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)