Hello, I just tried to find the answer by myself but I was not able to. I'm looking for the real meaning of this so named core management packs that are covered with SCOM Standard ML. In concret it would help me to know the complete list of things covered instead of examples of services that are not covered by this license. The information http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/operations-manager/om-pricing-licensing.aspx is too general. Thank you for your help! Greets

Hi If only licensing was as straight forward as having a list we could check against ;-( Sadly the license report itself doesn't return an accurate assessment of an environment. See here for a fuller discussion: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/operationsmanagergeneral/thread/fa020afa-0294-460d-8a5b-aa9fb8227172 Especially - "Since standard license only applies to servers that are dedicated FAX, Print, DNS and File servers (did I miss any?) – where dedicated means not shared for any other reason, the enumeration should be pretty simple to do on a napkin. Count agents. Subtract the number of management servers. That gives you the total number of licensed servers. Then split out the dedicated file/print/fax/dns servers. Those are your standard licenses. The rest are your enterprise licenses. " With regards to SNMP - licensing tends to follow the OSI model. So, if the device is functioning primarily at layer 3 and below, monitoring doesn't require a license. But monitoring a device "engine" that is part of an application would require a license That is my understanding anyway. I suspect everyone has a slightly different take on it and the real people you need to speak to are your Microsoft Account Managers who can get you something in writing. Good Luck Graham View OpsMgr tips and tricks at http://systemcentersolutions.wordpress.com/