Hi all, I have some money in my budget left over and I was wondering if you could recommend any third party tools that would make my life easier as a brand new SCOM administrator? Thanks, Matt

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Hi, it depends on what you need. Authoring? You can evaluate the Silect Studio. Dashboards and a visualization? Try Savision products. OpsMgr on your phone? Check this out: Xian Wings. But for a as a brand new SCOM administrator I would recommend to spend you budget on training. Good training will definitely make your life easier. A few partners are offer good training programs. For example: http://infrontconsulting.com/services/education/ HTHhttp://OpsMgr.ru/

Hi, it depends on what you need. Authoring? You can evaluate the Silect Studio. Dashboards and a visualization? Try Savision products. OpsMgr on your phone? Check this out: Xian Wings. But for a as a brand new SCOM administrator I would recommend to spend you budget on training. Good training will definitely make your life easier. A few partners are offer good training programs. For example: http://infrontconsulting.com/services/education/ HTHhttp://OpsMgr.ru/

Thank you, I agree, I need some training, unfortunately I can't go on training until after this project is due! I'll check out that software.