IT Monitoring News | November ’26 Edition
Latest releases, resources, and events focused on Microsoft SCOM and modern ITOps & DataOps
IT Monitoring News | November ’26 Edition
Dive into the Latest Updates and Insights
As the year moves into its final months, we’re sharing the latest updates, expert insights, and practical resources to help you keep your IT monitoring on track. Discover new approaches to SCOM reporting, explore what’s next for AIOps, dive into our latest monitoring whitepapers, and find opportunities to connect with the IT community. There’s plenty to explore!
Industry Insights & Research 📚
Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2026: Identity Is the Front Line
Microsoft’s annual threat report draws on more than 165 trillion security signals a day, and its message is clear: AI has sped up attacks. The median time from discovering a vulnerability to exploiting it is now under 24 hours, and phishing has become a much more common entry point. Identity, meaning AD, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365, remains where most attacks begin. Microsoft’s main recommendation is resilience by design, where recovery and continuity matter as much as prevention. For admins, that means knowing the health of your critical services in real time, not after users call. Read here.
ENISA Threat Landscape 2026: What NIS2 Organizations Need to Know
The EU’s cybersecurity agency analyzed 8,257 incidents from 2025. Roughly 73% of them affected organizations that NIS2 classifies as essential or important. DDoS accounts for most incidents but usually has limited impact, while ransomware remains the biggest short-term threat to business continuity. ENISA also warns that dependencies on suppliers, cloud services, and software packages are now a systemic risk, and it expects AI to enable more stages of attacks. For IT teams under NIS2, continuous visibility into infrastructure is no longer optional. It’s part of the compliance picture. Read here.
Releases & Software Updates 🛠️
Project SAWA – Simplifying SCOM Reporting
Project SAWA introduces a new way to access live and historical Microsoft SCOM monitoring data through a web-based portal. By connecting directly to your existing SCOM environment, SAWA uses established SCOM permissions to ensure each user sees only the data within their authorized scope. With no need for SSRS, Power BI Report Server, or additional Microsoft licenses, SAWA offers a familiar reporting experience that requires no retraining — making SCOM reporting simpler, more accessible, and easier to manage. More about Project SAWA here and here.
SCOM 2022 Gets Update Rollup 4: What’s Fixed and What’s New?
Microsoft has published UR4 for SCOM 2022. It includes fixes for Data Warehouse grooming, web-console errors, dashboard views, Teams notifications, and access to PowerShell widgets. It also adds Linux monitoring support for newer distributions, including Ubuntu 26 and RHEL 10. More here, here, and here.
Latest NiCE Whitepapers & Recordings 📘
Cireson Webinar Recording: System Center Is Alive and Kicking
Monitoring and ITSM working together. See NiCE and Cireson in action as they demonstrate real-world SCOM monitoring, Service Manager ticketing, self-service, and workflows. Watch the recording to discover how Microsoft System Center can deliver even more value when its components work together. Watch the recording.
Whitepaper: Comprehensive NetApp ONTAP Monitoring
Look beyond storage capacity and performance. Discover how a holistic monitoring strategy can help you keep an eye on NetApp ONTAP infrastructure, from physical hardware health — including fans, power supplies, and temperature — to storage operations and MetroCluster resilience. Learn how to identify risks earlier and strengthen the availability of your critical storage services. Read the paper here.
Whitepaper: Oracle Data Guard Monitoring
Is your standby database really ready for failover? Database availability alone doesn’t guarantee recovery readiness. This whitepaper explores how to monitor Oracle Data Guard health, synchronization lag, Broker status, and failover-related components with Microsoft SCOM — helping IT teams identify potential risks before they compromise business continuity. Read the paper here.
Events & Sessions to Look Forward To 📅
Upcoming Webinar: The Next Chapter for SCOM – AIOps and the NiCE Roadmap
What’s next for SCOM? Join NiCE on December 17 to explore AIOps for SCOM, new Management Packs, SAWA Reporting, and the NiCE roadmap. Discover how NiCE and TazamaTech, our spin-off company specializing in advanced IT monitoring and AIOps, are working to turn monitoring data into actionable insights — and get a first look at what’s ahead for your monitoring environment.
Experts Live Switzerland 2026 – Meet the Microsoft Community
Let’s connect in Bern! NiCE is proud to support Experts Live Switzerland as a Community Sponsor on November 4. Join Microsoft experts and IT professionals for a day of technical sessions, fresh perspectives, and networking around Cloud, AI, Security, and Modern Workplace technologies.
Experts Live Café – Azure, Security & AI in Practice
Three sessions, plenty of practical insights. Join the online Experts Live Café on November 26 to explore production-ready Azure Kubernetes Service deployments, partner onboarding to the Microsoft Marketplace, and AI-powered root-cause analysis for observability. NiCE and guest speakers share real-world experiences, technical lessons, and live demonstrations.
Microsoft Ignite 2026 – Discover What’s Next
17 – 20 December – San Francisco
Get a first look at what’s coming in the Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft Ignite takes place November 17–20 in San Francisco, with a digital attendance option. Explore the latest developments in AI, Azure, security, and cloud technologies, gain practical insights from technical sessions, and connect with experts shaping the future of IT.
Ask Us Anything SCOM
Every Thursday, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM CET/CEST
Got a SCOM question that’s been bugging you? Bring it to NiCE Office Hours. Whether it’s SCOM, NiCE Management Packs, troubleshooting, or custom Management Pack authoring, our experts are here to help. Book a free 30-minute consulting session and get practical answers, tailored advice, and hands-on guidance — no slides, no sales pitch, just SCOM expertise.
Spotlight on Partners 🤝
Atos UK
From digital transformation to day-to-day IT operations, Atos UK helps organizations across the public and private sectors manage complex IT environments, with expertise spanning cloud, cybersecurity, digital services, and critical infrastructure. Discover how enterprise IT expertise and reliable operations go hand in hand in today’s increasingly complex technology landscape.
We hope you enjoyed this edition of the bi-monthly IT Monitoring News. Feel free to reach out for more on advanced monitoring on Microsoft SCOM.
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