Option 1: Yes

Businesses that use Operations Manager can take advantage of the seamless drill down in reporting data that console integration provides. The integration also enables them to more easily leverage Operations Manager’s historical reporting data to complement VM placement recommendations since the data is available in the same VMM console, under a single sign on.

The integration itself will require some administrative work to be completed in both Operations Manager and VMM. It may also require that more VMM instances be added to the design.

If the project team chooses to integrate Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager, the team continues with step 3, which guides the project team through the process of choosing between ...

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