Operations Manager Suite 101: Useful Operations Management Suite / Azure Log Analytics Links and Resources

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GETTING STARTED:

What is OMS? https://aka.ms/whatisoms
Microsoft Monitoring Product Comparison https://aka.ms/monitoring
OMS Architecture https://aka.ms/omsarchitecture
Create OMS Workspace https://aka.ms/createworkspace
Add Azure Log Analytics management solutions to your workspace https://aka.ms/solution
Connect Windows computers to the Log Analytics service in Azure https://aka.ms/addwindowsagents
Connect computers without Internet access to OMS using the OMS Gateway https://aka.ms/omsgateway
Data sources in log analytics https://aka.ms/datasources
Connect Windows computers to the Log Analytics service in Azure – System Requirements and Required Configuration https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-windows-agents#system-requirements-and-required-configuration
Access Management https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-manage-access
Log Analytics Querying 101 https://aka.ms/query
Download 64-bit Microsoft Monitoring Agent https://aka.ms/downloadmmaorhttps://aka.ms/downloadagent
Download OMS Gateway https://aka.ms/downloadomsgateway

DEMO ENVIRONMENTS / PLAYGROUNDS

Application Insights Demo and Playground https://analytics.applicationinsights.io/demo
Log Analytics Demo and Playground https://portal.loganalytics.io/demo
OMS Experience https://experience.mms.microsoft.com/

SYSTEM CENTER OPERATIONS MANAGER AND OMS (BETTER TOGETHER):

Connect Operations Manager to Log Analytics https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-om-agents
Operations Manager and Operations Manager Suite 101: Better Together https://aka.ms/together
Microsoft Monitoring Product Comparison https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operations-management-suite/operations-management-suite-monitoring-product-comparison

OMS SOLUTIONS

All Solutions  https://aka.ms/solution
OMS Office 365 management solution now in public preview https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msoms/2016/05/13/oms-office-365-management-solution-now-in-public-preview/
Windows 10 Device Health using telemetry data (Upgrade: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinjustin/2017/10/30/get-started-with-oms-device-health/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/device-health-get-started

QUERYING IN LOG SEARCH

To create automation account https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msoms/2016/04/18/getting-started-with-oms-automation-making-the-connection/

AZURE AUTOMATION AND MICROSOFT FLOW

To create automation account https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msoms/2016/04/18/getting-started-with-oms-automation-making-the-connection/
My first graphical runbook https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-first-runbook-graphical
My first PowerShell Workflow Runbook https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-first-runbook-textual
Automate Resources in your datacenter or cloud with Hybrid runbook worker https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-hybrid-runbook-worker
Azure Automation – hybrid Runbook Worker FAQs https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-automation-hybrid-runbook-worker-faqs/
Azure Automation: Latest Graphical and Textual Authoring Features https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-automation-new-graphical-and-textual-authoring-features/
Azure Automation Runbook Types https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-runbook-types
Azure Automation: Graphical and textual Runbook authoring https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-automation-graphical-and-textual-runbook-authoring/
Microsoft Flow:Overview Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EKWKJc4b4c&
Microsoft Flow: Online Tutorials https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/guided-learning/get-started
Microsoft Flow: 'Instant Value' Templates https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/galleries/public/templates/135019e1cdc6457b8bc6f6051607e778/get-a-push-notification-when-you-receive-an-email-from-your-boss/?WT.mc_id=azurebg_email_PA-Flow-Paid-FY18-Oct-InTrial-Email1-FlowPaid-TopTips
Microsoft Flow: Industry focused Template Collections https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/flow-collections/?WT.mc_id=azurebg_email_PA-Flow-Paid-FY18-Oct-InTrial-Email1-FlowPaid-TopTips

ITSM CONNECTOR

ITSM connector https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-itsmc-overview
ITSM connector – Connect System Center Service Manager to OMS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-itsmc-connections#connect-system-center-service-manager-to-it-service-management-connector-in-oms
ITSM connector – Connect ServiceNow to OMS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-itsmc-connections#connect-servicenow-to-it-service-management-connector-in-azure
ITSM connector – Connect Provance to OMS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-itsmc-connections#connect-provance-to-it-service-management-connector-in-azure
ITSM connector – Connect Cherwell to OMS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-itsmc-connections#connect-cherwell-to-it-service-management-connector-in-azure

LICENSING / USAGE / COST

Pricing https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/operations-management-suite-pricing
Data Retention https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msoms/2016/11/15/search-for-up-to-two-years-of-data-with-oms-log-analytics/
Notification if Usage higher than expected: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msoms/2016/11/21/get-notified-if-oms-log-analytics-usage-is-higher-than-expected/

 

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