Third-party and Customized Operations Manager 2007 Management Packs
Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 MPs for many non-Microsoft software products including Linux, Oracle, and SAP, and for a variety of network appliances, are produced and available from Microsoft Partners. There are more than 100 Microsoft Partner MPs covering the majority of technologies utilized by most businesses.
Microsoft provides several utilities for developing or modifying Management Packs for MS Operations Manager 2007. The Distributed Application Designer is a graphical tool for assisting network administrators to produce performance models and MPs for their IT Services. The Management Pack Authoring Console is a graphical tool designed to assist network administrators and programmers to create MPs for their specialized applications and other technology components. The Operations Manager 2007 Software Development Kit provides software interfaces so programmers can more thoroughly integrate with and automate MS Operations Manager 2007.
Benefits of Microsoft Operations Manager 2007
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 improves the reliability of mission-critical servers by proactively identifying and helping to resolve trouble spots before they can bring down a network. For an example of how Microsoft Operations Manager has benefited a San Francisco Bay Area small business, go to the
Microsoft Operations Manager Case Study.
Microsoft Operations Manager can optimize system throughput by monitoring predefined performance criteria and usage patterns on key servers, enabling network managers to be more proactive in deploying performance-related resources and to eliminate problem areas before they cause serious network bottlenecks.
Microsoft Operations Manager reduces support staffing expenses by simplifying the tasks of system management. Because MS Operations Manager can intelligently monitor and organize enormous amounts of data gathered from many servers, fewer system managers are required to oversee operations. Also, the ability of MS Operations Manager to act automatically in reaction to alarms makes it feasible to create expert scripts that can take complex corrective steps which would otherwise require the manual support of IT staff.
By automatically creating alarms and distributing them via email or pagers to designated support staff, System Center Operations Manager makes it simpler for IT groups to maintain service level agreements. Microsoft Operations Manager's Knowledge Base helps resolve trouble more quickly, and Microsoft Operations Manager's reports ensure that job tickets don't fall through the cracks. Automatic round-the-clock monitoring and alert transmission also allows companies to allocate their IT group more efficiently so that more work can be taken on without sacrificing system support.
In general, Microsoft Operations Manager gives small businesses the advantages of 24x7 network monitoring plus expertise in fixing problems without having to manage a big, in-house service group.
How Progent Can Help You Benefit from System Center Operations Manager
Deploying Microsoft Operations Manager's, sophisticated monitoring platform can be a difficult. With more than five years of experience with the NetIQ technology upon which Operations Manager is built, Progent's network consulting experts can help you to select the most sensible Microsoft Operations Manager features, install and set up Microsoft Operations Manager, and write specialized rules, scripts, analytics, and alerts for your business. Progent can also create documentation for Operations Manager's application monitoring rules and protocols.
For network problems detected by Microsoft Operations Manager, you can outsource trouble tickets to Progent's Microsoft-qualified support experts.
With years of IT management experience, these support specialists possess the know-how to react effectively to the data produced by Microsoft Operations Manager to keep mission-critical systems running smoothly. By analyzing trend data and responding appropriately to alarms, Progent can resolve incipient problems before they cause downtime and repair urgent problems immediately after they appear. In most cases, Progent can solve problems remotely, conserving time and money. For severe problems requiring on-premise support, Progent can promptly send a service consultant to the site of any small business in Northern California or in major locations throughout the U.S..
Progent's large team of IT experts makes it possible, if necessary, to escalate tough problems by tapping the talents to some of the San Francisco Bay Area's most experienced network consultants.
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