1. System Center Overview Andrew Driver Partner Technical Specialist Management and Security

2. Industry Perspective: Infrastructure Maturity

3. Agenda DSI System Center Configuration Manager 2007 System Center Operations Manager 2007 System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007

4. Infrastructure Optimization

5. Multi-level: operating systems, system resources, applications ITIL-based Process and Knowledge Embedded Dynamic Systems Initiative Architect  Developer  IT Pro WS-Management Capture knowledge in models

6. IT is a strategic asset IT is a business enabler IT is an efficient cost center IT is a cost center Optimizing Your Environment

7. Virtualisation Management "Virtualisation without good management is more dangerous than not using virtualisation in the first place." Thomas Bittman, Analyst, Gartner

8. System Center Enterprise Solutions Knowledge Driven Management Available Today

9. Do you..... o Find out about outages from the end user first? o Struggle to understand and monitor the health of complex, distributed applications? o Want to collect and consolidate security event logs? o Want the helpdesk to close more calls first time? o Want to understand their environment better? o Want have insight into the health of the users’ desktops?

11. Customer Challenges We need to increase the efficiency of our operations It’s tough to analyze and understand our enterprise from servers to desktops It’s difficult to manage our distributed business critical applications Determining the health of our mission-critical line of business applications Correlating operational data to pin point problems Very hard to apply domain knowledge of internal built apps How can I better report to management our success? I'm not an expert in everything I need to manage How will I manage our Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007? SOX and other regulatory compliance challenges I need all my management tools to work together Why can’t the system “learn” what's normal in our environment? I need our first-tier operators to resolve more issues I need to actively control the scope of responsibility How can I better leverage my investment in AD?

12. Operations Manager 2007 Solutions Increased Efficiency and Control Best-of-Breed for Windows End-to-End Service Management Proactive monitoring of service health End-user perspective monitoring Service-oriented views, dashboards, and reports Easy to use templates and Service Designer Expertise for over 50 Microsoft applications, servers & clients Agentless exception monitoring Client monitoring of Windows Vista, Windows XP, and the Microsoft Office system Audit collection service archives security logs Third-party connectors for integration with other systems Single integrated console with role-based security Leverages AD for discovery, accounts & agent configuration Self-tuning thresholds adjust to business usage patterns Easier to use, customize, and author reports Overview pages and integrated search

13. End to End Service Monitoring Proactive management of IT services End user perspective monitoring Service oriented views and dashboards Best of Breed for Windows Expertise for over 50 Microsoft applications, servers and clients Client monitoring of Vista, XP and the Office Suite Audit collection services archives security logs Increased Efficiency and Control Automatically discover and deploy appropriate monitoring policies Self tuning thresholds Easier to use, customize and author reports End-to-End Service Monitoring Without the Day-to-Day Drama

15. Do you.... o Having too many OS images to manage? o Taking too long to build machines? o Patching being arduous? o Not being able to guarantee the config of critical servers? o Not knowing how many licenses they need?

16. SCCM 2007 Key Investments Simplicity Up and running in minutes Simplified UI Advanced Task Sequencing Reduced SCCM infrastructure costs with branch office support Improved scheduling and greater control including Wake-on-LAN Common processes for Windows Mobile and embedded device Deployment Unified delivery of Windows operating system for clients and servers One worldwide image to manage with Vista Built on Windows Vista technologies including Windows Imaging Vista and Office 12 upgrade assessment and resolution planning Offline media support for full offline provisioning Security Integration with “Longhorn” Network Access Protection Simplified, comprehensive software updating w/ templates for common tasks Enterprise Vulnerability assessment Securely managing devices across the Internet Secure network storage of user state during Operating System deployment Configuration Knowledge-driven desired configuration management based on the System Definition Model (SDM) IT policies for analyzing corporate and regulatory compliance Out of the box configuration policies for server workloads i.e. Exchange License and asset management IT Efficiency & IW Productivity Reduce manual tasks, Free scarce IT resources Increase end-user productivity, Reduce infrastructure costs

