IBM Technology Advisor Microsoft Visual. Microsoft collaborates with NetIQ to deliver management tool for .NET Enterprise Servers. MOM is a scalable enterprise product that incorporates event and performance management tools for Windows 2000 Server and the family of .NET Enterprise Servers, as well as a variety of third-party enterprise and data center software. Microsoft's goal with MOM is to reduce the cost of server management and increase data center reliability. Microsoft Operations Manager primarily collects and views event information to monitor servers and applications.
MOM filters events, relaying the most important ones directly to the network administrators.
The same happens with event notices when a server fails. Network administrators are notified once, although the event notification logs the number of users affected. MOM also monitors the system to indicate potential problems. Microsoft has collaborated closely with NetIQ in the development of MOM, as NetIQ licensed the Operations Manager technology to Microsoft. MOM is currently in beta testing, and Microsoft anticipates its release to manufacturing in June 2001.