One of the biggest paradigm shifts in operations management was the move from a server-centric / reactive strategies to service-centric / proactive monitoring solutions such as those OpsMgr 2007 clearly provides. One of the challenges I have faced is when I am away from the Operations Console. Although Notifications can deliver a wealth of information to my mobile device…they are reactive…..triggered by an event, so I am back again in reactive mode and not scrambling for operations console access. With the recent release of Mobile Admin 4.2, you will never have to take your finger of the the pulse of your enterprise infrastructure.

As expected, users will be able to view and filter events raised by OpsMgr and to execute actions to resolve critical situations.

More effective and equally important, users can get server health states too.

There is also functionality for the monitoring of virtualized environments. Mobile Admin 4.2 allows users can check and administer their VMware system on a global basis. But lets not forget about Hyper-V! With the integration of SCVMM 2008 and OpsMgr 2007, users can also monitor their Hyper-V environments so now the health of your entire infrastructure is now in your pocket! (Be sure to lock the keyboard).

It gets better….you can access Powershell too. Mobile Admin has a Powershell plug-in. For a server equipped with Powershell, you will see a Powershell icon appear when you access that server via Mobile Admin. Clicking on the icon will give you a console interface that can be used for Powershell access.

Enough writing…go to http://www.roveit.com/trial/ and test it for yourself….IMHO…..you will not be disappointed.

Really Important: The Windows Mobile client is much improved and now contains SSH, Telnet and VNC capabilities. Best of all, it has been developed for the BlackBerry and supports the iPhone through the Mobile Admin web interface and the Safari browser on the device. This is a crucial accessibility feature since all organizations may not use the Windows Mobile client AND typically, the largest handheld displays are on the iPhone and Blackberry.