Its the end of MMS.  So if your a MOM 2005 guy and your moving to MOM 2007 whats the top things to be aware of:

 

1. Groups dont have rules targeted to them any more.  They are just for scoping views now.

2. Groups dont have rules targeted to them any more.  they are just for scopring views now.

3. Groups dont have rules targeted to them any more.  Tey are just for scoping views now.

4. Re-read the above.

5. Rules are now targeted to Roles.  Roles define things in your management space, like databases, computers, agents, IIS Servers and the like.

6. THIS IS MILES BETTER.  You may not believe it initially but once you see how health models roll up you'll be popping champagne corks once you've got it.

7. Although it's quite scary initially, the way the roll / class / type idea works once you have it it will be really useful.

8. Businesses arent going to be ready for what MOM will offer them.  If your current business expectation is what MOM 2005 gives them then they are going to need a second meeting to truly grasp the power of OM 2007.

9. Its a full time job.  no question.  MOM 2005 in a lot of companies is something that people did along with running the day-to-day.  With this product that stops.  categorically.  If you try and run OM 2007 as a bit part, on the side monitoring solution it will work beautifully but what you will miss out on is huge and would easily outweight the cost of employing someone full time to do monitoring.

10. If you weren't at MMS, go next year.  Just the sessions with the MMS product guys is worth it in itself.

 

Other things from MMS:

 

1. Look out for Virtual Machine Manager.  It beings microsofts VM offerings up to and possibly past VMWare.

2. SCCM.  As soon as you've got OM mastered, you won't be sitting on your laurels...!