Is OMS replacing SCOM?

Is OMS Replacing SCOM?
Do i need to be scared, 

These are the two FAQ's by SCOM Admins these days, I felt it was necessary to add this post to clear the doubts.

So, the good news is that is NO,  SCOM isn't replacing OMS.

There is a lot  of work to be done my Microsoft, 
OMS is not more, its just not monitoring but also analytics

OMS can be an alternate to SCOM, you don't need to get rid of SCOM
you don't need to be scared, it's a new thing, just embrace it

Should i use SCOM or OMS
The Answer is SCOM AND OMS at the same time

OMS is growing fast, there are solutions every week, sometimes every day

There are previews and Features which you can test on your workspace


OMS is a playground,

• Solutions are created everyday
• i think they offer around 500 MB a day with a retention of 7 days 
• For Preview, on Microsoft  Connect, Fill in the surveys, to contribute to the product
• Microsoft says around 300 a day are carried out only on OMS

System Center Operations Manager

• we can connect our Management Group to the OMS
• we can use the Linux ones as well
• we can use OMS To monitor DMZ, sometimes it is challenging to monitor DMZ via SCOM Gateway

Once the data is on OMS, Data all in there, What do we get ?

• Solutions 
• Search Queries

Solution Categories

• Log Analytics : Collect, Correlate and act on Log Data
• IT Automation : Orchestrate complex and repetitive operations
• Security and compliance : Identify, Assess and mitigate security risks ( Ms best Practices Analyzer)
• Back up and recovery : Protect and extend your Data center

Implementing Solutions 
Do I need to do something Special ?
NO, you need to simple move the data into OMS

Solutions are provided out of the Box, you are not charged for the solutions, but your data usage takes a hit
Installation is straight from the OMS website

Do I need Solutions?
You can use OMS without Solutions, however you will loose added value

Combine everything

• SCOM and OMS data
• 1 Pane ( This  is what the  bosses want)
• SquaredUp OMS Plugin ( :) i knew this was coming)

If you want to play with OMS, open  a workspace 
you don't need to connect SCOM right away or you can use some azure machine, all you need is some data for OMS to give you solutions


There is a e-book for OMS, its free, do download your copy
E-book for OMS


Search Query
Start with the solutions and then later you can go to search query


Is it very hard to Master ?
Its just common sense, there is no special Language
Auto fill in the  tool, it saves history
based on your insights
save the popular ones

you can have an Agent report to OMS or Management Group


Create your own insights by using the values on your workspace
Completely step away from component Monitoring and monitor Business Services

you can see updates missing on  machines on OMS
it can tell you the time required for patching your machines

I will be sharing more information, 

Happy Learning !