Now in its third major release from Microsoft, System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007 - the product formerly known as MOM - is re-engineered significantly with an orientation to end-to-end application monitoring, rather than its previous server monitoring focus. While OpsMgr is a powerful tool, it is not a piece of software that one can simply install and have working instantly. A successful implementation invovles planning, design, and an understanding of how to use its management packs. <I>Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed </I>provides a comprehensive guide to this newest version of Microsoft&#39;s product, from an overview of why operations management is important, to planning, installing, and implementing OpsMgr. This comprehensive guide to OpsMgr 2007 from the authors of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Unleashed provides&nbsp;you with what&nbsp;you need to know about OpsMgr and what it can do for&nbsp;your operations. The accompanying CD is packed with valuable utilities that will help&nbsp;you get the most out of OpsMgr.

• Introduction 1 Part I Operations Management Overview and Concepts 1 Operations Management Basics 11 2 What's New 63 3 Looking Inside OpsMgr 97 Part II Planning and Installation 4 Planning Your Operations Manager Deployment 137 5 Planning Complex Configurations 203 6 Installing Operations Manager 2007 233 7 Migrating to Operations Manager 2007 277 Part III Moving Toward Application-Centered Management 8 Configuring and Using Operations Manager 2007 303 9 Installing and Configuring Agents 369 10 Complex Configurations 425 11 Securing Operations Manager 2007 471 Part IV Administering Operations Manager 2007 12 Backup and Recovery 539 13 Administering Management Packs 593 14 Monitoring with Operations Manager 647 Part V Service-Oriented Monitoring 15 Monitoring Audit Collection Services 739 16 Client Monitoring 797 17 Monitoring Network Devices 845 18 Using Synthetic Transactions 903 19 Managing a Distributed Environment 949 Part VI Beyond Operations Manager 20 Automatically Adapting Your Environment 1005 21 Reading for the Service Provider: Remote Operations Manager 1047 22 Interoperability 1095 23 Developing Management Packs and Reports 1141 Part VII Appendixes A OpsMgr by Example: Configuring and Tuning Management Packs 1229 B Performance Counters 1261 C Registry Settings 1271 D Active Directory and Exchange 2003 Management Pack Parameters 1295 E Reference URLs 1305 F On the CD 1323 Index 1329