What is System Center Operations Manager?
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is a systems monitoring and management software developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft System Center suite of management products.
SCOM allows IT administrators to monitor services, devices and operations across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments. It provides a centralized view to oversee the health, performance and availability of infrastructure components like networks, servers, applications, virtual machines and more.
Key capabilities and features of SCOM include:
- Monitoring of performance and services of Windows and Linux systems
- Alerting when predefined thresholds are breached
- Automated responses and self healing abilities
- Reporting and analytics around availability, performance, capacity etc.
- Customizable dashboards and visualizations
- Role-based access control and security
- Monitoring of Microsoft applications like Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint etc.
- Monitoring of cloud services like Azure VMs, Office 365 etc.
- Integration with ITSM tools like ServiceNow
SCOM helps IT administrators gain deep visibility into infrastructure, faster problem resolution and ability to fix issues before users are impacted. With its automated responses and self-healing capabilities, it reduces downtimes and enhances service availability across mission critical systems.