http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2007/06/14/operations-manager-2007-design-guide.aspxHi all, I have just put the finishing touches on the Operations Manager 2007 Design Guide. It should be available on the public download site in the next 24 -48 hours. (available here) I know that there has been great demand for this guide so extra careen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2007/06/14/operations-manager-2007-design-guide.aspx#1289105Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:38:20 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:1289105Monitoring at Microsoft with Operations Manager<p>This guide is a comprehensive resource for folks involved in designing an OpsMgr 2007 deployment. It's</p> <img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1289105" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2007/06/14/operations-manager-2007-design-guide.aspx#1273402Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:40:41 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:1273402Joachim<p>The design guide (and also the deployment guide) says that a Gateway Server needs to be a domain member. I don't see a reason why the Gateway Server needs to be in a domain (many DMZ setups do not include AD domains) and a member of the product group also posted in the public OpsMgr newsgroup that the Gateway Server does *not* need to be a domain member (see also news:9B68C787-9FD9-42B9-BB9E-75DE26270813@microsoft.com).</p> <p>-Joachim</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1273402" width="1" height="1">