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| 28 Aug '04 - 13:41 | maarten goet MOM 2005 Released to Manufacturing
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the release to manufacturing of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 and MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition, a new edition that the company previously called MOM 2005 Express. Microsoft executives say the product will be generally available in about six weeks.MOM is designed to improve IT efficiency by providing operations management of Microsoft infrastructure products. MOM 2005 is the second Microsoft version of a technology the company bought from NetIQ. Extended Management Packs (XMPs) from NetIQ are available to extend the MOM infrastructure to allow management of non-Microsoft infrastructure products. NetIQ on Wednesday also announced that a new series of its XMPs will be available for MOM 2005 in September.
Some of the features that are new since MOM 2000 include an operator console, auto alert resolution, nested computer groups, diagram views, agentless monitoring, 64-bit agent support, internationalization and reporting through SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services. The new Workgroup Edition will be limited to the management of 10 devices and won't support the SQL Reporting Services or the MOM Connector Framework, a capability for connecting to other MOM servers or enterprise tools.
Above individual feature improvements, Microsoft has also committed through its Dynamic Systems Initiative to a central role for MOM in managing Windows-based infrastructures. All new server releases are supposed to ship simultaneously with a MOM management pack that is designed to be the preferred way to administer the server. Microsoft officials say the servers will still be fully manageable independently of MOM.
With the RTM, Microsoft announced a simplified pricing structure designed to bring the product in line with similar products such as Systems Management Server 2003. The MOM 2005 Server license carries an estimated retail price of $795. Each MOM-managed device will require an Operations Management License (OML). An OML five pack will cost $2,689. The Workgroup Edition is listed at $499.