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    2月13日

    Service Manager delayed untill Q2 2010

    On Monday 11th February Microsoft announced that the Service Manager’s planned release has been delayed until the first half of 2010. A refresh of the Service Manager beta will be released towards the end of 2008. The reason for the delay is the feedback for beta 1 and can be summarized as a need to:
     
    • Improve the performance of the product
    • Provide improved integration across System Center

    Senior Product Marketing Manager for SCSM Paul Ross comments the delay: "I’m confident that our strategy for Service Manager is going to provide the capabilities that our customers are asking for in terms of the IT service desk, deep integration across System Center products, and support for service management process frameworks such ITIL or MOF. I know any delay is unfortunate, but we must ensure that the product is ready on day one, rather than deliver a product that has to be changed once it is deployed in customers' environments."

    Many thanks to my friend and colleague Gerben pointing out to http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2008/02/07/system-center-service-manager-update.aspx

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    SCCM R2 Beta release with SoftGrid integration!

    Together with the SP1 beta release, Microsoft has also decided to publish the ConfigMan R2 beta for Beta Participants. And one of the biggest ones for this year: Application virtualization is added! I'll be quick so I will not drewl over my keyboard :-)
     
    What's new for SCCM 2007 R2?
     
    • Application Virtualization Management support
    • Forefront Client Security Integration
    • SQL REporting Services Reporting - Allows you to report on ConfigMan activity using Reporting Services
    • Client Status Reporting that provides a set of tool and ConfigMan reports to asses status of client computers (Client health)
    • OS deployment enhancements like:
      • Unknown computer support without adding computer infomation to the SCCM database
      • Multicast Support (about time ;-))
      • Running command lines in Task Sequences with credentials other than the Local System account
    • Support for new Intel Vpro based network cards (no more issues with Network switches / routers).
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    SCCM 2007 Service Pack 1 available for Beta participants

    Microsoft has released the beta versions for SCCM 2007 Service Pack (SP) 1 and R2. These are not public (yet) but to give a general idea:
     
    What's new in SCCM 2007 SP 1
     
    • Introduction of a new feature for Out of Band management
    • The Length of the evaluation period has changed in Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 to be more consistent with other Microsoft products. In Configuration Manager 2007, the evaluation period is 120 days. In Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, the evaluation period is 180 days
    • The Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) Connector and the System Center Updates Publisher are no longer included with the Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 installation media
    • Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 provides support for Windows Server 2008 as clients and site systems

    Note: Windows 2008 does not include WebDAV by default, which is needed for Management Points (MP) and Distribution Points (DP)

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    2月12日

    SMS 2003: Mainstream support until January 2010

    Microsoft has published new information on SMS 2003 support for the near future. Mainstream support has been extended to january, 2010. 
     
    Originaly the support for SMS 2003 and SMS 2003 R2 was planned to go off mainstream support from April 19th, 2009. Due to the release of SCCM, Microsoft has decided to extend this period. A prolonged support program will be offered until 2015.
     
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