Get Started with Monitoring

Get Started with Monitoring

Monitoring

This section provides an overview designed to enable you to begin your deployment quickly and easily.

Lab Testing

Hosted Messaging and Collaboration recommends that you install and test Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) in a test environment prior to production deployments. Testing in a controlled environment allows you to verify success, validate performance, audit security, and evaluate integration into your existing systems.

Network Architecture

See Deployment Walkthrough for an overall view of the network architecture of the Hosted Messaging and Collaboration .

For more information on Reporting Services in Hosted Messaging and Collaboration , see Get Started with Reporting.

Overview of Deployment Steps

You will complete the following tasks as you deploy Hosted Messaging and Collaboration Reporting Services:

• Install and Configure Import Customer Data
• Install and Configure Update Active User Count Data
• Enable Execution of Custom Responses in MOM 2005
• Install Hosted Messaging and Collaboration Management Packs
• Install Hosted Exchange Management Pack

Microsoft Provisioning System Event Generation

If you are using Microsoft Operations Manager to monitor your infrastructure, you will see a number of event ID 5134 entries in the Windows Application Event Log of the MPS01 machine when the Microsoft Provisioning System starts and it accomplishes its validation tasks. These events show up as alerts in the Operator Console. You may safely resolve these alerts.