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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