2. Eamon O’Reilly Group Program Manager Microsoft Corporation MGT206 Jeremy Winter Product Unit Manager Microsoft Corporation

3. Session Objectives and Takeaways Session Objective(s): Learn IT management capabilities of System Center Essentials Introduce new capabilities available in Essentials 2010 Demonstrate how Essentials makes IT management easier

4. “Consolidation of my old hardware and existing workloads is critical to sustain the business” “Physical and virtual environment should be managed together seamlessly” “Time & budgets restrict my ability to continue to deploy additional servers” “My time is valuable -- I shouldn't spend time managing updates” “Reliability for my company systems is a must -- any downtime is bad” IT Pressures of Mid-sized Businesses

5. System Center Essentials Unified solution for mid-size 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

6. 255025050010 Small Business Mid Market 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

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

8. The Roadmap for Essentials Essentials 2007 Essentials SP1 Essentials 2010 May ’07 Release March ’08 SP1 Fall ’09 Beta Spring ’10 Release

9. Key Investments for Essentials 2010 Increased Efficiency Unified Experience Proactive Management Auto-manage updates and deadline Software distribution targeting Dynamic import of monitoring management packs Auto-manage updates and deadline Software distribution targeting Dynamic import of monitoring management packs Integration of Virtualization Management Automated computer grouping Server limit increased to 50 Integration of Virtualization Management Automated computer grouping Server limit increased to 50 Quick provisioning of new virtual machines Easy machine conversions from physical-to-virtual Intelligent placement of virtual workloads Quick provisioning of new virtual machines Easy machine conversions from physical-to-virtual Intelligent placement of virtual workloads

10. Unified Console Single view of the IT environment Overviews with summaries and health Integrated virtualization that is simple to use Easy to find workspaces with pertinent data In-line tasks, reporting, and help New in 2010 Overview pages with contextual click-through Streamlined group creation for common attributes Notification banners for monitoring updates Simplified management tasks Custom views with search support

11. Inventory and Reports Keep track of hardware and software assets 60+ HW and SW inventory attributes Inventory is preset and reported every 22 hours Visibility thru ready-to-use reports Daily Health Report providing quick status 180 reports out of the box New reports available w/ each imported MP Common reports available from each overview page New in 2010 Virtualization candidates Host Virtual machine utilization Security and critical update compliance report

12. Unified Experience

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

14. Virtual Machine Management 2010 Virtualization Features Host Configuration Virtual Machine Creation Copy VM from another server (P2V or V2V) Snapshots of VMs 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

15. 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

16. Virtualization Intelligent Placement CPU, Network, and Disk Load Physical Disk and Memory Requiremen ts Configuration VM Result of Disk Capacity and Memory Check Disk Capacity and Memory Check Capacity Planning Technology Normalized Host + VM Load Existing Load Configuration Host Performance and Configuration Recommendati on Hosts grouped into: RecommendedCompatibleIncompatible

17. Virtualization Machine Management

18. Essentials Monitoring Monitor your IT environment end-to-end Rich knowledge out of the box to help diagnose and 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 email, pager, or SMS 2010 Investments Monitoring import and maintenance via the web Inline Notification Creation Service Level Wizards & Reports

19. Essentials Monitoring Management Packs Essentials uses same MPs as Operations Manager Refined for mid-sized environments to cut noise Add custom monitoring from partners and vendors Microsoft MPs available for download http://technet.microsoft.com/en- us/sce/cc462787.aspx Remote Troubleshooting Detailed information on user’s PC configuration Perform remote tasks right from the console Ping, List Processes, IPConfig, etc.

20. Software Deployment Quickly Administer and Distribute Software Deploy software applications for clients and servers Simple 5-step application install wizard Support for MSI and EXE applications Parameters defaulted requiring minimal knowledge to deploy software 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

21. Update Management Easily Configure and Track IT Updates Update management for Microsoft and 3rd parties Multi-member group support for flexible targeting Compliance and status reports across the IT environment “Big Red Button” for installation of pressing updates 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’

22. Monitoring, Software Distribution & Updates

23. Installing Essentials Get up and running quickly! Abstracts the complex process of installing Simple 10-screen setup Interactive prerequisite checker to analyze readiness Contextual help, ToolTips and Validation Installation 64-bit and 32-bit server hardware Flexible SQL Server configurations (remote vs. local) New in 2010 Automated Prerequisite Remediation Modular Setup of Components Dynamic updates at install time Core Management Packs Only Migration to Essentials 2010 for VMM WG & Essentials 2007

24. Configuring Essentials Simple to configure, guided step-by-step Wizard-driven experience for initial configuration Product configuration Computer and device discovery Update management configuration New in 2010 Improved out-of-the-box experience Extended criteria for Scheduled Discovery Policy conflict detection Monitoring Configuration Wizard recommends monitoring experience automatically imports and updates MPs

25. Key Investments for Essentials 2010 Increased Efficiency Unified Experience Proactive Management Auto-manage updates and deadline Software distribution targeting Dynamic import of monitoring management packs Auto-manage updates and deadline Software distribution targeting Dynamic import of monitoring management packs Integration of Virtualization Management Automated computer grouping Server limit increased to 50 Integration of Virtualization Management Automated computer grouping Server limit increased to 50 Quick provisioning of new virtual machines Easy machine conversions from physical-to-virtual Intelligent placement of virtual workloads Quick provisioning of new virtual machines Easy machine conversions from physical-to-virtual Intelligent placement of virtual workloads

27. Track Resources http://www.microsoft.com/sce http://www.microsoft.com/sce System Center Essentials Homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/sce http://www.microsoft.com/sce Key Microsoft Sites System Center on Microsoft.com: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenterhttp://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter System Center on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/systemcenter/http://technet.microsoft.com/systemcenter/ Virtualization on Microsoft.com: http://www.microsoft.com/virtualizationhttp://www.microsoft.com/virtualization Community Resources System Center Team Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenterhttp://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter System Center Central: http://www.systemcentercentral.comhttp://www.systemcentercentral.com System Center Community: http://www.myITforum.comhttp://www.myITforum.com System Center on TechNet Edge: http://edge.technet.com/systemcenterhttp://edge.technet.com/systemcenter System Center on Twitter: http://twitter.com/system_centerhttp://twitter.com/system_center Virtualization Feed: http://www.virtualizationfeed.comhttp://www.virtualizationfeed.com System Center Influencers Program: Content, connections, and resources for influencers in the System Center Community. For information, contact scnetsup@microsoft.com scnetsup@microsoft.com

28. www.microsoft.com/teched Sessions On-Demand & Community http://microsoft.com/technet Resources for IT Professionals http://microsoft.com/msdn Resources for Developers www.microsoft.com/learning Microsoft Certification and Training Resources www.microsoft.com/learning Microsoft Certification & Training Resources Resources

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