About the Operations Manager 2007 Security Guide

Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1

This guide provides you with security-related information as it pertains to Operations Manager 2007. The topics discussed in this release of the security guide are described in the following section.

For future releases of this document, see the Operations Manager 2007 Security Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=64017).

In This Section

Account Information for Operations Manager 2007

Describes the accounts in Operations Manager 2007 that you will provide credentials for.

Role-based Security in Operations Manager 2007

Describes how role-based security is implemented.

Run As Accounts and Run As Profiles in Operations Manager 2007

Describes how Run As Accounts and Run As Profiles are used.

Authentication and Data Encryption for Windows Computers in Operations Manager 2007

Describes how and when data between various Operations Manager components is encrypted and instructions about how to obtain and use certificates.

Authentication and Data Encryption for UNIX and Linux Operating Systems

Describes how to securely deploy agents to UNIX-based and Linux-based computers.

Using Certificates with ACS in Operations Manager 2007

Describes when certificates must be used so that authentication can take place between the ACS Forwarder and the ACS Collector.

Security Considerations for Agentless Management in Operations Manager 2007

Provides information about security considerations for agentless management.

Web Console Security in Operations Manager 2007

Shows how to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with the Web console in Operations Manager 2007.

Appendix A - List of Operations in Operations Manager 2007

Lists the operations available, broken out by profile.

Appendix B - List of Hash Values for UNIX and Linux Agents

Lists the hash values for the UNIX and Linux agents

External Resources

For an online version of help, see Operations Manager 2007 Help (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=77739).