First published on TECHNET on Mar 06, 2013
Hi everyone,
This month we have some exciting news for our System Center Advisor users: as of January 2013 , Advisor is free to Microsoft customers in supporting countries . Trial periods are a thing of the past and Software Assurance is no longer required for taking advantage of the Advisor service.
We have several more Advisor news to share with you this month:
What is Advisor?
System Center Advisor is a cloud service that enables IT Professionals to proactively avoid problems resulting from server configuration issues. It can help you resolve issues faster by providing access to current and historical configuration data for a deployment. Additionally, System Center Advisor reduces downtime by providing suggestions for improvement and notifying users of key updates specific to their configuration
How does Advisor work?
The Advisor environment is made up of the Advisor web service, hosted in the cloud, and the on-premise software, installed in your local environment. The on-premise software consists of one gateway and at least one agent. The agent collects data from your server and analyzes it using a set of rules (similar to a management pack in System Center Operations Manager) known collectively as Advisor knowledge. The analyzed data is regularly sent from the agent to the gateway for upload to the Advisor web service. If the data indicates an issue or a deviation from best practices, an alert is generated. By connecting a web browser to the Advisor portal, you can view the alerts and the associated remediation guidance.
What workloads does Advisor support?
Advisor supports analysis of the following workloads:
Where can I learn more about Advisor?
Hi everyone,
This month we have some exciting news for our System Center Advisor users: as of January 2013 , Advisor is free to Microsoft customers in supporting countries . Trial periods are a thing of the past and Software Assurance is no longer required for taking advantage of the Advisor service.
We have several more Advisor news to share with you this month:
- New workloads were added in January including Lync 2010
- Later this month we will release Update Rollup 3 for System Center Advisor
- Last but not least...stay tuned for some exciting Advisor news during this years Microsoft Management Summit !
What is Advisor?
System Center Advisor is a cloud service that enables IT Professionals to proactively avoid problems resulting from server configuration issues. It can help you resolve issues faster by providing access to current and historical configuration data for a deployment. Additionally, System Center Advisor reduces downtime by providing suggestions for improvement and notifying users of key updates specific to their configuration
How does Advisor work?
The Advisor environment is made up of the Advisor web service, hosted in the cloud, and the on-premise software, installed in your local environment. The on-premise software consists of one gateway and at least one agent. The agent collects data from your server and analyzes it using a set of rules (similar to a management pack in System Center Operations Manager) known collectively as Advisor knowledge. The analyzed data is regularly sent from the agent to the gateway for upload to the Advisor web service. If the data indicates an issue or a deviation from best practices, an alert is generated. By connecting a web browser to the Advisor portal, you can view the alerts and the associated remediation guidance.
What workloads does Advisor support?
Advisor supports analysis of the following workloads:
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Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2:
- Active Directory
- Hyper-V Host
- General operating system
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SQL Server 2008 and later
- SQL Engine
- Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and later
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and later
- Microsoft Lync Server 2010
Where can I learn more about Advisor?
You can get started with Advisor at SystemCenterAdvisor.com and get more detailed information in the System Center Advisor help pages .
If your haven't tried Advisor yet, give it a go today!
-L.C.
Updated Mar 11, 2019
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