Introduction
System Center products provide a wide range of systems management functions, such as deploying and updating software, monitoring operations, managing virtualized environments, providing backup and restore, keeping track of help desk tasks, and automating IT processes. System Center 2016 comprises the latest versions of these products, which can be packaged in various license suites for managing data centers, PCs, and other clients.
Systems Management on the Microsoft Platform
The System Center brand was originally applied to a few products that were developed by Microsoft, but it has since been expanded to encompass more products that Microsoft developed in-house or acquired elsewhere. (For details of the System Center product lineup, see the sidebar “System Center Product Names“.)
The System Center products discussed in this guide perform the following functions:
- Deploy and update OS and application software (Configuration Manager)
- Monitor and report on system operations (Operations
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