What is New in Operations Manager 2007

System Center Operations Manager 2007 offers many improvements in both features and architecture over Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.

The following table shows the main improvement in Operations Manager 2007:

Feature	Microsoft Operations Manager 2005	System Center Operations Manager 2007
End-to-End Service Management
Service-oriented monitoring		X
Synthetic transactions	X	X
Model-based architecture		X
Monitoring templates		X
Web Service Management (WS-Management support)		X
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v2 support	X	X
Best of Breed for Windows
Audit collection		X
XML management packs		X
Reporting	X	X*
Self-tuning thresholds		X
Client monitoring		X
Increased Efficiency and Control
Server roles	X	X*
High availability	X	X*
Monitoring engine	X	X*
Notifications	X	X*
Connector framework	X	X*
Consolidated console		X
Role-based security		X
Active Directory integration		X
Windows PowerShell command console		X

Note:
* Improved in Operations Manager 2007