<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
System	I-Application
Center	I-Application
Advisor	I-Application
(	O
SCA	O
;	O
formerly	O
Codename	O
Atlanta	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
offering	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
Corporation	O
that	O
helps	O
change	O
or	O
assess	O
the	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
of	O
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
Servers	I-General_Concept
software	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Center	I-Application
Advisor	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
,	O
an	O
agent	B-Protocol
that	O
collects	O
data	O
(	O
an	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
computer	I-General_Concept
program	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
a	O
gateway	O
(	O
another	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
component	O
)	O
that	O
communicates	O
with	O
the	O
service	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
the	O
agent	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
agent	B-Protocol
component	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
each	O
server	O
and	O
the	O
gateway	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
computer	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
agent	B-Protocol
,	O
gateway	O
and	O
web	O
service	O
are	O
properly	O
configured	O
,	O
an	O
administrator	O
may	O
use	O
the	O
web	O
service	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
affected	O
servers	O
from	O
any	O
physical	O
location	O
that	O
has	O
an	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Center	I-Application
Advisor	I-Application
reached	O
general	O
availability	O
in	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
having	O
spent	O
ten	O
months	O
in	O
release	O
candidate	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
the	O
supported	O
products	O
,	O
the	O
System	B-Application
Center	I-Application
Advisor	I-Application
agent	B-Protocol
needs	O
.NET	O
Framework	O
3.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web	O
service	O
currently	O
supports	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
and	O
later	O
or	O
Firefox	B-Language
3.5	I-Language
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Silverlight	I-Application
version	O
4.0	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
Center	I-Application
Advisor	I-Application
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Azure	O
Operational	O
Insights	O
in	O
2014	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
Log	O
Analytics	O
service	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Operations	O
Management	O
Suite	O
in	O
Azure	O
.	O
</s>
