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System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 Beta released!
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Today, we’re happy to announce the beta release of Data Protection Manager 2012, with the latest and greatest System Center data protection capabilities. In its fourth generation, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 builds on a legacy of providing unified data protection for Windows...
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System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta is LIVE!
David Mills
Like most companies today, you rely on your IT infrastructure to keep your business running. You need to find out about and fix IT problems before they lead to any downtime or loss of productivity and revenue. This becomes even more challenging when you depend on a combination of physical, virtual, and...
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Showing the Private Cloud on our own Private Cloud at TechEd 2011
Kenon Owens - MSFT
Wow, I can’t believe TechEd 2011 is over. It was a fantastic show, and I enjoyed every minute of it. From the Sessions to the TLC Booths to the different treks from different buildings. It was all worth it. One thing that was going to be difficult, however, was how do we setup the demo environments at...
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Windows Azure Application Monitoring Management Pack Release Candidate (RC) Now Available For Download
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[5th Nov 2010 - Updated the title of the blog - from "Windows Azure Monitoring MP ..." to "Windows Azure Application Monitoring MP ..."] We are pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate (RC) of the Monitoring Management Pack (MP) for Windows Azure Applications (version 6.1.7686...
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System Center Datacenter Management Solutions: Kickstart your cloud journey!
Ananthanarayan Sundaram
At MMS 2010 and the Worldwide Partner conference , we articulated our holistic datacenter-to-cloud strategy. Specifically: a) How Microsoft's Server platform and Services platform uniquely enable delivering IT as a Service on your own terms - out of your own datacenter, service provider datacenters or...
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31 Aug 2010
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Client Deployment with System Center Part 1: Application Management
JeffWettlaufer
Hi everyone, we start our first in the series on ‘Client Deployment with System Center’, and logically we begin with one of the biggest challenges every customer in the world faces. Applications. Organizations are becoming more and more engaged in what is running on client systems , using new tools,...
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11 Mar 2010
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Opalis Software Availability and Roadmap News
Opalis
Hello All! We have seen tremendous excitement about the Opalis acquisition from customers and partners alike. This acquisition brings together the deep automation and orchestration expertise of Opalis with the integrated, physical and virtual datacenter management capabilities of System Center. Today...
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3 Mar 2010
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JeffWettlaufer
Hey everyone from GMT +1. The System Center team is sitting at a very early breakfast in Amsterdam this morning, looking outside at the 6” of new snow that fell overnight. We are here this week to talk about Windows deployment, with some of our biggest customers in Europe, let alone the world. We have...
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Scale and Performance improvements in Configuration Manager 2007 R3
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Hi everyone, recently we recorded a look into the new scale and performance improvements we will ship in ConfigMgr 2007 R3. There are 3 main areas of enhancement being made to the core capabilities of ConfigMgr. These are as follows: Delta Active directory Discovery – AD discovery has 2 main tasks. Discovering...
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4 Feb 2010
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System Center Configuration Manager Reporting Dashboard Beta released
JeffWettlaufer
We are pleased to announce the Beta release of our Dashboard Solution Accelerator. The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Dashboard lets customers utilize a browser based graphically rich reporting experience that showcases the robust reporting capabilities of the world’s leading system management...
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If you’re an IT administrator working in a smaller IT department, I’m sure you feel like banging your head sometimes as you find yourself reacting to end-user issues throughout your busy day. Somebody needs that new application installed, someone else is running out of disk space and yet another person...
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Application Compatibility Toolkit Connector Update
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To help our customers accelerate their testing and deployment of Windows 7, we are really pleased to announce an update to the ACT Connector for Configuration Manager. The Application Compatibility Toolkit Connector (ACT Connector) assists administrators with collecting the necessary computer and application...
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Operations Management Pack for Windows 2008 R2 Direct Access Server Now Available
Michael J Baiano
Now available for download, the Operations Management Pack for Windows Server 2008 R2 Direct Access Server supports a rich set of Alarms, Monitors and Agent Tasks that can be used to successfully and efficiently manage a Direct Access server. Through Operations Manager, the Direct Access Server Management...
