Hi Ridgetown123!
To my knowledge, watcher node needs to be a separate server to Skype for Business and Skype for Business core features need to be installed on the Watcher Node Server. You can understand it as a computer that periodically run Skype for Business Server synthetic
transactions.
If you want to know how to configure it, you can learn from:
https://www.garethjones294.com/monitoring-skype-for-business-server-2015-with-scom-2012-r2-scom-2016-watcher-node/
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Best Regards,
Jimmy Yang
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