How do I exclude a service monitoring alert?

1. Open the management console
2. Navigate to Packages -> System Health
3. In the ribbon, click on the arrow below "Filter" and select "Services"
4. Locate the appropriate package ("Services" by default), expand it and click on "Services"
5. Add the service that should be excluded to the list.
6. Save the configuration

Excluding a service this way will also prevent it from being tracked in the web reports and it may be preferable to add an exclusion filter instead.