·         Single management group, installed on one server, performs basic monitoring

·         No Hi availability for any server role

·         No longitudinal view of data (reporting)

·         No ACS , AEM, cross plat, or cross Kerberos boundary monitoring

·         No custom mp’s (excluding any override mp)

·         Few, if any overrides

·         No separation between pre-production and production environments

·         All monitoring occurs in the Operations console, little to no configuration of notifications

·         The IT generalist performs all roles, Ops Admin, Operator, Author etc.

·         Monitors a limited (< 100) Windows based computers

·         Single management group, no separation of pre-prod and prod environments

·         Server roles distributed

o   SQL is clustered

o   Multiple management servers

o   May contain a clustered RMS

o   One or more gateway servers

o   Reporting is configured

·         Makes use of Operations Manager user Roles (administrator and operator functions are performed by different people)

·         Uses notifications

·         May use ACS/AEM/X-plat

·         Monitors a moderate number (100 <X<1500) of Windows and Cross Platform Devices

·         Maintains multiple override management packs , uses targeting effectively

·         Creates basic monitoring using the authoring view in the operations console

·         Makes use of basic CommandShell automation

·         Fluent in the use of out of the box reports

·         Multiple management groups

o   Pre-production environment for MP tuning and testing

o   Production environment consisting of multiple management groups

o   Use of connected management groups

·         All server roles distributed, hi availability for RMS, OperationsManager, OperationsManager and, OperationsManagerACS databases

·         Makes use of all Operations Manager server roles

·         Sophisticated management pack lifecycle and versioning management

·         Used in the largest monitoring scenarios, includes Windows devices, UNIX\Linux devices, monitoring across Kerberos trust boundaries

·         Sophisticated division of labor using all Operations Manager User Role based security roles

·         Fluent in mp authoring, fluent in overrides and targeting, uses the Authoring console

·         Fluent in report authoring

·         Sophisticated CommandShell automation

·         Everything in Rationalized

·         Integration with other monitoring and trouble ticketing systems

·         Uses multiple methods to automate agent deployment

·         Uses AD Integration to automate agent configuration