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System Center and Microsoft Exchange 2010

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:41:00 GMT

PART 4 of 4

In this episode of Brad and Jeff's periodic chats about the management business at Microsoft, they talk about how System Center fits in the constellation of platform and server releases in the fall of 2009.

In part 4, Brad and Jeff cover briefly how System Center supports key workloads, such as Microsoft Exchange.

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System Center and Windows 7

Dave Morehouse — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:05:00 GMT

PART 2 of 4

In this episode of Brad and Jeff's periodic chats about the management business at Microsoft, they talk about how System Center fits in the constellation of platform and server releases in the fall of 2009.

In part 2, Brad and Jeff talk about all the improvements in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and R3 that make deployment and management of Windows 7 clients far more energy efficient and cost effective than ever before.

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System Center and Windows Server 2008 R2

Dave Morehouse — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:29:00 GMT

PART 3 of 4

In this episode of Brad and Jeff's periodic chats about the management business at Microsoft, they talk about how System Center fits in the constellation of platform and server releases in the fall of 2009.

In part 3, Brad and Jeff treat the relationship of System Center to the latest release of the server platform, Windows Server 2008 R2.

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System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 and Microsoft Exchange

Dave Morehouse — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:22:00 GMT

Jason Buffington and Leslie Kitz get together for a brief parlay on what's new and exciting in the next version of System Center Data Protection Manager, due out in the spring of 2010.

After discussing how DPM 2010 stacks up, and how 2010 supports Exchange server installations, Jason goes into a demo that shows off DPM's new capabilities in protecting Exchange.

This video is the first of a series.

Driving Manageability Across Microsoft

Dave Morehouse — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:31:00 GMT

PART 1 of 4

In this episode of Brad and Jeff's periodic chats about the management business at Microsoft, they talk about how System Center fits in the constellation of platform and server releases in the fall of 2009.

In part 1, the discussion focuses at a general level on how System Center is a business central to Microsoft, not only from the standpoint of its strategic value in the marketplace, but also in terms of its technical importance to businesses across the company, from Windows client to Windows server, to all of the key server workloads, especially Exchange.

In parts 2, 3, and 4 that follow separately, they talk specifically about the way in which System Center supports, respectively, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange.

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System Center Home
Because It's Everybody's Business (the joint launch and campaign site)

Managing Compliance with System Center Service Manager 2010

Dave Morehouse — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT

Clare Henry, technical product manager on the System Center team, introduces System Center Service Manager 2010 by showing how this new product from Microsoft, currently in beta 2 trials, can help lower the risk of configuration errors so you can can quickly and efficiently resolve incidents. The demonstration specifically shows how Service Manager delivers solutions for compliance management, from the detection of a non-compliant configuration scenario to full remediation.

For more information on Service Manager, please refer to the System Center Web site.

Service Manager 2010: Operations Manager Integration and Service Maps

Dave Morehouse — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT

System Center Service Manager, scheduled to ship in 2010, is a flexible IT automation platform that provides built-in workflows based on industry best practices for incident and problem resolution, change control, and asset lifecycle management. It can help provide better service management by:

Reducing the cost and improving the responsiveness of customer service requests by combining knowledge, self-service, and the ability to automate requests on the Service Manager Self-Service portal.
Optimizing processes and ensuring their use through templates that effectively guide IT analysts through best practices for change and incident management.
Providing the foundation for informed and cost-effective decision-making to better align IT systems and services to the ever-changing needs of the business.
Reducing resolution times by cutting across organizational silos, ensuring that the right information from incident, problem, change, release, or asset records is accessible through a single pane.
Delivering flexible process workflows and templates that IT pros can adapt to their organization’s requirements.
Extending the value the Microsoft platform delivers by automating the processes and activities among System Center products.

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In this presentation w/ UI demo created by Marc Umeno, senior program manager on the Service Manager team, you'll find out how System Center Service Manager can import service maps from System Center Operations Manager and extend them to include relevant business information, user information, and service information. Service maps in System Center Service Manager allow IT to better understand how issues affect services, perform root cause analysis faster, and quickly identify the right course for remediation.

See the System Center Web site for more information on Service Manager.

Toward User-Centric Client Computing: Citrix Integration with Configuration Manager

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:46:00 GMT

In this episode of their ongoing discourse on System Center, virtualization, and other topics in IT systems management, Jeff and Brad talk about a recent announcement from Citrix regarding their efforts with Microsoft to simplify desktop computing through a closer partnership in developing and integrating desktop virtualization technologies. Citrix's XenApp, as Brad and Jeff discuss, with its integration into System Center Configuration Manager, represents a significant step toward the vision of user-centric client computing.

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Integration of Dell's Lifecycle Controller with Microsoft System Center

Dave Morehouse — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:58:00 GMT

Brad Anderson, System Center corporate VP, meets with Laurie Tolson, systems management VP of Dell, to discuss their technology partnership, in particular the integration with System Center of Dell's latest offering in systems management, Lifecycle Controller 1.2, part of the 11G family of Dell server hardware.

