Ravi Kiran Chintalapudi Program Manager Microsoft Eamon O’Reilly Group Program Manager Microsoft

Session Objectives and Takeaways Session Objective(s): Understand why Microsoft built System Center Essentials Learn IT Management capabilities of System Center Essentials Introduce new capabilities available in Essentials 2010 Demonstrate how Essentials makes IT management easier

“Keeping OS and applications updated with the latest patches is time- consuming” “ is critical for my company, server downtime is bad for business” “Software installation for desktops should be quick and easy –it’s not!” “End-user troubleshooting is manual for us – telephone, , and remote desktop” “Our hardware and software inventory is in spreadsheets. It’s hard to pull it all together” IT Pressures of midsized businesses “Need to reduce hardware costs: Server power, cooling…” “I’m expected to do more and save money without any more staff”

Unified solution for midsize businesses A unified solution with a single console for managing your physical and virtual servers, desktops, hardware, software, and IT services Simple execution of complex management tasks like troubleshooting end user issues, monitoring, creating and managing virtual servers, software deployment Increased Efficiency Unified Experience Proactive Management Monitoring, troubleshooting and asset tracking to keep your IT environment secure and up-to-date

Small Business Midsize Business Lower MidmarketCore Midmarket Upper Midmarket Enterprise MS Segment # of PCs Home Users User info Do It Yourselfer (DIY)* IT Generalist IT Specialist Manages server as secondary responsibility Manages server as primary but shared responsibility 1-2 full time IT Generalists 5-10 full time IT Generalists with some area of focus Specialists per workload System Center Family of Products 100 Platform System Center Products Workgroup Edition

Integrated management designed for medium sized companies with up to 50 servers and 500 Clients

The Roadmap for Essentials Essentials 2007 SP1 Essentials 2010 May ‘07 RTM March ’08 SP1 May ’09 CTP Sept ‘09 Beta Spring ’10 RTM Winter ‘10 RC

Increased Efficiency Unified Experience Proactive Management Integrated Virtualization Management Dynamic Computer Grouping Server limit increased to 50 Auto-Manage Updates & Deadline Software Distribution Targeting Management Pack Importer for Monitoring Quick provisioning of new virtual machines Easy machine conversions from physical-to-virtual Intelligent placement of virtual workloads

Unified Experience Unified Console Single view of the IT environment Overviews w/ summaries and health Integrated virtualization that’s simple to use Easy to find workspaces w/ pertinent data In-line tasks, reporting and help New in 2010 Overview pages w/ contextual click-thru Streamlined group creation for common attributes Notification Banners for new MP’s Streamlined management tasks Custom views w/ search support

Unified Experience Inventory & Reports Keep track of hardware and software assets 60+ HW & SW inventory attributes HW – WMI properties SW – Add/Remove Programs Inventory is preset and reported every 22 hours Inventoried only if a change is detected Delivered from signed inventory rules file Visibility thru ready-to-use reports Daily Health Report providing quick status 180 reports available New reports available w/ each imported MP Key reports on each overview page New in 2010 Virtualization Candidates Host Virtual Machine Utilization Security & Critical Update Compliance Report

Essentials Overview

Proactive Management Essentials Monitoring Monitor your IT environment end-to-end Rich knowledge out of the box to help diagnose & fix alerts Simple in-line tasks to click and “fix it now.” Remote control support for managed clients & servers Ability to customize monitoring Network devices with SNMPv1 or v2 Notification of problems via , pager, or SMS 2010 Investments Monitoring import & maintenance via the web Inline Notification Creation Service Level Wizards & Reports

Proactive Management Essentials Monitoring Management Packs Essentials uses same MP’s as Operations Manager Refined for midsized environments to cut noise Add custom monitoring from partners & vendors Microsoft MP’s available for download Remote Troubleshooting Detailed information on user’s PC configuration Perform remote tasks right from the console Ping, List Processes, IPConfig, etc.

Monitoring

Increased Efficiency Software Deployment Quickly Administer & Distribute Software Deploy software applications for clients & servers Simple 5-step application install wizard Support for MSI and EXE applications Deployment status reporting Install now support Easily uninstall applications deployed New in 2010 Support for common targeting filters Modify properties of existing packages Localized title/description during package creation

Increased Efficiency Update Management Easily Configure & Track IT Updates Update management for Microsoft and 3 rd parties Multi-member group support for flexible targeting Compliance & status reports across the IT environment “Big Red Button” for installation of pressing updates Built upon WSUS technology New in 2010 Auto-manage the software updates needed Auto-approval deadlines- “Set and Forget” Ability to sync with MU multiple times daily Simple view for ‘Needed updates’

Updates

Increased Efficiency Virtual Machine Management Maximize your resources Virtualization management incorporated Reduced learning curve with workspace integration Comprehensive monitoring of total physical and virtual server environments Rapid provisioning of new hosts and virtual machines Fast and reliable P2V and V2V conversion Flexibility for your environment Win 2008 Server & Hyper-V for new 64-bit Win 2003 Server & Virtual Server for 32-bit Virtualization as a setup component Import of existing virtual servers & VMWare

Increased Efficiency Virtual Machine Management 2010 Virtualization Features Host Configuration Virtual Machine Creation Copy VM from another server (P2V or V2V) Snapshots of VM’s for quick backups Intelligent Placement Simplicity from the start Pre-configured virtual machine templates Short task based wizards Automated network configuration Enterprise-class functionality for midsized businesses

