Entries tagged with system center - TechNet Edge

Desktop Virtualization and Configuration Manager

DaveMorehouse — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 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

TechNet Radio: System Center Integrates IT Management to Support Rapid Customer Growth

erickingfrog — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:14:00 GMT

Listen to how Total Wine took advantage of Microsoft System Center solutions to automate server imaging, application and update deployment, server monitoring, and backup, relieving the need for the IT staff to manually manage store and data center servers. We also cover the Microsoft October Security Bulletins.

Intro to System Center Essentials

DaveMorehouse — 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

DaveMorehouse — 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.

System Center Operations Manager and the Brazilian Post Office

AdamBomb — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:02:00 GMT

Breiner Queiroz is a Senior Systems Analyst for the Post Office in Sao Paolo Brazil. In this video, he talks about his experience deploying Operations Manager. He talks about the challenges of getting a project like OpsMan deployed on a limited budget, and working with a new technology.

TechNet Radio: Get More Security and Control with Mobile Device Manager

erickingfrog — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:55:00 GMT

In this TechNet Radio session, learn how you can improve secure access to corporate data and line-of-business (LOB) applications and simplify management of Windows Mobile powered devices with Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager. We explain how System Center Mobile Device Manager provides integration into Active Directory, rich inventory and reporting tools, secure virtual private network (VPN) access, and more.

TechNet Radio: How Microsoft IT Uses System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to Extend Network Hea

erickingfrog — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:21:00 GMT

In this TechNet Radio session, you learn how Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 ensures that computers connecting to or communicating on the network meet the organization's requirements for system health. By implementing System Center Operations Manager 2007, Microsoft IT is able to enforce security and compliance, as well as target policies to specific forest and domains within Microsoft.

Edge at MMS!

AdamBomb — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:29:00 GMT

hey - I just wanted to give you a heads up that Joey and I will be at MMS next week, covering the conference here on Edge. We'll have coverage starting Monday with recaps and demos of the announcements that are coming at the show.

I have to tell you, I got to see some of the stuff we'll be showing off at the conference, and I was blown away by it. Not moved to tears Scoble style, but bouncing on my feet excited about what we're doing. Keep checking back on Edge next week to see what's new, and leave us a comment here if there's something you'd like us to find out about for you while we're there.

And if you're attending the conference, and you spot a couple of overly-enthusiastic guys wearing Edge t-shirts and carrying cameras, come say hi!

TechNet Radio: Extend Network Access Protection Using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager

erickingfrog — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:02:00 GMT

Learn how Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager can extend the capabilities of the Network Access Protection (NAP) feature in Windows Server 2008. Jeff Wettlaufer, System Center technical product manager, interviews Jeff Sigman, senior program manager for NAP, in this episode of TechNet Radio.

TechNet Radio: System Center and the Data Center

erickingfrog — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:49:00 GMT

Learn more about how the Microsoft System Center Family of products can integrate into typical data center-centric tasks such as: planning, consolidation, deployment automation, updating and patch management, health and performance monitoring, data backup and protection, and regulatory compliance, as well as more about the role of virtualization. Dave Morehouse, Sr. Product Manager System Center Marketing interviews Jeff Wettlaufer, Technical Product Manager System Center Marketing.

Intro to System Center Mobile Device Manager (scmdm) 2008

AdamBomb — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:01:00 GMT

System Center Mobile Device Manager is a new product in the System Center line that provides management and VPN for Windows Mobile devices. Michael Jimenez is an Architect that works in the mobility space for MCS. Michael walked me through the features of the product, whiteboarded an overview of what the architecture of a deployment looks like, then wrapped up with a tour of his office, including the window sill museum of old smartphones.
(one minor correction needs to be made: in the video, Mike states that a single scmdm installation can support 20,000 devices. In the time since we recorded, the product team has found through testing that they actually scale to 30,000! devices)

System Center Configuration Manager with Josh Pointer

AdamBomb — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:01:00 GMT

I recently caught up with Josh to talk about the latest version of SMS, now known as System Center Configuration Manager. Josh has been working with SMS as long as the product has been around, and brought his experience to corp to help the System Center team improve the product. We talk about the new features like OS deployment as well as improvements to existing product features.