http://blogs.technet.com/b/seanearp/archive/2007/06/22/system-center-essentials-30-500.aspxSystem Center Essentials is one of the coolest and most useful programs coming out of Microsoft this year. SCE is targeted at small and midmarket businesses that want some of the monitoring, software distribution, and reporting capabilities as our enterpriseen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/seanearp/archive/2007/06/22/system-center-essentials-30-500.aspx#1424346Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:50:53 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:1424346smearp<p>Hello Janson-</p> <p>Sorry for the delay in replying! &nbsp;I checked with the SCE team, and the answer is:</p> <p>&quot;Yes, you can use this update as it updates System MPs that are in both OpsMgr and Essentials.&quot;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1424346" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/seanearp/archive/2007/06/22/system-center-essentials-30-500.aspx#1332715Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:26:25 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:1332715Janson<p>Hi Sean,</p> <p>With regards to management packs are these interchangeable between SCE 2007 nd SCOM 2007? &nbsp;Can you use the MOM 2005 backward compatibility update <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=655CDD06-861E-4342-99B2-8A81E09F6546&amp;displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=655CDD06-861E-4342-99B2-8A81E09F6546&amp;displaylang=en</a> with SCE 2007?</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>Janson</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1332715" width="1" height="1">