SCCM 2007 is go!
"System Center Configuration Manager—previously Systems Management Server—represents a tremendous advance over its well-regarded predecessor, now providing the control necessary to more effectively manage change in today's dynamic IT infrastructures. Manage the full deployment and update lifecycle with streamlined, policy-based automation; with enhanced insight into, and control over, assets and systems compliance; and with optimization for Windows—particularly Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista—and extensibility to customized administration experiences and third-party applications. These robust capabilities can be used to manage servers, clients, and handheld devices, across physical, virtual, distributed, or mobile systems—all from a single, familiar console. Built on key Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft Update, Active Directory, and the Windows architecture, and leveraging System Center's knowledge-driven IT management, System Center Configuration Manager helps administrators minimize the number of OS images to manage, makes it easier to define and track systems compliance, and improves systems performance and security."
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is RTM and with it heralds great advances over SMS 2003, especially in the operating system deployment space. With the ability to manage the entire desktop and server lifecycle from OS deployment, through update management to desired configuration, SCCM provides a scalable solution to the most demanding IT infrastructure needs. Many times when we speak to customers in the CoE about deployment and we demonstrate the capability and flexibility of OS deployment in SCCM, we get the question, "Wow, when can we get it?". Well... NOW! Download the 120 day trial software today from the SCCM TechCenter.
