2. Paul Mestemaker Sr. Program Manager Microsoft Corporation

5. Available as Software Assurance benefit Proactively avoid problems Alerts for unpatched, misconfigured, or unsupported configurations Regular assessment of server configuration Access from the web Alerts for unpatched, misconfigured, or unsupported configurations Regular assessment of server configuration Access from the web Reduce downtime Prevent problems experienced by customers similar to you Compare with Microsoft best practices Access centralized configuration data Prevent problems experienced by customers similar to you Compare with Microsoft best practices Access centralized configuration data Resolve issues faster Access current and historical configuration data Share configuration data with internal or Microsoft support staff Get instant access to guidance Access current and historical configuration data Share configuration data with internal or Microsoft support staff Get instant access to guidance

6. Introduction to System Center Advisor Paul Mestemaker Sr. Program Manager Microsoft DEMO

8. A real-time monitoring product (like System Center Operations Manager) will continue to be the recommended alerting solution when server roles are: Unavailable Underperforming Causing LOB downtime / business impact A real-time monitoring product (like System Center Operations Manager) will continue to be the recommended alerting solution when server roles are: Unavailable Underperforming Causing LOB downtime / business impact

9. This is not an all-inclusive configuration manifest. We started with the common settings that CSS needs to diagnose problems. The type of data collected will continually expand based on CSS and customer feedback (e.g. usefulness, collection overhead, data size, data sensitivity).

10. Commercial Availability ANNOUNCEMENT

12. Global Availability ANNOUNCEMENT

13. Details

15. Setting up Advisor for the First Time Paul Mestemaker Sr. Program Manager Microsoft DEMO

19. Agent Gateway Agent & Gateway Legend Advisor Service

20. Agent Gateway Agent & Gateway Legend Advisor Service

21. Customization and Collaboration Paul Mestemaker Sr. Program Manager Microsoft DEMO

22. How is Advisor different than Operations Manager? TOP QUESTION

24. Wouldn’t having both Advisor and OM be too much overhead for my server? TOP QUESTION

26. Isn’t sending data outside of my environment bad? TOP QUESTION

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