Management News - January 2006
Microsoft Management Summit 2006 Registration Open!
The year’s MMS 2006 event will take place this April in sunny San Diego and will once again focus on technical content covering Microsoft management products, technologies, and solutions. The MMS 2006 web site is live and registration is open. Full details of the event including the outline agenda, sponsorship information, registration options, and hotel information can be found on the event web site at: http://www.mms2006.com. As we start putting the plans for MMS 2006 together, we’d like to ensure that the event matches your needs and requirements. Our aim is to provide you with the information and resources you need to manage your organization’s IT assets safely and effectively. To help us achieve this goal, we would appreciate your help. Please take a few moments to answer the Content Survey, which should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. Your answers will be kept confidential, and are used only as part of a statistical analysis to help allocate breakout session and hands-on lab slots where they are most needed. Thanks in advance for helping us make MMS 2006 your IT event of the year!
MOF: An Actionable and Prescriptive Approach to ITIL
This white paper summarizes the content of Microsoft® Operations Framework (MOF) and explains how MOF builds on and extends the Information Technology Infrastructure Library, commonly known as ITIL, to provide IT managers with an actionable set of prescriptive guidelines for improving operations. Today there is tremendous pressure on IT organizations to reduce costs, increase service levels, and deliver demonstrated business value. In light of these pressing concerns, the success of continuous improvement depends on addressing people and process as well as technology. The goal of MOF is to help IT organizations achieve reliability, availability, supportability, and manageability in their mission-critical systems. Because MOF practices are easy to incorporate, either selectively or comprehensively, operations staff can realize tangible benefits by following the model. Applying the principles of ITIL to the Microsoft technology platform, MOF provides a foundation to help IT organizations meet the challenges described above and support the goal of continuous improvement. MOF presents proven team structures and operational processes and applies best practices derived from the experience of Microsoft operations groups, partners, and customers to improve the efficiency and quality of IT operations. This paper offers a foundation for understanding the in-depth information provided in companion MOF white papers and guidance documents.
