Hi, About 18 months ago there was a post asking about monitoring a website, Outlook.com http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/operationsmanagergeneral/thread/664c9771-e50f-4d0a-8573-6ebfee51922e At that time, there was a reply from MSFT that it could not be done due to the changing nature of the Live ID login (see post) and the limitations of the WebRecorder in OpsMgr. Is there a solution yet in Opsmgr for such sites? Thankyou John Bradshaw

Hi, Regarding monitoring website, please refer to the following guides: How to Create a Web Application Monitor http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb381370.aspx How to Capture a Web Application Recording in Operations Manager 2007 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb381178.aspx Recording a web application browser session driving you crazy? http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2008/11/15/recording-a-web-application-browser-session-driving-you-crazy.aspx Hope this can give you some hints. Thanks. Nicholas Li - MSFT Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

there is an option to automate IE for the task. open login page type user.pass click login logout html document object model knowledge is a must.

Thx Pavel. Doesn't work for LIVEID sites ....MS change the login (see link above in original post) Unless you have a secret way to record... Cheers, John Bradshaw

i did not say "automate SCOM WebApp" :))))) IE Automation. Sample snippet Set oIE1 = WScript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application","IE_") WScript.Sleep(1000) oIE1.visible=1 oIE1.Navigate "about:blank" from our proprietary solution. I could help you with basics without sharing whole code. HTML Document Object Model knowledge is a must. without this will be hard to get forward.

Ahhh, now this is starting to make sense. I'll run it by our in-house scripting guru and see if he can add to it. Thx Pavel, JB

i did not say "automate SCOM WebApp" :))))) IE Automation. Sample snippet Set oIE1 = WScript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application","IE_") WScript.Sleep(1000) oIE1.visible=1 oIE1.Navigate "about:blank" from our proprietary solution. I could help you with basics without sharing whole code. HTML Document Object Model knowledge is a must. without this will be hard to get forward.

LiveIDAutomation.vbs OpenStartPage https://login.live.com/. Check if elements User, Pass, SignIn are loaded Fill in User, Pass Click 'SignIn' Check if 'LiveId' DOM element is loaded Get LiveID DOM element value and compare it with provided User Report scenario time On each step script tries to report HTTP/Timeout errors and stops script execution. You see that without DOM understanding it is hard to move forward. 'Author: Pavel Dzemyantsau 'Note: Demonstrates POC of IE Automation for LiveID login. strURL="https://login.live.com/" strUser="User@hotmail.com" strPass="password" 'create automation object Set oIE = WScript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application","IE_") Timeout=60 'seconds oIE.visible=1 : BeginTimer = Timer oIE.Navigate strURL i=0 : bElementsLoaded=false Set DOM_Element_1 = Nothing : Set DOM_Element_2 = Nothing : Set DOM_Element_3 = Nothing Do While (oIE.ReadyState<>4 Or Not(bElementsLoaded)) And i < Timeout WScript.Sleep(1000):i=i+1 On Error Resume Next Set DOM_Element_1 = oIE.Document.getElementById("i0116") 'User Set DOM_Element_2 = oIE.Document.getElementById("i0118") 'Password Set DOM_Element_3 = oIE.Document.getElementById("idSIButton9") 'SignIn button If (Not(DOM_Element_1 is Nothing)) _ And (Not(DOM_Element_2 is Nothing)) _ And (Not(DOM_Element_3 is Nothing)) Then 'all elements we are going to use are loaded bElementsLoaded=true End If On Error Goto 0 Loop If Not bElementsLoaded Then WScript.Echo "Timeout"&Timeout&" seconds occured on action TODO:." WScript.Quit(-1) End If 'Fill in User/Pass DOM_Element_1.value=strUser 'TODO: loop to check if user has been set DOM_Element_2.value=strPass 'TODO: loop to check if pass has been set DOM_Element_3.Click() Timeout=120 'seconds i=0 : bElementsLoaded=false Set DOM_Element_1 = Nothing Do While (oIE.ReadyState<>4 Or Not(bElementsLoaded)) And i < Timeout WScript.Sleep(1000):i=i+1 On Error Resume Next Set DOM_Element_1 = oIE.Document.getElementById("idWinLiveIdValue") ' LiveId If (Not(DOM_Element_1 is Nothing)) Then 'element we are going to use is loaded, now is checking its attrubute 'title' Set DOM_Element_1_attribute_1 = DOM_Element_1.attributes.getNamedItem("title") If Not (DOM_Element_1_attribute_1 is Nothing) Then 'attribute found If LCase(DOM_Element_1_attribute_1.value) = LCase(strUser) Then 'attribute title has correct value bElementsLoaded=true End If End If End If On Error Goto 0 Loop EndTimer = Timer If Not bElementsLoaded Then WScript.Echo "Timeout"&Timeout&" seconds occured on action TODO:." WScript.Quit(-1) End If Wscript.Echo "Scenario time(sec): "& (EndTimer-BeginTimer) oIE.Stop : WScript.Sleep(5000) : oIE.Quit Sub IE_NavigateError(ByVal pDisp,ByVal URL,ByVal TargetFrameName,ByVal StatusCode,ByRef Cancel) WScript.Echo "StatusCode="&StatusCode WScript.Quit(-1) End sub

