Mid-size Business Management
Essentials 2007 is a new management solution in the System Center family of IT systems management products specifically designed for midsize businesses (up to 500 PCs and 30 Servers). Essentials 2007 provides a unified management solution that enables IT professionals in midsize organizations to proactively manage their IT environment with increased efficiency.
- Unify your IT management experience:
Essentials 2007 provides a single console for your core management needs
That means a single product to purchase, deploy and learn
Server, Desktop and Network monitoring, software and update management and asset inventory under a single, easy to use, unified experience
Keep your applications and your network up and running:
- Essentials provides multiple views of the application data in your network
Track database growth in SQL Server databases or connectivity to Exchange servers using some of the many provided charts, tables and reports
Essentials also tracks the status of all the SNMP 2.0 devices in your network , allowing you to receive alerts when something important goes down
- Troubleshoot problems more quickly:
Essentials provides a rich knowledge base out of the box to help you diagnose and fix critical alerts for key products like Exchange Server and SQL Server
These management packs are optimized so you only focus on those alerts that matter
Not only do you get in-depth explanations of problems, but more importantly, Essentials often provides simple in-line tasks to click and "fix it now"
Additional management packs are available from Microsoft and 3rd party providers for both Windows and non-windows environments
- Simplify your Patch Management:
Essentials 2007 provides integrated patch management for Microsoft products in the Microsoft Update catalog
Additionally we've worked with key industry vendors to integrate their updates into Essentials providing a single point of control for patch Management
You can choose to automatically deploy critical updates or have them be subject for approval, and track compliance across your network
- Deploy Applications easily:
Using a simple 3 step wizard you can deploy applications to a target set of computers without worrying about having to deal with packaging or other complex processes
Essentials can help you deploy Office 2007 with your custom settings in a snap
Additionally Essentials uses Background Intelligent Transfer Service 2.0 (BITS) to optimize traffic over your network
- Keep track of hardware and software assets:
No more spreadsheets to maintain - Essentials 2007 gathers more than 60 hardware attributes and a complete inventory of the applications running on each machine
A summary inventory is available for quick troubleshooting or in the detailed report by machine groups
- Improve your users up-time:
Reduce the time you spend dealing with end-user issues with features like Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM) which allows you to collect application and OS errors that would otherwise remain anonymous
Use built in tasks to remotely execute important tasks on user's computers, from performing a simple ipconfig to a remote desktop session, all without leaving the management console
Deploying Essentials 2007 couldn't be easier; the smart setup will check for prerequisites to ensure you have a smooth and successful installation
Post-installation configuration is quickly completed using three simple wizards
The built-in integration with Active Directory will allow you to manage a computer automatically the moment it's added to your environment without any intervention
- Gain visibility into your IT environment:
Start your day with a Daily Health Report, providing a quick status of your IT environment and any action items required
For more detail, go to the Essentials console and consult the more than 180 reports out of the box that help you gain better insight into how your IT environment is performing
System Requirements
Processor: x86 or x64-based 2GHz
Operating System:
Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 or R2 (with IIS 6.0 and BITS 2.0)
Small Business Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (with IIS 6.0 and BITS 2.0)
Hard Disk: 12GB (20GB to store updates locally)
Memory: 1GB RAM (2GB recommended)
Others:
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.80.1022.0 or later
.NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0
Managed Computer Requirements:
Client Computers:
Operating System:
Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (x86 or x64-based)
Windows Vista (x86 or x64-based)
Others: Virtual clients with above operating systems
Server Computers:
Operating System:
Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or R2 (x86 or x64-based)
Others: Virtual servers with above operating systems
