System Center 2012 Operations Manager - Supported Configurations/Interop etc..

[System-Center-Team]

First published on TECHNET on Jan 16, 2014
This blog has been updated to reflect the current state of OpsMgr support and Interop.

Supported Configurations:

The supported configurations for Operations Manager are detailed as per the below and these should be referred to as the official guidance:

OM 2012: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh205990.aspx

OM 2012 SP1 : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj656654.aspx

OM 2012 R2 : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249696.aspx

Detailed below are some tables that help summarize the official documentation and hopefully help answer some key questions:

System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Supported Platforms

Role	Supported Platform
DB/DW/Server/GW/Web Console	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
UI	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista SP2 Windows 7
Web Console Web Browsers	Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9
Agent	Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Windows XP Professional SP3 Windows Vista SP2 Windows 7 POSReady Windows XP Embedded Standard Windows XP Embedded Enterprise Windows XP Embedded POSReady Windows 7 Professional for Embedded Systems Windows 7 Ultimate for Embedded Systems.

System Center Operations Manager 2012 SP1 - Supported Platforms

Role	Supported Platform
DB/DW/Server/GW/Web Console	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2
UI	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Vista SP2 Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1
Web Console Web Browsers	Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10 Internet Explorer 11( Requires UR5 )
Agent	Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Windows XP Professional SP3 Windows Vista SP2 Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 POSReady Windows XP Embedded Standard Windows XP Embedded Enterprise Windows XP Embedded POSReady Windows 7 Professional for Embedded Systems Windows 7 Ultimate for Embedded Systems. Windows Embedded 8.1 Pro Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry

System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 - Supported Platforms

Role	Supported Platform
DB/DW/Server/GW/Web Console	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2
UI	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1
Web Console Web Browsers	Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10 Internet Explorer 11
Agent	Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Windows XP Professional SP3 Windows Vista SP2 Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 POSReady Windows XP Embedded Standard Windows XP Embedded Enterprise Windows XP Embedded POSReady Windows 7 Professional for Embedded Systems Windows 7 Ultimate for Embedded Systems. Windows Embedded 8.1 Pro Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry

Agent to Management Server Supported Interop

Server	Agent
SCOM 2007 R2	SCOM 2012
SCOM 2007 R2	SCOM 2012 SP1
SCOM 2007 R2	SCOM 2012 R2 (Microsoft Monitoring Agent 2013)
SCOM 2012	SCOM 2012 SP1
SCOM 2012	SCOM 2012 R2 (Microsoft Monitoring Agent 2013)
SCOM 2012 SP1	SCOM 2012
SCOM 2012 SP1	SCOM 2012 R2 (Microsoft Monitoring Agent 2013)
SCOM 2012 R2	SCOM 2012
SCOM 2012 R2	SCOM 2012 SP1

*Latest CU or UR applies in all cases



** This Interop is supported in the context of a rolling upgrade to the newer version

System Center Operations Manager Application Performance Monitoring – Feature Support Matrix

Feature	Target OS	Agent Version	Management Server Version	MP Versions (IIS, APM IIS, Base OS, Dependencies)	Notes
APM	Win 2012 R2	SCOM 2012 SP1 / MMA 2013 RTM	SCOM 2012 R2	2012 R2 OS MP;IIS 8 MP;APM IIS 8 MP	Fully Supported
CSM (IE9, IE10, IE11)	Win 2012 R2	SCOM 2012 SP1 / MMA 2013 RTM	SCOM 2012 R2	2012 R2 OS MP;IIS 8 MP;APM IIS 8 MP	IE11 Not Supported for SCOM 2012 SP1 Agent only.
TFS Sync	Win 2012 R2	SCOM 2012 SP1 / MMA 2013 RTM	SCOM 2012 R2	Required TFS MP	Fully Supported
APM	Win 2012 R2	MMA 2013 RTM	SCOM 2012 SP1 UR5	2012 R2 OS MP;IIS 8 MP;APM IIS 8 MP;MMA Compatibility MPs (APM Infrastructure)	Fully Supported
CSM (IE9, IE10, IE11)	Win 2012 R2	MMA 2013 RTM	SCOM 2012 SP1 UR5	2012 R2 OS MP;IIS 8 MP;APM IIS 8 MP;MMA Compatibility MPs (APM Infrastructure)	Fully Supported
APM	Win 2012 R2	SCOM 2012 SP1	SCOM 2012 SP1 UR5	2012 R2 OS MP;IIS 8 MP;APM IIS 8 MP and dependencies if any	Fully Supported
CSM (IE9, IE 10)	Win 2012 R2	SCOM 2012 SP1	SCOM 2012 SP1 UR5	2012 R2 OS MP;IIS 8 MP;APM IIS 8 MP and dependencies if any	IE11 not supported
APM	Any Supported OS with .NET 4.5.1 applications	SCOM 2012 SP1	SCOM 2012 SP1 UR5	As necessary for the chosen OS on agent.	Fully Supported
CSM (IE9, IE 10)	Any Supported OS with .NET 4.5.1 applications	SCOM 2012 SP1	SCOM 2012 SP1 UR5	As necessary for the chosen OS on agent.	IE11 not supported
TFS Sync	Win 2012 R2	SCOM 2012 SP1 / MMA 2013 RTM	SCOM 2012 SP1 UR5	Required TFS MP	Fully Supported

System Center Operations Manager and Azure – Feature Support Matrix

Management Infrastructure Location	Agent Infrastructure Location	Notes
On-premises	Azure	Fully supported and recommended
Azure	Azure	Fully supported but Operations Manager sizing guidance needs to be taken into account along with associated Azure costs.
Azure	On-premises	Fully Supported but not recommended due to complexity of configuration and associated Azure costs.

*Support statements are based on the assumption that the appropriate site to site connectivity between management server and agent has been configured per System Center Operations Manager supported guidance.



Daniel Savage



Program Manager – System Center



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