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How Software Partner Solutions Add Value

Our software partners are working hand in hand with Microsoft to extend the value of Operations Manager in several key areas. The following are some areas where software partners’ solutions enhance the overall value that can be derived from Operations Manager.

Extending End to End Service Management

Our customers are facing an increasing need to manage and monitor IT services in ways that meet service levels and ensure the viability of their critical business services and applications. The propagation of Web services and composite applications underscores this need: IT organizations and their staff now find it necessary to monitor IT processes and services that span servers, applications, Web services, clients, and the network. Our software partners are providing important solutions that allow Operations Manager 2007 to solve this problem.

Network-Aware Service Management

Network management is increasingly considered an integral part of end-to-end service management. IT organizations need a low-cost, easy-to-use and integrated management solution that makes it possible for them to shift away from looking at lots of monitoring terminals and refocus their energies and resources on delivering value to the business. Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 and software from our software partners create a combined solution that offers end-to-end service management, including full visibility into the network.

For example, EMC Corporation has partnered with Microsoft to build a solution for Operations Manager 2007 that allows EMC to share network discovery, topology, and root-cause events with Operations Manager 2007 so customers can get the benefit of more closely integrated network and systems management solutions for end-to-end service visibility. Please visit the Management Pack Catalog in the link at the top for a complete list of partner solutions for Operations Manager.

Non-Microsoft Application Management

Organizations today run a wide range of heterogeneous information technology systems and devices and managing non-Microsoft applications is often an important component of a complete service management solution. Our customers are looking to manage non-Microsoft operating systems as well as applications like SAP, Oracle and VMware.

Many of our software partners have developed solutions to extend Operations Manager 2007 to seamlessly manage non-Microsoft applications and operating systems. Microsoft has a large number of software partners who provide these management packs for non-Microsoft technologies, please visit the Management Pack Catalog in the link at the top for a complete list of partner solutions for Operations Manager.

Value Add Solutions

Additionally, Operations Manager 2007 can be extended by our software partners in many ways to extend its value. Some of these areas are compliance, diagnostics, and Management Pack authoring tools.

For example, some of our partners have extended the Audit Collection Service of Operations Manager 2007 to provide operations and reporting capabilities that transform Operations Manager into an advanced compliance and security management tool. For example, one partner’s solution provides security alerting for controls, expert knowledge, as well as compliance monitoring modules for regulations such as CoBIT, FISMA, HIPAA, ISO, PCI, SOX and others. Please visit the Management Pack Catalog in the link at the top for a complete list of partner solutions for Operations Manager.

Interested in Becoming a Microsoft Software Partner?

Interested in working with Microsoft and becoming a software partner? We want you to develop solutions to further enhance the value that Operations Manager 2007 provides our customers. By becoming a Microsoft software partner you gain access to valuable Microsoft resources and tools that will help you develop the solution, increase your opportunities, and close more sales.

Partner Information

This page will help you find Microsoft partners who offer relevant product and services, as well as provide an opportunity to enroll yourself in the Microsoft Partner program and find partner resources.

Use the sales tools and product information at the Microsoft Partner Advanced Infrastructure competency portal, Systems Management specialization to grow your business with Operations Manager.

Use the Microsoft Resource Directory to locate a partner near you that offers the product, technology, or service you need. Learn what it means to become a Microsoft Certified Partner and then complete the Enrollment Wizard to enroll today.

Learn what it means to become a Microsoft Certified Partner and then complete the Enrollment Wizard to enroll today.

Interested in Becoming a Managed Services Partner?

Learn about Remote Operations Manager 2007, a new partner solution that helps you provide enterprise-quality remote managed services to your small and midsize customers in combination with Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007. Part of the award-winning Microsoft System Center family of products, Remote Operations Manager 2007 simplifies the monitoring of distributed systems and enables IT service providers to respond immediately and remotely to any issues that may affect the organization's IT environment, reducing costs associated with system downtime. Learn more.