Saturday, May 12, 2007

Ops Manager license CHEAPER THAN EVER!!

Guess what, it’s true. SCOM 2007 is now much cheaper than before. Moreover, OpsMgr is priced per device compared to many others which are priced by number of processors.

License

SCOM 2007

MOM

Difference (%)

Server with 10 Enterprise OML

USD4,833

USD6,099

USD1266 (-20.76%)

Standard OML

USD155

USD195.8

USD40.8 (-20.84%)

Enterprise OML

USD426

USD537.8

USD111.8 (-20.79%)

Client OML

USD32

NA

An Operations Management License (OML) is required for each device managed by OpsMgr 2007, except for those functioning only as network infrastructure devices (OSI layer 3 or below). A device can be a single server, single personal computer, workstation, terminal, handheld computer, pager, telephone, personal digital assistant, or other electronic device.

MOM 2005 Pricing : http://www.microsoft.com/mom/howtobuy/default.mspx

SCOM 2007 Pricing : http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/opsmgr/howtobuy/default.mspx#EIE

Ian Blyth’s Blog also talks about it.

http://ianblythmanagement.wordpress.com/

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