To get the most out of this book

To get started with OMS and to make the most of the content in this book, you will need an Azure subscription, and an Azure Log Analytics workspace. You will also need some test Windows and/or Linux machines, depending on your interest area. You will also benefit from deploying some cloud-based workloads in Azure or other cloud to understand how OMS works across management boundaries.

To work with the Hybrid worker group feature in Azure Automation, you will need at least one VM or Physical computer on-premises that can serve as a hybrid worker.

You will also need to ensure that your test machines are running supported versions of Windows or Linux operating systems for the various capabilities that you intend to explore. Furthermore, each chapter in the book spells out any requirements you will need to get started, in the Getting Started section of the various chapter recipes.

Download the example code files

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Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it from https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/MicrosoftOperationsManagementSuiteCookbook_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The OMS Gateway supports HTTP tunneling using the HTTP CONNECT command."

A block of code is set as follows:

Perf 
| where CounterName == "% Processor Time" and ObjectName == "Processor" and InstanceName == "_Total"
| summarize AggregatedValue = avg (CounterValue) by Computer, bin (TimeGenerated, 5m)

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

Get-Service OMSGatewayService 

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: " This introductory chapter will provide an overview of how to get started with the management capabilities in Operations Management Suite (OMS). "

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.