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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