Installing Operations Manager 2016 (SCOM 2016) on Windows Server and SQL 2016

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SCOM enables you to monitor the applications, networks devices, systems (Windows, Linux, etc.), Webpages and other components. Operators can gain rapid insight into the state of the environments and IT services running across different systems and workloads by delivering dashboards displaying their health and performance, through alerts generated, performance data, configuration details, and security issues. For more details on the new SCOM 2016 features please click here https://technet.microsoft.com/system-center-docs///om/get-started/what-s-new-in-om-in-technical-preview

Top SCOM 2016 Features for IT pros

Maintenance Mode Scheduling (Finally the most needed feature is added into SCOM)
Management Pack and Alert Management
1. Tune Management Packs
2. Updates and Recommendations
OMS Integration
Partner Solutions

Hardware

Hyper-V VM with Windows Server 2016 TP5 Storage: SAN attached (120GB) RAM: 8GB

Required components

SQL Server (In my case will be 2016) How to install SQL 2016? Click Here
- Database Engine with Full and Text Semantic Extractions for search.
- Reporting Services Native
IIS
- ASPNET 4
- ISAPI and CGI Restrictions
- Report Viewer 2012
More details https://technet.microsoft.com/system-center-docs///system-requirements/system-requirements-for-system-center-technical-preview

SCOM Features to be installed

Management Server Management Console Reporting Services ( Reporting services will be installed on a separate server in a future post) Web Monitoring Console