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 OSEsEssentials 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) OfferingsEssentials 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 XMonitoring 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