Nope...we are getting nowhere with this. Thx, JB

LiveIDAutomation.vbs OpenStartPage https://login.live.com/. Check if elements User, Pass, SignIn are loaded Fill in User, Pass Click 'SignIn' Check if 'LiveId' DOM element is loaded Get LiveID DOM element value and compare it with provided User Report scenario time On each step script tries to report HTTP/Timeout errors and stops script execution. You see that without DOM understanding it is hard to move forward. 'Author: Pavel Dzemyantsau 'Note: Demonstrates POC of IE Automation for LiveID login. strURL="https://login.live.com/" strUser="User@hotmail.com" strPass="password" 'create automation object Set oIE = WScript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application","IE_") Timeout=60 'seconds oIE.visible=1 : BeginTimer = Timer oIE.Navigate strURL i=0 : bElementsLoaded=false Set DOM_Element_1 = Nothing : Set DOM_Element_2 = Nothing : Set DOM_Element_3 = Nothing Do While (oIE.ReadyState<>4 Or Not(bElementsLoaded)) And i < Timeout WScript.Sleep(1000):i=i+1 On Error Resume Next Set DOM_Element_1 = oIE.Document.getElementById("i0116") 'User Set DOM_Element_2 = oIE.Document.getElementById("i0118") 'Password Set DOM_Element_3 = oIE.Document.getElementById("idSIButton9") 'SignIn button If (Not(DOM_Element_1 is Nothing)) _ And (Not(DOM_Element_2 is Nothing)) _ And (Not(DOM_Element_3 is Nothing)) Then 'all elements we are going to use are loaded bElementsLoaded=true End If On Error Goto 0 Loop If Not bElementsLoaded Then WScript.Echo "Timeout"&Timeout&" seconds occured on action TODO:." WScript.Quit(-1) End If 'Fill in User/Pass DOM_Element_1.value=strUser 'TODO: loop to check if user has been set DOM_Element_2.value=strPass 'TODO: loop to check if pass has been set DOM_Element_3.Click() Timeout=120 'seconds i=0 : bElementsLoaded=false Set DOM_Element_1 = Nothing Do While (oIE.ReadyState<>4 Or Not(bElementsLoaded)) And i < Timeout WScript.Sleep(1000):i=i+1 On Error Resume Next Set DOM_Element_1 = oIE.Document.getElementById("idWinLiveIdValue") ' LiveId If (Not(DOM_Element_1 is Nothing)) Then 'element we are going to use is loaded, now is checking its attrubute 'title' Set DOM_Element_1_attribute_1 = DOM_Element_1.attributes.getNamedItem("title") If Not (DOM_Element_1_attribute_1 is Nothing) Then 'attribute found If LCase(DOM_Element_1_attribute_1.value) = LCase(strUser) Then 'attribute title has correct value bElementsLoaded=true End If End If End If On Error Goto 0 Loop EndTimer = Timer If Not bElementsLoaded Then WScript.Echo "Timeout"&Timeout&" seconds occured on action TODO:." WScript.Quit(-1) End If Wscript.Echo "Scenario time(sec): "& (EndTimer-BeginTimer) oIE.Stop : WScript.Sleep(5000) : oIE.Quit Sub IE_NavigateError(ByVal pDisp,ByVal URL,ByVal TargetFrameName,ByVal StatusCode,ByRef Cancel) WScript.Echo "StatusCode="&StatusCode WScript.Quit(-1) End sub

Thx very much Pavel. Very generous of you. Shall have my colleagues check it out and let u know... JB