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In a nutshell, this management pack enables you to:

1. Monitor the health and availability of the BizTalk Server components.
2. Collect key performance data for BizTalk Server.
3. Start common tasks in context of MOM alerts.
4. Monitor overall health though state view for BizTalk server computers.

Some of our new features:

1. Stream-lined alerts improve problem identification and resolution
2. Enhanced MOM Tasks allows users to open the BizTalk Operations Query page, open the BizTalk HAT Message Flow View, and start and stop services all from within the MOM console.
3. Better BAM to MOM integration enables business users to request technical assistance from the BAM portal for a particular activity
4. State Views allow an overall view of BizTalk Server computers with health role components defined.  Roles allow aggregated monitoring of multiple components, such as DatabaseStatus, EndPointStatus, EngineHealth, and NTServiceHealth.
5. MOM Rules also leverage new performance counters for monitoring BizTalk Server hosts queues, monitoring MessageBox status, and monitoring Messaging Engine performance.
6. Rich public views

Download the MOM 2005 Beta Pack along with our Beta-2: