System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Design and Migration Support
As much as 70% of an information network's cost is for maintenance. Change management is one of the biggest aspects of maintaining a an IT environment. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 cuts maintenance costs by providing knowledge-driven automation for deploying, updating, and assessing the desktops, servers, and portable computers across an information system. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager is built on vital Microsoft technologies including Windows Windows Server Update Services and Active Directory (AD) and supplants SMS Server as the top utility for organizations of all sizes to make sure that IT systems are correctly installed to maximize availability, protection, and performance.
Progent's certified consulting professionals can assist you to install System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to minimize management expenses, enhance system security, lower support requirements by keeping software current, enforce compliance with software licenses, and track software usage patterns to help you make informed buying choices.
New and Improved Features in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 enhances important functions of System Management Server and also offers innovative features to streamline OS and application software distribution, updating, and assessment. New functions of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 include:
Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 helps businesses plan and execute updates and deployments of Microsoft Windows Server 2008, reducing the labor for preparation and deployment while enhancing the manageability the datacenter.
Microsoft Windows Vista Support
Planning, deployment, and worker migration is streamlined for Vista. System support staff can implement bare metal, side-by-side, and in-situ deployments of Windows Vista.
Enhanced Asset Inventorying and Metering
The enhanced Asset Intelligence database enables detailed tracking of installed programs. Administrators can create reports on computer owners and meter application usage patterns. The enhanced Asset Intelligence function of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 also provides support for MVLS reports integration.
Desired Configuration Management
Through system profiles known as "baselines" that are available from Microsoft and third-parties or developed in-house, network managers can specify and monitor which systems have diverged from their targeted states. IT managers can utilize these baselines to improve security, reliability, and performance and also to enforce adherence to company policies or legal mandates.
Built-in Mobile Device Management
Built-in and expanded features for handling portable devices tightens security and simplifies provisioning and change management for mobile devices. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager provides a new level of control, including over-the-air modifications, for companies dealing with a continually-growing group of off-site workers.
Improved OS Image Deployment
Efficiencies added to Operating System distribution modes support OS-free, PXE, and in-place installation. The crucial process of image management is drastically streamlined. Managers can create Windows Imaging Format images of an operating system and associated applications and deploy them using Microsoft's powerful Task Sequencer.
Application Software Update Management
Software Update Management simplifies the task of delivering updates to computers across an IT environment. Network administrators can quickly deliver updates of applications from Microsoft and third-party publishers plus internal LoB software, drivers, and system BIOS software to a variety of computers including desktops, notebooks, servers, and mobile devices. Together with Microsoft VM, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 provides a unified mechanism for handling actual and virtualized systems.
NAP Security Enforcement
Network Access Protection (NAP) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is a component that offers a platform for validating system health. NAP provides a cohesive way of assessing the health state of a computer attempting to connect to a network. NAP automatically restricts the client's access to the network until the presence of specified software updates is validated.
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 helps provide ongoing network protection and isolation support for both perimeter and online systems to guarantee that computers connecting to the network adhere to an organization’s requirements for proper configuration.
How Progent Can Help You with System Center Configuration Manager
System Center Configuration Manager can be complicated to set up for optimal results. A successful implementation requires a solid background with Microsoft Windows products. Progent's seasoned engineers have broad backgrounds helping small organizations to save time and reduce expenses by using Microsoft's update automation technology. Progent can assist your business to deploy System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to minimize IT management costs, strengthen network security, improve worker productivity by keeping applications current, ensure compliance with licenses, and track software usage so you can make smart buying decisions. Progent's expertise with remote support can expand the economic advantages of System Center Configuration Manager 2007, and Progent's certified security consultants can assist your company to create a complete security plan that includes the powerful security features of System Center Configuration Manager 2007. Progent also offers high-level consulting for System Center Operations Manager, which is a key component of Microsoft’s Microsoft System Center 2005 IT system administration platform.
To learn more information concerning Progent's consulting for System Center Configuration Manager, call 1-800-993-9400 or email windows-server-help@progent.com.
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As much as 70% of an information network's cost is for maintenance. Change management is one of the biggest aspects of maintaining a an IT environment. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 cuts maintenance costs by providing knowledge-driven automation for deploying, updating, and assessing the desktops, servers, and portable computers across an information system. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager is built on vital Microsoft technologies including Windows Windows Server Update Services and Active Directory (AD) and supplants SMS Server as the top utility for organizations of all sizes to make sure that IT systems are correctly installed to maximize availability, protection, and performance.
