Overview of System Center Essentials 2010

ManagedServers

ManagementConsoleServer

ManagedPCs

Managed Devices

Network Infra Devices

Management License Suite - Server (1 or 5 Packs – Server ML)

SCE & SCVMM Management Consoles

Management License Suite - Client(5 or 20 Packs – Client ML)

At A GlanceOverview of Solution and Capabilities

End to End Solution for Physical and Virtual Systems

Management

Integrated Patching, Monitoring, and Deployment

Tools

Virtualization Management Capabilities

Server consolidation through virtual migration

Virtual machine provisioning and configuration

Server & Client health monitoring, management

Performance reporting, analysis

Patch management, software upgrades

Systems Management SCE & SCVMM Capabilities Overview

Price • • • • • • •

Products Prices FeaturesServer License Offerings*

Essentials 2007 $2,022 U.S 10 Windows-based server OSEs 50 Windows-based PC OSEs

Essentials 2007 with SQL Server Technology

$2,961 U.S. 10 Windows-based server OSEs 50 Windows-based PC OSEsruntime-restricted version of SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition.

Management License (ML) Offerings

Essentials Server ML (5 MLP) $506 U.S. 5 Windows-based server OSEs.

Essentials Server ML (single license) $101 U.S. 1 Windows-based server OSEs.

Essentials Client ML (20 MLP) $404 U.S. 20 Windows-based PC OSEs.

Essentials Client ML (5 MLP) $101 U.S. 5 Windows-based PC OSEs.

* Essentials 2007 requires Microsoft SQL Server to support its operational activities. Essentials 2007 ships with SQL Server Express Edition. For larger deployments of Essentials, you can either buy SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition separately or in conjunction with Essentials 2007. The latter is sold as Essentials 2007 with SQL Server Technology. The SQL Server Technology is the SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition and may ONLY be used to support Essentials 2007.

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Feature Comparison With OpsMgr 2007Monitoring OpsMgr

2007Essentials 2010*

Essentials 2010 difference

Monitoring of Windows Servers, Clients, Hardware, Software and Services

√ √ Essentials ships with a Network device management pack

Management Packs with Expert Knowledge √ √Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM) √ √

Add Monitoring Wizard √ √

Reporting √ √ Essentials data storage limited to 40 days. No report authoring

Branch office monitoring √ √ Essentials 2010 is a single server solution; no tiered connection of servers

Role-based security √ Local or domain admin only for Essentials 2010 server

Connector Framework √

Audit Collection Services √

Web Console √

Cross-platform support √

Feature Comparison With ConfigMgr 2007Configuration ConfigMgr

2007Essentials 2010*

Essentials 2007 difference

Patch Mgmt (Microsoft and Third party) √ √

Software Distribution √ √ Essentials offers basic .MSI and .EXE deployment with optional command line parameters. No advanced packaging capability.

Hardware and Software Inventory √ √ Essentials collects 60+ fixed software and hardware attributes. Configuration Manager 2007 inventory is extensible

Branch office updates and software dist. √ √ Essentials is a single server solution using BITS 2.0 (bandwidth aware). No site replication servers

Operating System Deployment √

Desired Configuration management √

Wake on LAN √

Network Address Protection (NAP) integration

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Feature Comparison With Hyper-V & VMMConfiguration Hyper-V

ConsoleEssentials

2010VMM

Templates X X

VM Cloning X X

Candidate Identification X X

Physical to Virtual Conversion X X

Virtual to Virtual Conversion X X

Migration across physical machines X X

Virtualization Reports X X

Monitoring VMs X XPhysical resource optimization (PRO) X XLibrary X XProvisioning X X XVM configuration & properties X X XVM state X X XCheckpoints (Snapshots) X X X64 bit guest OS X X XHardware Assisted Virtualization X X XLive thumbnail X X XSynthetic Network Support X X XImport VM (multiple VHD + snapshot)

X X

Configure advanced network settings X XInspect Disk X XExport VM X VMWare Management XSelf-service console X