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Over 70% of an IT system's total cost involves maintenance. Change management is one of the major aspects of administering a an IT environment. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 controls administration expenses by offering smart solutions for installing, updating, and assessing the workstations, servers, and mobile computers across an information system. System Center Configuration Manager is based on vital Microsoft platforms including Microsoft Windows Server Update Services and Active Directory and replaces Microsoft SMS Server 2003 as the most powerful utility for organizations of all sizes to make sure that their networks are properly configured to maximize availability, protection, and performance.

Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can help you to install Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager to minimize management costs, enhance network security, cut support requirements by keeping applications current, enforce compliance with software licenses, and track program usage patterns to help you arrive at smart purchasing decisions.

What's New in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 enhances many features of System Management Server and in addition introduces novel features to streamline software set up, maintenance, and analysis. New management functionality of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 include:

• Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008
  Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager helps companies plan and execute updates and deployments of Windows Server 2008, reducing the labor for preparation and installation while enhancing the automated management the datacenter.
• Microsoft Windows Vista Planning and Deployment
  Planning, deployment, and worker migration is streamlined for Microsoft Windows Vista. System support staff can implement bare metal, side-by-side, and in-situ installations of Windows Vista.
• Improved Hardware and Software Asset Inventorying and Metering
  The improved Asset Intelligence knowledgebase allows precise tracking of installed applications. Administrators can create reports on users and track application use. The improved Asset Intelligence function of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager also provides support for MVLS reports integration.
• Desired Configuration Management (DCM)
  Utilizing configuration models known as "baselines" that are available from Microsoft (as Configuration Packs) and other vendors or developed internally, network managers can define and track which systems have diverged from their targeted conditions. IT administrators can utilize these configuration definitions to improve protection, reliability, and performance and also to enforce compliance with business standards or legal requirements.
• Integrated Mobile Device Management
  Integrated and enhanced support for managing mobility improves security and simplifies provisioning and change management for mobile devices. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager provides a new level of control, such as wireless modifications, for companies dealing with a continually-growing group of off-site employees.
• Enhanced OS Deployment
  Efficiencies added to OS distribution mechanisms support bare-metal, PXE, and in-situ installation. The crucial task of image management is significantly streamlined. Managers can create Windows Imaging Format images of an operating system and related applications and deploy them using Configuration Manager's versatile Task Sequence engine.
• Application Software Update Management
  Software Update Management takes the hassle out of the task of managing updates to IT systems throughout an enterprise. IT administrators can quickly deploy updates of applications from Microsoft and third-party publishers plus in-house LoB software, hardware drivers, and BIOS software to a range of computers including desktops, notebooks, servers, and portable devices. Together with Microsoft VM, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 offers a unified mechanism for handling actual and virtual environments.
• Network Access Protection Support
  Network Access Protection (NAP) in Windows Server 2008 is a mechanism that provides a platform for validating system health. NAP represents a cohesive technique for assessing the health state of any client trying to attach to a protected network. NAP automatically restricts the client's access to the network unless the installation of required software updates has been confirmed.
  

  Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager helps provide continuous system protection and quarantine support for perimeter and remote systems to ensure that computers accessing the network meet an organization’s standards for proper configuration.

How Progent Can Help Your Company with System Center Configuration Manager
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager can be challenging to install for optimal performance. An effective installation requires a solid background with Microsoft Windows products. Progent's seasoned consultants have in-depth experience helping small and midsize organizations to save time and reduce expenses by deploying Microsoft's change management solutions. Progent can help your business to deploy Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to minimize IT administration costs, strengthen network protection, improve productivity by keeping applications current, ensure compliance with licenses, and track software usage to help you make smart buying decisions. Progent's expertise with remote technical help can leverage the budgetary advantages of System Center Configuration Manager 2007, and Progent's certified security engineers can assist you to create a complete security strategy that includes the advanced security features of System Center Configuration Manager. Progent also offers high-level consulting for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, which is a vital component of Microsoft’s System Center 2005 network administration platform.

Progent can also assist you with a System Management Server migration to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 or with planning and execution of an upgrade to Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

To learn more information concerning Progent's professional services for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, phone 1-800-993-9400 or email windows-server-help@progent.com.

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