Connecting Your Servers and Workstations Directly to Microsoft Operations Management Suite

Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS), announced at Ignite 2015, is a new, Cloud-based command center for managing critical assets, both in the Cloud and on-premises. Read more HERE.

Using OMS, you can connect on-premises systems directly to the Cloud and allow data to be delivered and stored to be viewed in the Azure-hosted dashboard. To connect systems you need to install agent software on each and every device that needs to be managed and monitored.

Here's how to get the agent:

Installation of the agent takes some additional steps, but Microsoft also provides a script to help automate those. The installation steps are:

Once the agent is installed and communicating correctly with OMS, data should start to appear in 5-10 minutes.

Additionally, OMS allows you to leverage your existing investment in System Center, giving you the ability to connect your on-premises OpsMgr installation to OMS.  Find out how to connect existing OpsMgr systems to OMS: Connecting System Center Operations Manager to Microsoft Operations Management Suite

OMS does not yet support Capacity Management and Configuration Assessment, so you'll still need to use System Center for those.