What Virtualization Means for the Desktop

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:59:00 GMT

Brad Anderson and Jeff Wettlaufer are together again, this time for a chat on desktop virtualization scenarios and technologies. Using Brad's whiteboard for illustration, they cover application virtualization, desktop (or hardware) virtualization, presentation virtualization, and finally, virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI.

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Insight Control for System Center

Dave Morehouse — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:49:00 GMT

Brad Anderson chats with HP's Scott Farrand about a new management solution from HP, Insight Control for System Center, which integrates the hardware management features of HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers with Microsoft System Center.

For further info, check out this page on the HP site.

MMS 2009 Day 2 Keynote Demo (On Stage) [MMS 2009 Day 2 Keynote Demo (On Stage)]

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:10:00 GMT

In this excerpt from the day 2 keynote at the Microsoft Management Summit 2009 in Las Vegas, Jeff Wettlaufer shows Brad Anderson how System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 can deploy Windows 7 over 20 laptop Windows XP installations--all done wirelessly and in under 20 minutes.

Check out the team blog for additional related posts, and also take a look at the Configuration Manager TechCenter on TechNet for related resources.

Finding Cost Savings in the Cloud [Finding Cost Savings in the Cloud]

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:31:00 GMT

Jon Schmitz explains to Isaac Roybal how his organization, the Commercial Technical Support Labs in Microsoft Support, has put together seven "private cloud" sites around the world to realize a host of resource use efficiencies, resulting in substantial cost savings. Jon details what Microsoft virtualization solutions are involved and how they helped reduce the number of desktops support engineers had to maintain, reduce the organization's carbon footprint, and improve response efficiency, among other benefits.

See the Microsoft Virtualization site for more information about Microsoft's solutions that are fast making cloud computing a reality.

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How System Center Helps Reduce IT Costs [How System Center Helps Reduce IT Costs]

Dave Morehouse — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:05:00 GMT

In this video, Jeff Wettlaufer begins to ramp up what will be happening at the Microsoft Management Summit this year in a chat with Brad Anderson, GM of the Management Services Division. They talk about System Center's role in reducing IT infrastructure costs and touch on desktop and server optimization, referring to some key documents that can be found on the Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization Web site (check it out!).

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System Center Announcements at TechEd Barcelona [System Center Announcements at TechEd Barcelona]

Dave Morehouse — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:45:00 GMT

Jeff Wettlaufer sits with Brad Anderson, general manager in the Management Services Division, to talk about the current state of the System Center product suite, and touches on some key announcements at TechEd 2008 in Barcelona. A big theme: how System Center can help save organizations money in managing their IT infrastructure.

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Desktop Virtualization and Configuration Manager [Desktop Virtualization and Configuration Manager]

Dave Morehouse — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:20:00 GMT

Jeff Wettlaufer, technical product manager in System Center marketing, chats with Brad Anderson, GM of the Management Services Division, about the latest desktop virtualization innovations that are a part of the R2 release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

They briefly go over:

Key aspects of Configuration Manager R2
Application virtualization technology and the R2 release
Hardware virtualization technology included in MDOP licensing

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Intro to System Center Essentials

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:31:00 GMT

If you happen to be managing a mid-sized business IT environment (with, shall we say, ~50-500 desktops and up to 30 servers), and are tired of dealing with multiple tools and processes, and just wish you had a better way, David Mills, technical product manager, will show you what Microsoft has to offer in this space, System Center Essentials.

My chat with him starts with an intro to the product and the core issues it's designed to address, and he then shows us the product interface and gives us a walkthrough of the main features and benefits.

Microsoft's Investments in Virtualization and Cross-Platform Management

Dave Morehouse — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:06:00 GMT

Brad Anderson, GM of the Management Services Division, talks with us about his perspective on Microsoft's developments and directions in the virtualization and x-plat spaces, and where System Center fits in. He also talks a bit about what's coming in the months ahead. If you want a quick overview from the top, this is it, folks.

Quest Software and System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions [Quest Software and System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions]

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:29:00 GMT

Mike Bowe and Paul Ghostline of Quest Software talk with Microsoft’s Martin Buckley about working with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions and the new opportunities Quest is seeing.

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An Analyst's Perspective on System Center and Virtualization [An Analyst's Perspective on System Center and Virtualization]

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:40:00 GMT

Robb Mapp of Microsoft Integrated Virtualization analyst relations speaks to ESG Analyst Mark Bowker about his role as an IT analyst, his recent research and what customers are looking for relative to virtualization.

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An Analyst's Perspective on System Center's Cross Platform Management [An Analyst's Perspective on System Center's Cross Platform Management]

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:38:00 GMT

Robb Mapp of Microsoft Integrated Virtualization analyst relations speaks to Macehiter Ward-Dutton Research Director Neil Macehiter about the state of systems management & virtualization and the benefits of Microsoft’s System Center and Hyper-V.

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Xandros and System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions [Xandros and System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions]

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:19:00 GMT

Andreas Typaldos, CEO of Xandros, talks with Martin Buckley of Microsoft about working with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions and the new opportunities Xandros is seeing.

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