Systems Management
ISC's Microsoft Systems Management services make your IT administration easy and lower your operational costs. Our Microsoft-accredited experts will help you plan your management, solve problems and allow you to focus on business priorities. Delivering knowledge and practical skills, we can advise which management tools are best suited to your infrastructure.
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
MOM 2005 lets you devote maximum time to new business services and successfully manage your Windows Server technology. IT issues can be resolved before they arise, with services restored and potential problems blocked.
- Database issues discovered quickly; administrators fix ahead of users' problems
- Synthetic transactions monitor Outlook, Outlook Web Access, Outlook Mobile Access & Exchange ActiveSync technology latencies; generate warning alerts when latency exceeds predetermined threshold; potential issues neutralised
- Each Active Directory Domain Controller monitored for correct task configuration, site replication & end-to-end replication within SLAs, reducing log-on failures
Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 with Service Pack 1
Microsoft management solution for rapid software configuration:
- Application deployment: reliable delivery of productivity applications
- Asset management: reduces software costs & eases compliancy
- Security patch management: improves Windows security
- Mobility: enterprise management to growing mobile workforce independent of connection or location
- Windows management services integration: reduces operational costs
- Integrating operations & technology: blueprint combines people, processes & technology to address key management issues
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Part of Windows Server, for effective systems update:
- Microsoft Update: web source for Microsoft products
- Windows Server Update Services server: server component installed on computer running Windows 2000 Server with SP4 or Windows Server 2003 OS inside corporate firewall; provides features needed to manage & distribute updates through easy-access web-based tool
- Automatic Updates: client component built into Windows 2000 with SP3, Windows XP & Windows Server 2003 OSs
