Monitoring BizTalk can be done using SCOM by administrators and issues can be diagnosed and resolved using the BizTalk Administration Console. To use SCOM solely for BizTalk monitoring, is too costly for mid-sized organizations or even an enterprise. It requires highly skilled people as learning to operate SCOM is a steep learning curve. Besides the skill set, it also requires an investment in hardware and software. Since SCOM can monitor any Microsoft product, Azure, and third-party products, it would be a waste of resources to just use SCOM for monitoring BizTalk.
The BizTalk Administration Console is a very useful tool with multiple purposes, such as maintaining a BizTalk group, configuring applications, adapters, and so on. It is one tool provided by Microsoft to target all audiences such as developers, IT professionals, performance experts, and operators. Due to these characteristics, there are two major drawbacks:
It is too powerful...