Updated: July 13, 2020 (May 22, 2006)

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Standard and Enterprise MOM Workloads

Each device managed by Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) requires an Operations Management License (OML). There are two types of OML’s-Standard, which covers the monitoring of most basic OS and networking functions, and Enterprise, which covers a superset including monitoring of Microsoft server applications and “premium” workloads, such as databases and terminal emulation. The accompanying chart lists the specific types of computer workloads covered by the two licenses.

Category Managed Workload Standard OML Enterprise OML
Basic Operating System Utilities System Resource Manager Yes Yes
Password Change Notification Yes Yes
Baseline Security Analyzer Yes Yes
Reliability and Availability Services Yes Yes
File and Print Services Print Server Yes Yes
Distributed File System (DFS) Yes Yes
File Replication Service (FRS) Yes Yes
Network File System (NFS)

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