The System Center suite of solutions help IT professionals better manage the physical and virtual information technology (IT) environments across data centers, client computers, and devices. System Center is a critical part of Microsoft’s “Dynamic IT” vision where technology helps IT departments become more productive service providers and more strategic to their businesses “from the desktop to the data center”.
There are 5 core products within the System Center suite.
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
System Centre Operations Manager 2007 is an end-to-end service management tool. It is designed for large, complex and dispersed IT environments. It increases efficiency and facilitates greater control of an organisation’s IT environment by enabling the IT and Operation Managers to better manage and monitor the entire IT environment on a day-to-day basis. SCOM 2007 works seamlessly with Microsoft infrastructure across the organisation and is also interoperable with non-Microsoft infrastructure. Case Study
System Center Configuration Manager R2
System Center Configuration Manager is a software deployment and delivery tool. It allows IT managers to securely deploy operating systems and applications across servers, client computers and devices spread across physical, virtual, distributed, and mobile environments. Similar to SCOM, IT works seamlessly with Microsoft infrastructure across the organisation and is also interoperable with non-Microsoft infrastructure. It also offers configuration management, enhances system security and provides asset management of servers, PCs and mobile devices. Case Study
System Center Essentials
System Center Essentials is specifically designed for midsize businesses (up to 500 client computers and 30 servers). System Center Essentials provides a unified management product that enables IT pros in midsize organizations to proactively manage their IT environment with increased efficiency.
System Center Data Protection Manager
System Center Data Protection Manager* is a Windows backup and recovery tool. It delivers continuous data protection for Microsoft application and file servers using integrated disk and tape media. The tool enables rapid and reliable recovery for organizations of all sizes.
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 is a virtual machine deployment and management tool. It is designed to help IT professionals configure and deploy virtual machines and also manage both physical and virtual machines from the one console.
CASE STUDY: System Center Operations Manager - Irish Life & Permanent
CASE STUDY: System Center Configuration Manager - Mercury Engineering
