SCOM Pulse
SCOM Pulse is a modern web console for the management group you already run. Investigate alerts, tune rules and monitors, deploy Windows agents, schedule maintenance and administer SCOM from any browser. Your agents and management packs stay as they are, and you skip the cost of moving to a SaaS monitoring platform.
Over the years since 2007. SCOM Pulse is newly released and these logos do not refer to it.
Building SCOM tools since 2007
See why an alert fired, read the management pack knowledge, and explore the affected object’s health.
Acknowledge, assign, and comment from the alert page. Put an object into maintenance mode, create an override, or run a task. Explore performance history and dashboards to understand what needs attention.
See the alert explanation, management pack knowledge, and related open alerts together.
Discover Windows computers and push the agent to them, with live progress per computer.
Service owners, on-call engineers and application teams get a URL instead of a console install.
A look at the product
Screenshots from a live management group, in Pulse’s dark mode.
Administration
Name the Windows computers or discover them in a domain, choose the management server and its failover, pick the account that installs, and push. Each computer reports back as it goes. If an installation fails, Pulse displays the error returned by the management server.
Windows agents only. UNIX/Linux agent push and uninstall, agent upgrades and network-device discovery stay in the Operations console — the full list is on the product page.
How it fits
Install SCOM Pulse on one Windows server — a dedicated server or a management server. A dedicated server does not need the Operations console. One wizard installs and configures it, then opens Pulse in your browser.
Why keep SCOM
The usual complaint about SCOM is the console, not the monitoring. SCOM is still the deepest monitoring there is for a Windows estate, with management packs written by the teams that build the products.
Moving to a SaaS monitoring platform means pricing that grows with every host, and rebuilding years of monitoring and tuning, because management packs, overrides and groups don’t move with you. Pulse takes the other route: a modern console on the SCOM you already own.
Unlimited users. One annual licence per management group, in tiers by agent count, from $5,000 a year.
Your agents, management packs, overrides and groups stay exactly as they are. Pulse installs on one Windows server.
Windows Authentication, your existing SCOM user roles, and no calls to the internet.
Pricing
Priced by agent count and billed annually, like the rest of the SCOM2K7 range. No per-user seats and no named-user minimums.
Annual subscription licences. Prices are per management group, billed annually. A 3-year subscription paid up front carries a 10% discount and holds the price for the term.
Also from SCOM2K7
Three single-purpose tools for teams that need one job done well rather than a whole console. The Maintenance Mode Scheduler is included with a Pulse licence; the two connectors are licensed separately.
Recurring and one-off maintenance windows for computers and groups, with group-based scheduling. The focused, lower-cost option if maintenance windows are the only thing you need.
Learn more →Bi-directional alert synchronisation between SCOM and your ITSM system, with workflow automation over resolution states.
Learn more →SCOM to ServiceNow incident creation, enrichment and lifecycle management.
Learn more →Pulse also schedules maintenance — which one do you want? Pulse covers maintenance windows as one of many workflows, alongside alerts, health, performance and administration. The Maintenance Mode Scheduler does that one job at a lower price. If scheduling windows is the whole requirement, the Scheduler is the cheaper fit; if your team also lives in the Operations console all day, Pulse replaces more of that day. More on how they compare.
The download is a signed MSI and four PDF guides. Install it on a dedicated Windows server or a management server, and a 30-day trial starts on its own — there is no key to request and no sales call to sit through first.
