<s>
Network	O
Performance	O
Monitor	O
(	O
NPM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
solution	O
in	O
Operations	O
Management	O
Suite	O
that	O
monitors	O
network	O
performance	O
between	O
office	O
sites	O
,	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
,	O
clouds	O
and	O
applications	O
in	O
near	O
real-time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
helps	O
a	O
network	O
administrator	O
locate	O
and	O
troubleshoot	O
bottlenecks	O
like	O
network	B-Protocol
delay	I-Protocol
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
loss	I-General_Concept
and	O
availability	O
of	O
any	O
network	O
link	O
across	O
on-premises	O
networks	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
VNets	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
VPCs	O
,	O
hybrid	O
networks	O
,	O
VPNs	O
or	O
even	O
public	O
internet	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operations	O
Management	O
Suite	O
(	O
OMS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
solution	O
for	O
IT	B-Application
management	I-Application
that	O
gives	O
operational	O
insights	O
by	O
correlating	O
the	O
logs	O
and	O
performance	O
data	O
collected	O
from	O
any	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
or	O
application	O
deployed	O
in	O
the	O
cloud	O
(	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
or	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
)	O
or	O
on-premises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
monitors	O
IT	O
infrastructure	O
and	O
provides	O
more	O
visibility	O
and	O
control	O
by	O
identifying	O
and	O
assessing	O
security	O
risks	O
,	O
automating	O
administrative	O
tasks	O
using	O
PowerShell	B-Application
,	O
and	O
integrating	O
cloud	O
backups	O
for	O
business	O
continuity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
Cloud	O
:	O
Monitor	O
connectivity	O
between	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
and	O
on-premises	O
Networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
also	O
between	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
and	O
Azure	O
VNets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NPM	O
Agent	O
IP	O
starts	O
active	O
probes	O
using	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
Message	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
ICMP	O
)	O
or	O
Transmission	B-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
TCP	O
)	O
Ping	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
roundtrip	O
time	O
for	O
a	O
ping	B-Protocol
between	O
two	O
nodes	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
calculate	O
network	O
performance	O
metrics	O
such	O
as	O
packet	O
loss	O
and	O
link	O
latency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TCP	O
provides	O
more	O
accurate	O
results	O
compared	O
to	O
ICMP	B-Protocol
ECHO	I-Protocol
because	O
routers	O
and	O
switches	O
assign	O
lower	O
priority	O
to	O
ICMP	B-Protocol
ECHO	I-Protocol
packets	O
compared	O
to	O
TCP	O
Ping	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
