http://blogs.technet.com/mgoedtel/archive/tags/Release+Candidate/default.aspxTags: Release Candidateen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/mgoedtel/archive/2007/11/07/operations-manager-2007-sp1-release-candidate-available.aspxThu, 08 Nov 2007 06:24:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2363118mgoedtel0http://blogs.technet.com/mgoedtel/comments/2363118.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/mgoedtel/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2363118<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The release candidate for Service Pack 1 for Operations Manager 2007 is ready for download from <A title=blocked::http://connect.microsoft.com/systemcenter href="http://connect.microsoft.com/systemcenter" mce_href="http://connect.microsoft.com/systemcenter"><FONT face=Arial color=#800080>http://connect.microsoft.com/systemcenter</FONT></A>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The high level themes of this service pack are:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Address critical customer initiated issues including roll-up of all hotfixes</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Make the product easier to support</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Make the product easier to use</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Make the product easier to deploy</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Key things to note:</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Read the release notes and&nbsp;upgrade guide included with this release and carefully follow the instructions <o:p></o:p></SPAN> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is a fully supported release - support is available through the standard <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Microsoft Support channels </SPAN></STRONG>and also via our newsgroup </SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">microsoft.public.opsmgr.sp1</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The release candidate will be fully upgradable to the final RTM release of SP1 (currently scheduled for mid-February 2008)</SPAN></LI></UL> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;I'll be pounding on this over the next few days, so stay tuned for updates from me of interest!</SPAN></P><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2363118" width="1" height="1">SCOM 2007SP1Release Candidate