Windows Mobile 6.1 was released this year when Microsoft introduced Mobile Device Manager 2008 (MDM 2008). You might wonder why they didn’t just add more functionality to Configuration Manager. I think the reason is that mobile devices and PCs require different management features. Perhaps more functionality would have bloated Configuration Manager.

Microsoft just released MDM 2008 SP1. The main new features are:

• Multiple Instances: More than one instance of Mobile Device Manager
• PIN Reset
• Enrollment Auto Discovery: Matches the user with the correct MDM instance
• Scalability: MDM 2008 SP1 supports up to 40,000 users
• Windows Server 2008 support

You can download the evaluation edition here. There are also some downloads related to MDM SP1, for example, the Resource Kit tools. Marco Nielsen has all the links.

Microsoft’s TechNet magazine discusses the new features of System Center Configuration Manager 2007, the successor of SMS 2003. Some of it sounds really interesting.

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It’s my first day after vacation, and I am somewhat overwhelmed by the number of new releases relevant to my work, even though, I tried to keep myself updated through my RSS feeds. This post is more or less a to-do-list for me. If you are sys admin in a Windows shop, you’re probably in the same situation.

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There were a lot of announcements at the Microsoft Management Summit 2007 (MMS). I just summarized the most interesting ones:

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Microsoft just released System Center Operations Manager 2007, the successor of MOM 2005. When I first read the new name, SCOM 2007, I was somewhat surprised. I don’t know anything about marketing, but isn’t it a bit too close to “scam”? But when I accessed the download page today, I saw that Microsoft seems to prefer the abbreviation “OpsMgr 2007“. At least, this is what they use as the HTML title of the page (see title bar of your browser). Anyway, I think most will use SCOM 2007. So, what are its new features?

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In a blog post, Keven Remde summarizes Microsoft’s new term “System Center”. Basically, it encompasses all Microsoft products to manage Windows systems in a corporate network. There is an official Microsoft page offering more detailed information, although, most of the text there is just marketing stuff.

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