What's New in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005

Published: August 25, 2004

Building on the success of MOM 2000, MOM 2005 has made significant strides in improving ease of use, implementation, performance, scalability, management pack knowledge, and time to value. For a description of the features in MOM 2005, see the MOM 2005 Product Overview page. See what's new and improved in the table below.

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•	MOM 2005 Product Overview
•	MOM 2005 FAQs
•	How to Buy

KEY:	= Improved = New

Feature	Improved/New
User Interfaces
Administrator Console
Operator Console
Reporting Console¹
Operations
Scalability²
Tasks and Diagnostics
Maintenance Mode
Rule Overrides
Auto Alert Resolution
Instance-Aware Monitoring
Cluster–Aware Monitoring
Nested Computer Groups
Views
State View
Diagram View
Alerts View
Performance View
Computers and Groups View
Security
Reduced Account Privileges
Scopes of Operation
More Secure Agent/Server Communication
Deployment
Agentless Monitoring
64–bit Agent Support
Internationalization
Server Discovery
Reporting
SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services³
Report Customization⁴
Third-party Interoperability
MOM Connector Framework⁵
Management Pack Authoring

1	Reporting Console is not available with MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition.
2	MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition is limited to 10 managed servers.
3	SQL Server Reporting Services is not available with MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition.
4	SQL Server Reporting Services is not available with MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition.
5	MOM Connector Framework is not available with MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition.

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