yep my thoughts too re SCOM/SCOME. If your company has the resources to pay for 47 SQL licenses then perhaps it should invest in SCOM which via built-in and downloadable management packs provides out-of-the-box monitoring across systems and servers/services. I don't work for Microsoft, but if there is a business case/need to provide good quality monitoring/support then I'd prefer to buy a product rather than engineer a 'free' version.

Hey I like the idea of SCOME, especially when there is no chance of purchasing anything to do the job for me 🙂