In brief: Microsoft releases management tool for MOM

Microsoft last week released a management tool designed to keep its operating system running at its optimum. The Microsoft Windows Base Operating System Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 provides detection, alerting and automatic response to events and performance issues. MOM is key to Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative, a broad plan to build a management platform for Windows that includes applications and infrastructure. MOM supports Windows 2000, Win 2000 Advanced Server, Win 2000 Professional Edition, Win 2000 Server, Win 2000 Service Pack 4 and Win Server 2003.

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Microsoft last week released a management tool designed to keep its operating system running at its optimum. The Microsoft Windows Base Operating System Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 provides detection, alerting and automatic response to events and performance issues. MOM is key to Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative, a broad plan to build a management platform for Windows that includes applications and infrastructure. MOM supports Windows 2000, Win 2000 Advanced Server, Win 2000 Professional Edition, Win 2000 Server, Win 2000 Service Pack 4 and Win Server 2003.

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