Item: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Rating: 8
Author: Muhammad Mulla

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager in our organisation mainly for event management and monitoring. We are able to integrated Operations Manager with multiple systems from different vendors and can apply actions if appropriate. Along with this, we use Operations Manager with Squared Up to provide different teams with dashboards to provide clean views for their systems.

Pros and Cons

Alerts
Discovery

Clarity events
Ability to create dashboards

Return on Investment

We are able to proactively monitor applications and tackle events before they become issues.

Support Rating

Microsoft Premier support is very helpful

Key Insights

Do you think Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) delivers good value for the price?

Are you happy with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Systems Center Operations Manager is particularly well suited to larger environments, especially when running systems by different vendors. However, it is quite management intensive if you want to use it to its full potential.

SCOM to manager all your systems

Overall Satisfaction with System Center Operations Manager