What's New in Systems Management, Security, and Identity Management

As managing vice president, Rob Helm covers Microsoft collaboration services and client software. His 25-plus years of experience analyzing Microsoft’s... more

Major changes in Microsoft’s systems management, security, and identity management roadmap since the Sept. 2010 Enterprise Software Roadmap include the following:

Configuration Manager 2007 R3 was released in Oct. 2010 with improved management of PC power settings.
Configuration Manager 2012 was announced.
Service Manager 2010 SP1 was release in Dec. 2010.
Opalis 6.3 was released in Nov. 2010 with integration packs for System Center products.
A release candidate of Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 became available in Dec. 2010.
Betas of Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 2.0 and Asset Inventory Service 2.0 were released; both will likely appear in the Desktop Optimization Pack 2011.
In Oct. 2010, Microsoft changed the licensing terms for Microsoft Security Essentials to allow small businesses to use the antimalware product, which was previously restricted to home use.
The Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 antimalware product became available in Dec. 2010.

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