Kevin Holman Scom 2025 Jun 2026

If you’d like, I can also produce a sample or migration checklist formatted as if he wrote it for SCOM 2025. Just let me know.

“By 2025, System Center Operations Manager will have transformed from a heavyweight, on‑premises‑only monitoring engine into a hybrid‑first, cloud‑native observability platform. Think of SCOM as the that still talks to legacy Windows services while seamlessly feeding telemetry into Azure Monitor, Azure Arc, and any OpenTelemetry‑compatible backend. Automation, AI‑driven alerting, and a modular marketplace for monitoring components will make the product as extensible and low‑maintenance as modern SaaS monitoring solutions.” — Kevin Holman , Microsoft MVP & SCOM Community Lead (paraphrased from his 2024 Ignite talk). kevin holman scom 2025

| Current State (as of 2024) | What “2025” could mean | |----------------------------|------------------------| | System Center Operations Manager 2022 (with cumulative updates up to CU12). | Speculative roadmap: A major version bump (e.g., SCOM 2025 ) that aligns with the “Windows Server 2025” and “Azure Arc 2025” product cycles. | | Focus on hybrid & cloud‑native monitoring (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Azure Arc). | Potential new features: • Deep integration with Azure Monitor Metrics Explorer. • Native support for Azure Arc‑enabled servers and Kubernetes without the need for the Operations Management Suite (OMS) gateway. • AI‑driven anomaly detection powered by Microsoft Copilot for IT. | | On‑premises heavy‑lift: Requires Management Packs, agents, and a dedicated data warehouse. | Simplified deployment: • “Zero‑touch” agent deployment via Intune/Endpoint Manager. • Cloud‑first data store (Azure Data Explorer) with optional on‑prem replication. • Declarative monitoring definition using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (ARM/Bicep + PowerShell DSC). | | Management Packs (MPs) are still the primary extensibility mechanism. | Extensibility shift: • MP‑to‑ OPM (Operations Pack Modules) conversion tool. • Support for OpenTelemetry exporters and custom Prometheus metrics. • Marketplace of community‑verified monitoring modules (similar to Azure Marketplace). | | Performance & scalability improvements via newer SQL Server/Oracle back‑ends. | Scalability leaps: • Built‑in horizontal scaling using Azure Service Fabric clusters. • Integrated Time‑Series Database (TSDB) for high‑frequency metrics (sub‑second granularity). | If you’d like, I can also produce a

: With the growth of digital media, there's a possibility that Harlan could transition to new platforms or see an increased online presence. Think of SCOM as the that still talks

“SCOM 2025 is not a revolution. It’s a long-overdue modernization. Microsoft is finally treating SCOM like a mature, stable tool rather than a forgotten stepchild. But you still need to know what you’re doing – and that’s where I come in.”