MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition Product Overview

MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition Product Overview

Built for smaller, targeted Windows Server System–based environments of 10 servers or fewer, Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Workgroup Edition provides event management, proactive monitoring and alerting, and system and application knowledge to help you reduce costs and improve availability.

Identify high priority problems quickly—let MOM be your expert

• Use the easy navigation of the Operations Console to get information on potential issues.

• Customize views to see application–specific alerts, for example, for Microsoft Exchange Server, Active Directory, or SQL Server—based on the administrator role.

Understand the root cause of your IT infrastructure issues—quickly

• Get the expertise you need to understand issues from the built–in application–specific knowledge provided by the subject matter experts that develop the applications.

• Find the root cause and reduce time to troubleshoot issues by using the pre–packaged knowledge base and pre–defined troubleshooting steps.

Resolve complex and time–consuming infrastructure and application problems rapidly with expert guidance

• Use prescriptive guidance to assist in solving problems.

• Resolve issues quickly by using predefined tasks to take corrective actions.

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Edition Comparison of MOM 2005 and MOM 2005 Workgroup

Whether your IT monitoring and reporting needs are straightforward or complex or your server infrastructure is large or small, MOM 2005 and MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition provide you with the tools you need to avoid the avoidable IT issues. For a description of the features in MOM 2005, see the MOM 2005 Product Overview page. Use the table below to compare the features of MOM 2005 and MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition.

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

Event Monitoring
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
Maintenance Mode
Event Overrides
Auto–Alert Resolution
Instance–Aware Monitoring
State Monitoring
Topology Monitoring

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

User Interface
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
User Interface
Administrator Console
Web Console
Reporting Console
Event View
Attribute View
Computer View
Computer Group View
Performance View

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

Operations
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
Nested Computer Groups
Dynamic Computer Groups
Tasks

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

Management Packs
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
Service and Instance Aware
Service Discovery
Cluster Monitoring
Tasks and Diagnostics
Overrides
Responses Before Alert Suppression
Command–Line Import/Export Tools
Rule Group Versioning

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

Deployment
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
Agentless Monitoring
64–bit Agent Support
Internationalization
Firewall Support
Server Discovery Wizard

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

Reporting
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
SQL Server Reporting and Database
Topological Views

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

Third-Party Integration
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
MOM Connector Framework

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

Security
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
Scopes of Administration
Software Assurance

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

Infrastructure
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
Cluster Support
Administrative Partition
Bi-directional Multi-Tiering

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

Performance
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
System Discovery Time
Agent Footprint
Agent Installation Time

KEY:		=	Not Available		=	Included

Licensing
Feature	MOM 2005	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
Software Assurance

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