, it is always best to start from scratch and begin the coverage of MOM with the basics. Even if you re a MOM expert, there may be things you don t know (or have forgotten). The goal of this chapter is to cover the basics of MOM, introduce you to the concept of centralized management, outline the features of MOM, and break down the various versions available to you.
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 is one of those products that has flown under the radar for a number of years. With enterprise IT shops getting larger by the day, the ability to centralize management for ease of administration has become more in demand as of late. As a result, MOM and its counterparts from other vendors are rising in prominence.
MOM is Microsoft s latest effort to assist IT professionals in their quest to ease the administrative burden they must face. Microsoft MOM, originally introduced in 2000, is intended to provide proactive support to impending IT issues, as opposed to the normal fire-fighting that most IT shops are forced into after a problem has already occurred. Microsoft has positioned MOM to address several operational issues:
Event Management
Proactive Alerting
Reporting
Trend Analysis
MOM is intended...
