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Make sense of SCOM Alerts with SquaredUp 4.7

One of the most common complaints about SCOM is the noisiness of alerts from Management Packs. Getting on top of these alerts can be a huge challenge and often the thing that most gets in the way of an organization getting value out of SCOM. In SquaredUp for SCOM 4.7, our recent feature-packed update, we bring you three new alert-handling super-powers to help you get on top of alerts.

SquaredUp for SCOM - Quick Win Video Series - Part 1: Dashboard Designer

If you are new to SquaredUp, and just need a little helping hand getting started, this Quick Win Video Series is for you! In this series we take you through some of the fundamentals of building and designing your own dashboards. We look at some of the tile types and visualizations that are available, show you how to run SCOM agent tasks from SquaredUp, and finish up with an example of using a SquaredUp dashboard to troubleshoot an issue.

SquaredUp for SCOM - Quick Win Video Series - Part 2: Alerts Tile

In this series we take you through some of the fundamentals of building and designing your own dashboards. We look at some of the tile types and visualizations that are available, show you how to run SCOM agent tasks from SquaredUp, and finish up with an example of using a SquaredUp dashboard to troubleshoot an issue. This video focuses on the Alerts Tile. We’ll discuss monitor and rule alerts and show you how to scope both a Donut and List Alerts tile.

SquaredUp for SCOM - Quick Win Video Series - Part 3: Status Tile

In this series we take you through some of the fundamentals of building and designing your own dashboards. We look at some of the tile types and visualizations that are available, show you how to run SCOM agent tasks from SquaredUp, and finish up with an example of using a SquaredUp dashboard to troubleshoot an issue. This video focuses on the Status Tile. We’ll show you how to scope Donut, Blocks, and Icons Status tiles, including a brief look at how to add custom labels.

SquaredUp for SCOM - Quick Win Video Series - Part 4: TopN Performance

In this series we take you through some of the fundamentals of building and designing your own dashboards. We look at some of the tile types and visualizations that are available, show you how to run SCOM agent tasks from SquaredUp, and finish up with an example of using a SquaredUp dashboard to troubleshoot an issue. This video focuses on TopN scoped Performance tiles. We’ll show you how to scope a Bar Top N Performance tile, and also how to clone and edit a tile.

SquaredUp for SCOM - Quick Win Video Series - Part 5: Dashboard Actions

In this series we take you through some of the fundamentals of building and designing your own dashboards. We look at some of the tile types and visualizations that are available, show you how to run SCOM agent tasks from SquaredUp, and finish up with an example of using a SquaredUp dashboard to troubleshoot an issue. This video focuses on the dashboard actions feature. We’ll show you how to configure actions, including running SCOM tasks, and adding external and internal links.

SquaredUp for SCOM - Quick Win Video Series - Part 6: NOC Dashboard

In this series we take you through some of the fundamentals of building and designing your own dashboards. We look at some of the tile types and visualizations that are available, show you how to run SCOM agent tasks from SquaredUp, and finish up with an example of using a SquaredUp dashboard to troubleshoot an issue. This video focuses on how to create a NOC dashboard. We’ll bring together what we’ve learned so far in this video series, whilst also introducing the Matrix tile, and show you how to share your dashboard using our Open Access feature.

SquaredUp for SCOM - Quick Win Video Series - Part 7: Using a NOC Dashboard

In this series we take you through some of the fundamentals of building and designing your own dashboards. We look at some of the tile types and visualizations that are available, show you how to run SCOM agent tasks from SquaredUp, and finish up with an example of using a SquaredUp dashboard to troubleshoot an issue. This video focuses on how to use a NOC dashboard. We’ll now use a NOC dashboard, and the drilldowns in SquaredUp, to help us resolve a problem in our environment.

SCOM Connector for ServiceNow - New Features Released

Our SCOM Connector for ServiceNow will enrich your ServiceNow deployment with direct integrations with Microsoft SCOM. Our suite of solutions are fast and easy to deploy, offer seamless integration, and can be fully customized. Streamlining your ServiceNow Incidents, CIs and mapping with SCOM has never been easier, with these new features we’ve just released.