System Center

Security Services Roadmap April 18, 2025 A range of Microsoft-hosted security services are available to help organizations secure their infrastructure and...more System Center 2025: Few Improvements, Mostly in VMs and Cloud Updated: December 14, 2024 System Center 2025 is now generally available, but Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is the only...more Get Ready for Upcoming Microsoft Client-Management Changes Updated: November 18, 2024 Windows Server Update Services has been deprecated with no future features, but remains functional in...more The Irrelevance of the Network Perimeter Updated: August 19, 2024 Relying on firewalls and other technologies to partition a network into an internal private network...more Microsoft’s Customers Must Monitor Its Security Shortcomings Updated: July 22, 2024 Insurance companies are tightening policy coverage requirements and examining whether organizations are implementing good security...more System Center 2019 UR6 Generally Available Updated: April 24, 2024 System Center 2019 UR6 provides bug fixes and minor updates, and is probably the last...more Buying Server Products via Microsoft Customer Agreements Updated: January 9, 2024 (Sections of this report have been superseded by “Transitioning Windows Server Under an EA to...more Log4j Resources Available from Microsoft Updated: December 27, 2023 A collection of Log4j resources is available from Microsoft for customers looking for more information...more SCOM Managed Instance Generally Available in Azure Updated: December 21, 2023 System Center Operations Manager Managed Instance introduces SCOM as an Azure service. It could help...more System Center 2022 UR2 Generally Available Updated: December 17, 2023 System Center 2022 UR2 provides incremental enhancements, security updates, and bug fixes. Azure is Microsoft’s Focus for Server Management Services Updated: June 18, 2023 Server management, even for on-premises, will increasingly require Azure services in the future. Azure Arc...more System Center 2022 UR1 Supports Stack HCI and SQL Server Updated: May 31, 2023 System Center 2022 has been updated to add support for the Azure Stack HCI 22H2...more Rapid Microsoft Release Cycles Affect Enterprises Updated: May 31, 2023 An accelerated product release cadence for both on-premises and hosted products, such as the Windows...more System Center 2019 UR3 Manages Azure Stack HCI Clusters Updated: May 31, 2023 Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2019 adds support for managing Azure Stack HCI clusters...more System Center Supports Windows Server 2022, Stack HCI Updated: May 31, 2023 System Center 2022 adds support for the latest versions of Windows Server and Azure Stack...more System Center 2019 UR4 Supports New Guests, No New Hosts Updated: May 31, 2023 System Center 2019 now supports Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11 as guest OSs, enabling...more