Overview of MOM 2005

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 is a comprehensive server-monitoring solution that improves the availability, performance, and security of Windows-based networks and applications. It provides central monitoring and automatic problem resolution for networks that scale to thousands of computers

MOM provides proactive real-time system monitoring for a wide range of resources, including computers, applications, server farms, e-commerce Web sites, corporate servers, and computers running Windows 2000 Server or later. You use MOM by itself, or implement a solution that includes other Microsoft products, such as Microsoft Exchange Server.

MOM 2005 provides the following benefits:

  • Event-driven operations monitoring

  • Self-deploying and scalable solutions

  • Improved system availability and performance tracking