OpsMgr 2007 SP1 RC Now Available!

The release candidate for Service Pack 1 for Operations Manager 2007 is ready for download from http://connect.microsoft.com/systemcenter.  

The high level themes of this service pack are:

• Address critical customer initiated issues including roll-up of all hotfixes
• Make the product easier to support
• Make the product easier to use
• Make the product easier to deploy

Key things to note:

• Read the release notes and upgrade guide included with this release and carefully follow the instructions
• This is a fully supported release - support is available through the standard Microsoft Support channels and also via our newsgroup microsoft.public.opsmgr.sp1
• The release candidate will be fully upgradable to the final RTM release of SP1 (currently scheduled for mid-February 2008)