Increased Efficiency Physical-to-Virtual Conversion Intuitive and easy to use Core feature of Essentials, no additional infrastructure or costs per conversion 5 step wizard based experience Automatically retrieves source configuration Configurable storage, memory, CPU, etc. Preserves network settings and MAC addresses Optional source shutdown Intelligent Placement to identify hosts Automatically determines best host for a VM Uses VM properties and host configuration Factors in Memory, Disk size, Network, CPU Recommendations for easy decision

Virtualization Machine Management

Increased Efficiency Installing & Configuring Essentials Setup Abstracts the complex process of installing Simple 10-screen setup Automated Prerequisite Remediation Modular Setup of Components Dynamic updates at install time Core Management Packs Only Configuration Simple to configure, guided step-by-step Wizard-driven experience for initial configuration Extended criteria for Scheduled Discovery Policy conflict detection Monitoring Configuration Wizard recommends monitoring experience automatically imports and updates MP’s

Increased Efficiency Unified Experience Proactive Management Integrated Virtualization Management Dynamic Computer Grouping Server limit increased to 50 Auto-Manage Updates & Deadline Software Distribution Targeting Management Pack Importer for Monitoring Quick provisioning of new virtual machines Easy machine conversions from physical-to-virtual Intelligent placement of virtual workloads Integrated Virtual and Physical IT Management for Medium-Sized Businesses

System Center Essentials Resources Beta now available on Tech Center (for documentation and downloads): Microsoft Virtualization Homepage Microsoft System Center Homepage Self Help Resources TechNet Product Blog: Twitter System Center Midsize Business: System Center Essentials:

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Feature Comparison With OpsMgr 2007 Monitoring OpsMgr 2007 Essentials 2010* Essentials 2010 difference Monitoring of Windows Servers, Clients, Hardware, Software and Services √√ Essentials ships with a Network device management pack Management Packs with Expert Knowledge √√ Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM) √√ Add Monitoring Wizard √√ Reporting √√ Essentials data storage limited to 40 days. No report authoring Branch office monitoring √√ Essentials 2010 is a single server solution; no tiered connection of servers Role-based security √ Local or domain admin only for Essentials 2010 server Connector Framework √ Audit Collection Services √ Web Console √ Cross-platform support √

Feature Comparison With ConfigMgr 2007 Configuration ConfigMgr 2007 Essentials 2010* Essentials 2007 difference Patch Mgmt (Microsoft and Third party) √√ Software Distribution √√ Essentials offers basic.MSI and.EXE deployment with optional command line parameters. No advanced packaging capability. Hardware and Software Inventory √√ Essentials collects 60+ fixed software and hardware attributes. Configuration Manager 2007 inventory is extensible Branch office updates and software dist. √√ Essentials is a single server solution using BITS 2.0 (bandwidth aware). No site replication servers Operating System Deployment √ Desired Configuration management √ Wake on LAN √ Network Address Protection (NAP) integration √

vSphere EssentialsvSphere Essentials Plus VMM Workgroup Edition (WGE) vSphere Essentials PlusVMM WGE + SCE Price$1,098 x 2 = $2,196 $4,388 x 2 = $8, $757 + $0 (WS08R2 or HV R2) = $757 $4,388 x 2 = $8, $757 + $0 + $2,411 [SCE with 10 Server/ 50 Desktop CALs] = $3,168 Cost Difference2.9x more expensive 11.59x more expensive2.77x more expensive vSMP Support4-way Physical Memory256GB 1TB256GB1TB System Updates(Host/OS only) (HW/Host/OS/MS Apps/ 3 rd Party Apps) HA/Clustering Live Migration Backup/Recovery Cross Hypervisor Server & Desktop Management In-guest Monitoring DRS/PRO HW/SW Inventory SW Deployment SMB vSphere vs. Microsoft

VMware ESXi 3VMware ESXi 4 Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Price$0 Bare-metal Hypervisor32-bit64-bit Boot from Flash Host Processors32 Logical Processors64 Logical Processors vSMP Support4-way Host Physical Memory256GB1TB Virtual Machine Memory64GB255GB64GB Free Remote Management Client Live Migration High Availability/Failover Clustering Host based console for configuration and troubleshooting Compatibility with Centralized Multi-host Management (vCenter/VMM) (Only with per host upgrade to full VI3 license $2-4K) (Only with per host upgrade to full vSphere license $2-4K) (free with VMM server license, no per host cost) Free Hypervisor Feature Comparison

Feature Comparison With Hyper-V & VMM Configuration Hyper-V Console Essentials 2010 VMM Templates XX VM Cloning XX Candidate Identification XX Physical to Virtual Conversion XX Virtual to Virtual Conversion XX Migration across physical machines XX Virtualization Reports XX Monitoring VMs XX Physical resource optimization (PRO) XX Library XX Provisioning X XX VM configuration & propertiesXXX VM state X XX Checkpoints (Snapshots)XXX 64 bit guest OS X XX Hardware Assisted VirtualizationXXX Live thumbnail X XX Synthetic Network SupportXXX Import VM (multiple VHD + snapshot) X X Configure advanced network settingsX X Inspect Disk X X Export VMX VMWare Management X Self-service console X