What's New in Systems Management and Security

As managing vice president, Rob Helm covers Microsoft collaboration and content management. His 25-plus years of experience analyzing Microsoft’s technology... more

Major changes in Microsoft’s systems management roadmap since the Apr. 2008 Enterprise Software Roadmap include the following:

SP1 for Configuration Manager 2007 was released in May 2008; it adds support for Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V (on its release).
A Data Protection Manager “rollup update” released June 2008 added tape library sharing, support for Windows Server 2008 Server Core configurations, and other improvements.
Mobile Device Manager 2008, a management product for smart phones and other portable devices, was released in Apr. 2008.
The Capacity Planner architecture guidance and performance prediction tool received an update in May 2008 to support modeling of Operations Manager 2007.
Forefront Security for SharePoint SP2 was released in Apr. 2008; it is the first version to support Windows Server 2008.
A beta version of Forefront Security for Communications Server was released in June 2008; the production version, planned for late 2008, will support the

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