This section will give you a very short introduction to what System Center Operations Manager is all about on a very high level.

System Center Operations Manager is a Microsoft solution to build a monitoring experience that you could rely on if it is designed the right way. The biggest difference between Operations Manager and other third-party software that claims the market is that Operations Manager will provide you with deeper knowledge and richer monitoring—an alert experience.

Providing a proactive monitoring experience that is based on a product comes from building a design that is applicable to the organization and operators for the modern datacenter. A thorough pre-study regarding what is really important to know before you get started with the actual implementation of Operations Manager is of key importance, if you want to achieve a decent proactive monitoring experience.

Planning is the most important part of building a proactive...