Plan, Deliver, Operate, Manage – Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF)
During the beginning of this decade as Visual Studio and .NET created waves in the industry for its robust infrastructure and rapid application development and interoperability, Microsoft came up with its “Solutions Framework” (MSF) to catalyze its adoption. Microsoft Solutions Framework addresses the concerns of Developers, Agility and Processes.
Now, it’s time to think big. Microsoft Operations framework (MOF) addresses the entire gamut of challenges cutting across CIOs, managers, admins and developers.
Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) consists of integrated best practices, principles, and activities that provide comprehensive guidelines for achieving reliability for IT solutions and services. As Always, it’s a simple interface beneath a robust infrastructure. MOF provides question-based guidance that allows you to determine what is needed for your organization now, as well as activities that will keep the IT organization running efficiently and effectively in the future.
The guidance in the Microsoft Operations Framework encompasses all of the activities and processes involved in managing an IT service: its conception, development, operation, maintenance, and—ultimately—its retirement. MOF organizes these activities and processes into Service Management Functions (SMFs), which are grouped together in phases that mirror the IT service lifecycle. Each SMF is anchored within a lifecycle phase and contains a unique set of goals and outcomes supporting the objectives of that phase.
MOF guidance is available at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/cits/mo/mof/default.mspx.
