Hi Everyone, my name is Sonda and I'm a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) for Microsoft Premier Support UK. Quite often we’re asked by customers new to Operations Manager for links to useful resources and online learning materials.

So I’ve put together a Ramp Up guide to help you get started with Operations Manager 2007 R2.

I hope that you find this guide useful, happy monitoring!

Product Overview

• Overview
  • Operations Manager 2007 R2 Overview
• Documentation
  • Key Concepts
  • Operations User’s Guide
• Articles
  • Introducing System Center Operations Manager
  • Operations Manager 2005 and 2007: A Side-by-Side Comparison
  • What’s New In Operations Manager 2007 R2
  • What’s New & Improved in Operations Manager 2007 R2
  • Introducing System Center Operations Manager 2007
  • How Microsoft Does IT
  • Implementing System Center Operations Manager 2007 at Microsoft
• TechNet Virtual Labs
  • Operations Manager 2007 R2 – An Introduction
• Webcasts
• Introducing Operations Manager 2007 R2
• What’s New In Operations Manager Since R2
• System Center Operations Manager 2007 Technical Overview

Installing and Configuring Operations Manager 2007 R2

• Documentation
  • Supported Configurations
  • Design Guide
  • Security Guide
  • Deployment Guide
  • MOM 2005 to Operations Manager 2007 Migration Guide
  • Operations Administrator’s Guide
• Articles
  • Simplifying the Deployment of System Center Operations Manager Management Packs
  • Architecting a Cross Platform Solution with System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
  • Reporting on Service Levels with Operations Manager 2007 R2
  • IPD Guide for Operations Manager 2007
  • MOF Reliability Workbook for Operations Manager
  • Managing Line of Business Applications using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007
• TechNet Virtual Labs
  • Planning Operations Manager Deployments with System Center Capacity Planner
  • Installing Operations Manager 2007
  • Using Microsoft Operations Manager in an Exchange Server 2007 Environment
  • Monitoring Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Exchange 2007
• Webcasts
• Operations Manager 2007 R2 Deployment and Upgrade Best Practices
• Understanding Operations Manager 2007 Performance and Scalability
• The Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Top 20 Must-Have Customizations
• How Do I: Add additional Management Packs to System Center Operations Manager 2007?
• How Do I: Create a Linked Report in Operations Manager 2007?
• How Do I: Select or create a target in Operations Manager 2007?
• Operations Manager 2007 R2 Agentless Client Monitoring
• Operations Manager 2007 Discovery Series - Video 1: How Discovery Works
• Operations Manager 2007 Discovery Series - Video 2: Registry Discoveries
• Operations Manager 2007 Discovery Series - Video 3: WMI Discoveries
• Operations Manager 2007 Discovery Series - Video 4: Script Discoveries

Using and Extending Operations Manager 2007 R2

• Documentation
  • Management Packs Authoring Guide
  • Management Pack Authoring Console Scenarios
  • Management Pack Authoring Console Online Help
  • Cross Platform Management Pack Authoring Guide
  • Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack Module Reference
  • Creating Custom Reports
• TechNet Virtual Labs
  • System Center Operations Manager 2007- Advanced Topics
  • Understanding the Operations Manager 2007 SDK
  • System Center Operations Manager 2007 Authoring Management Packs – Introduction (ITPro)
  • System Center Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack Authoring – Advanced (ITPro)
  • Building Management Packs with the Authoring Console
  • Extending Operations Manager 2007 to Monitoring SAP on SQL
• Webcasts
• Monitoring Datacenter Service Health and Performance
• Developing Custom Reports and Operational Dashboards with Operations Manager 2007 R2
• .NET Monitoring with Operations Manager 2007 R2
• Successfully Monitor UNIX and Linux Alongside Your Windows Infrastructure with Operations Manager 2007 R2
• Optimizing System Center Operations Manager for Cross-Platform Monitoring, Regulatory Auditing and Advanced Visualizations
• How Do I: Create a rule and monitor using a Windows PowerShell script in a System Center Operations Manager Management Pack?
• Interoperability Connectors with Operations Manager 2007 R2
• Extending System Center Operations Manager with AVIcode Application Monitoring
• Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: Driving Compliance with ACS
• BI for IT: Visio Services Add-in for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
• Monitoring UNIX/Linux with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

Premier Workshops

• System Center Operations Manager 2007: Alerts and Monitoring
• System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: Monitoring, Optimizing, and Troubleshooting

Further Learning

• More Webcasts
  • On-Demand Webcasts
• Microsoft Exam 70-400
• TS: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuring

Resources

• Tools
  • Action Account Tool
  • AEM Validation
  • AgentMM
  • Authoring Resource Kit
  • Certificate Generation Wizard
  • Data Warehouse Retention Tool
  • Effective Configuration Viewer
  • Maintenance Mode Scheduler
  • MP2XMLDumper
  • MPViewer 1.7
  • Operations Manager Cleanup Tool
  • Operator Basics for Operations Manager 2007
  • OpsMgr 2007 R2 Sizing Helper
  • Override Explorer v3.3
  • Proxy Settings
  • Sample Vista Gadget
  • Subscription Copier
  • Subscription Tool
  • System Center Operations Manager 2007 SDK
  • Visio Add-In for Operations Manager 2007 R2
  • Visio Stencils for Operations Manager 2007 R2
• Blogs
• MOM Team
• Neil Harrison
• Daniele Muscetta
• Russ Slaten
• Steve Rachui
• Anders Bengtsson
• Kevin Holman
• Stefan Stranger
• Jonathan Almquist
• Boris Yanushpolsky
• Marnix Wolf
• SCOM 2K7
• TechNet Wiki - Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
• The Ultimate PFE Blogroll

Thanks

Sonda Maduhu

Premier Field Engineer