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28 Jan 2010
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Update for Operations Manager 2007 R2 extends support to SUSE 11 and Solaris Zones
Michael J Baiano
Just released, this update for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 adds support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (both 32-bit and 64-bit) and Solaris Zones (Whole and Sparse Zones). This update demonstrates Microsoft’s continued investment in delivering end-to-end heterogeneous monitoring for...
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14 Oct 2009
Blog Post:
Brad Anderson promoted to Corporate Vice President of Management and Services Division
Larry Grothaus
In a bit of a break from our normal System Center topics, today we thought we’d share the exciting news that earlier today it was announced within Microsoft that Brad Anderson has been promoted to corporate vice president, Management and Services Division (MSD). We know that many of you know Brad through...
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28 Jul 2009
Blog Post:
Operations Manager 2007 R2 hits RTM
Michael J Baiano
Late yesterday the RTM of Operations Manager 2007 R2 was approved , which immediately initiated the next stage of the process ... getting this latest version of Microsoft's end-to-end monitoring product for IT environments and datacenters out to YOU ! Read more in our overview whitepaper , What's New...
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22 May 2009
Blog Post:
Enable Users, Not Just Devices
Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Team
I’m Larry Orecklin, general manager of the System Center group. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged here , but as I did last year at Microsoft Management Summit ( video here ) I wanted to take a moment to add some perspective on Day 2 at MMS. Before I get to Day 2, let me provide some context on...
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29 Apr 2009
Blog Post:
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Release Candidate (RC) Now Available!
Michael J Baiano
The System Center Operations Manager team is excited to announce the availability of the Release Candidate (RC) of Operations Manager 2007 R2 , which is ready for you to download through Microsoft Connect today! Operations Manager 2007 R2 delivers key improvements including non-Microsoft system and workload...
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26 Mar 2009
Blog Post:
Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Is Released
Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Team
The Configuration Manager team is pleased to announce the release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2! The installation kit is available through the Download Center. This release includes key enhancements in the following areas; Application Virtualization Management, Client Status Reporting...
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2 Sep 2008
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SMSE and VMM 2008 Updated Pricing Information - Effective November 2008
Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Team
Today I wanted to provide an update on some information I posted back in July and also highlight some other exciting news that we came out with today. In my previous post , I discussed pricing and packaging changes we have coming to the Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE) and Virtual machine...
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19 Aug 2008
Blog Post:
Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool - Released to web
Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Team
Great news for those of you looking for solutions to help better manage your virtual machines while they're offline, the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool Solution Accelerator has released to the web. Information on it can be found at this link . Some brief info on it includes: The increasing...
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10 Jul 2008
Blog Post:
MMS 2008 Day 1: Big Day for The Data Center
Paul Ross
We’re just half a day into MMS 2008 and it’s already been a big day for our customers and the System Center team. This is the largest MMS in history and the huge crowds have so far been thoroughly rewarded for making the trip to Las Vegas and haven’t even had to bet cash to get it. (That is only gambling...
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29 Apr 2008
Blog Post:
System Center Service Manager Update
Paul Ross
As the person responsible for the product marketing of System Center Service Manager , our IT service desk and IT service management product, I wanted to provide an update on the timeline for the release of the product. I also wanted to share some of the reasons for the change to that timeline. We...
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8 Feb 2008
Blog Post:
System Center Capacity Planner 2007 RTMs
Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Team
The product team is pleased to announce the release of Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner (SCCP) 2007! SCCP 2007 is a pre-deployment capacity planning and post-deployment change analysis solution for Microsoft Server products including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. It employs state of the art...
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5 Feb 2008
Blog Post:
There Is No “I” in Team But There At Least Needs to Be A Couple of People
Paul Ross
Welcome to the new year of System Center blog posts. Scanning the many predictions for 2008 from various analysts, press and bloggers I can’t help but notice the sheer number of references to a staffing crisis in IT. (I saw this issue play out in detail while working at Business Objects – customer...
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9 Jan 2008