Anyone working in the ICT or having any related job for that matter, can’t deny it: things are changing. Much is to be found and told about the cloud and what it can do.
The cloud comes in many shapes and formats, like IaaS, Paas & SaaS. Also the formats can be different, like public, private, hybrid and community based. Even though this blog isn’t about the cloud, there is no doubt that it will affect SCOM as well. The question isn’t when nor why but more like how?
The first steps in moving SCOM into the cloud have been made. What started under codename ‘Atlanta’ has been rebranded into Microsoft System Center Advisor (SCA).
What it does? For now it does NOT deliver real time monitoring like SCOM. Taken directly from the website:
At the moment it supports:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and future editions;
- Windows Server 2008 and future editions.
How it works? I have borrowed this diagram from Stefan Strangers weblog. Thanks Stefan!
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