System Center Operations Manager – Pre-Requisites Powershell Script

Before installing System Center Operations Manager, it’s worth confirming the prerequisites are in place rather than running Setup and troubleshooting failures one at a time — SCOM has a fairly long list of Windows features, .NET versions, and SQL components it depends on.

Use the Built-In Prerequisite Checker

The SCOM Setup media includes a prerequisite checker you can run standalone before a full install — from the setup splash screen, choose Install > Prerequisite Checker, or run it silently via the command line switches documented for your specific SCOM version. This validates the target server against the actual requirements for the specific management server, gateway, or reporting role you’re installing, which is more reliable than working from a generic checklist since requirements shift slightly between SCOM versions.

Commonly Required Components

• The appropriate .NET Framework version for your SCOM release.
• IIS with the relevant role services enabled (for the web console and reporting roles).
• SQL Server Native Client / ODBC driver matching your SQL Server version.
• Report Viewer redistributable (for the Reporting role specifically).

Run the checker against every role you’re deploying (Management Server, Web Console, Reporting) individually, since each has a slightly different prerequisite set, and resolve every reported failure before proceeding — SCOM’s setup is far less forgiving of missing prerequisites than many other System Center products.

Current Version Note (2026)

System Center 2025 (which includes SCOM 2025) is now the current release, having gone GA in November 2024 with its first update rollup shipping December 2025 — if you’re planning a new install today, target that version rather than System Center 2022. The prerequisite checker approach above still applies, but the specific requirements have moved on: SCOM 2025 requires .NET Framework 4.8 or later, and adds support for SQL Server 2022 as a backend, alongside the previously supported versions. Always run the checker against your actual target SCOM version rather than assuming an older checklist still matches exactly.

Resources

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