Hi, Are there any enhancements to Ops Mgr's capability to monitor Windows Azure hosted services in the 2012 Beta? I can't seem to see any as yet. Ideally I'd like to be able to install an agent onto the Azure VMs, discover our applications and monitor the event logs / performance counters directly. Being able to use the new AviCode features with Azure would be great. Thanks!

Nothing to announce here at this time.Microsoft Corporation

Thanks Dan, so that means there's nothing new in this area compared to Ops Mgr 2007 R2 CU3?

The azure management pack is what it is - it is not related to a specific version of Operations Manager. It works in Ops Manager 2007 and it works in the OM 2012 beta as well. Microsoft Corporation

Hi, Regarding Azure monitoring, I would like to share the following with you for your reference: A Primer on Installing SCOM 2007 R2 and Windows Azure Application Monitoring http://blogs.msdn.com/b/walterm/archive/2011/02/14/adding-azure-application-monitoring-to-scom-2007-r2.aspx Configuring Azure Diagnostics Performance Counter Monitoring in SCOM 2007 R2 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/walterm/archive/2011/03/18/configuring-azure-diagnostics-performance-counter-monitoring-in-scom-2007-r2.aspx Hope this helps. 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.

Thanks Nicholas - we're already monitoring several Azure applications using Ops Mgr 2007 R2. I was just hoping that this capability would be enhanced in Ops Mgr 2012 Beta but based on Dan's posts this doesn't appear to be the case. I've logged some feedback on Connect so hopefully we'll see some additional capabilities included in later releases.

Thank you for your feedbacks. In the future, if you experience any issues regarding our products or if you have any feedbacks, you are also welcome to post a new thread in our forum. It is always our pleasure to be of assistance. Thanks again! Have a nice day!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.