17. Comprehensive Deploying and Updating Assess, migrate and deploy Windows Servers and Clients Deploy and update locally installed and virtual applications Manage your IT systems across the distributed enterprise Enhanced Insight and Control Translate Asset Intelligence data into useable information Improve control over IT systems and streamline compliance Leverage Microsoft and 3 rd party configuration knowledge to improve configuration definition and maintenance Simplified administration through improved usability & services Optimized for Windows and Extensible Beyond Built on Windows technology foundation Improve systems availability by using Microsoft best practice expertise for Operating Systems and Applications Platform enables customized administration experience and can be extended to support 3rd party hardware and software Assess, Deploy and Update from the Desktop to the Datacenter and Beyond

18. Microsoft ® System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

19. Do you..... o Want to drastically cut down on their nightly backup window? o Want to be able to restore to the last committed SQL transaction? o Want mailbox-level restore for Exchange? o Want document-level restore for SharePoint?

20. Continuous data protection for Microsoft® application and file servers, enabling rapid and reliable recovery for enterprises of all sizes Continuous Data Protection for Windows Application and File Servers Lossless Restores for Applications Superior application integration for Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint Portal and Virtual Servers One-click application restore Rapid and Reliable Recovery Shorter backup windows Shorter restore times Empowered End-User Recovery Robust monitoring and reporting Advanced Technology for Enterprises of all sizes Seamless Disk and Tape Integration Unified protection policies across data types SLA driven backup process Intuitive UI Enhanced media reliability Media Encryption

21. DPM Server Also available as a DPM OEM Appliance running on Windows Storage Server with integrated Disk & Tape Up to Every 15 minutes DPM 2007 Active Directory® System State Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 file shares and directories Windows XP Windows Vista

22. Applications Protected Microsoft platforms with VSS capabilities Exchange 2003 service pack 2 Exchange 2007 – including LCR and CCR configurations SQL Server 2000 service pack 4 SQL Server 2005 * SQL Server 2008 * SharePoint Server 2003 / WSS 2.0 – protected as SQL databases SharePoint Server 2007 / WSS 3.0 Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1 Windows Server 2003 service pack 1 * Windows Server 2008 * Windows XP Professional service pack 2 Windows Vista Business edition or higher Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 are not “officially supported” until they RTM and the DPM rollup update in CY08-Q2

23. Microsoft Clusters MSCS Cluster Traditional cluster configuration, two servers – one dataset Automatic Failover to new server name Protection continues seamlessly in failover and failback scenarios, no user intervention needed DPM detects cluster configuration and associated server names when protection is setup DPM MSCS Cluster Passive-node Active-node

24. Agent deployment options DPM Administrator Console (push) System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SMS 2003 Group Policy WSUS Pre-installed OS.MSI installs binaries on server Agent not running  Filter not engaged  Service not active  No CPU overhead

32. Do you..... o Consolidate physical servers? o Control virtual server sprawl?

33. Maximize Resources Centralized virtual machine deployment and management Intelligent placement of Virtual Machines Fast and reliable P2V and V2V conversion Comprehensive service-level enterprise monitoring with Operations Manager Increase Agility Rapid provisioning of new and virtual machines with templates and profiles Centralized library of infrastructure components Leverage and extend existing storage infrastructure Allow for delegated management of VMs Leverage Skills Familiar interface, common foundation Monitor physical and virtual machines from one console Fully scriptable using PowerShell A centralized management application solution for the virtual datacenter

34. "Virtualization without good management is more dangerous than not using virtualization in the first place.” – Tom Bittman, Gartner VP & Analyst, 9 May, 2007 Microsoft's Virtualization Strategy

35. Managing the Datacenter Lifecycle Virtual Workload Provisioning OS / Software Deploy, Patching and State Mgmt Performance and Health Monitoring Disaster Recovery Hardware Provisioning Backup