#MM BA16 S Introduction to Systems Management in

#MM BA16 S Introduction to Systems Management in Midsized Organizations with Microsoft Gordon McKenna System Center Essentials System Center MVP 2010Ltd. Inframon

Session Objectives and Takeaways Understand why Microsoft built System Center Essentials Learn IT Management capabilities of System Center Essentials Review Essentials relative to other System Center products

Midsized IT Customer Profile Does not have a comprehensive and integrated IT management solution Has between 25-400 PCs and 5-50 Servers Has 1 to 5 IT administrators who are “jack of all trades” (IT generalists) Predominately a Microsoft shop Uses Active Directory service, Exchange for messaging, SharePoint for collaboration, and/or SQL Server for line-of-business applications

Customer IT Pains in Midsize Organizations Keeping IT infrastructure up and running Improving end-user productivity Keeping systems up-to-date Keeping track of hardware/ software assets Purchasing, deploying, managing & learning multiple and complex applications to accomplish these tasks Reducing server sprawl and IT power/cooling costs Moving from reactive to proactive state Quickly troubleshooting PC and laptop issues Deploying new software in a timely manner Keeping hardware & software updated with the latest patches Ensuring changes are made on time Understanding what users have, purchasing the right software licenses Regulatory or internal compliance

Do Do It It Yourselfer Yourselfer (DIY) (DIY) Manages servers secondary role IT IT Specialist Specialist IT IT Generalist Generalist as Small Small Business Business 10 System Center Products Specialists per workload 1-5 full time IT “Jack of all Trades” Generalists 25 Midsized Midsized Organization Organization 50 100 250 Platforms # of PCs MS Segment IT staff System Center IT Management Products Enterprise Enterprise 500

System Center Essentials Unified solution for midsize businesses A unified solution with a single console for managing your physical and virtual servers, desktops, hardware, software, and IT services Unified Experience Proactive Management Increased Efficiency Monitoring, troubleshooting and asset tracking to keep your IT environment secure and up-to-date Simple execution of complex management tasks like troubleshooting end user issues, monitoring, creating and managing virtual servers, software deployment

Integrated management designed for medium sized companies with up to 50 servers and 500 Clients Unified management experience Virtualization creation & management Simple setup Comprehensive monitoring Update management Software and hardware inventory Software deployment Integrated reporting

The Roadmap for Essentials Essentia ls 2007 May ‘07 RTM Essentials 2010 SP1 March ’08 SP1 May ’09 CTP Sept ‘09 Beta Jan ‘10 RC April ’10 RTM We Are Here !!!

Unified Console Unified Experience Single view of the IT environment Overviews w/ summaries and health Integrated virtualization that’s simple to use Easy to find workspaces w/ pertinent data In-line tasks, reporting and help New in 2010 Overview pages w/ contextual click-thru Streamlined group creation for common attributes Notification Banners for new MP’s Streamlined management tasks Custom views w/ search support

Inventory & Reports Unified Experience Keep track of hardware and software assets 60 HW & SW inventory attributes HW – WMI properties SW – Add/Remove Programs Inventory is preset and reported every 22 hours Inventoried only if a change in is detected Designed from signed inventory rules CAB file Visibility thru ready-to-use reports Daily Health Report providing quick status 180 reports available New reports available w/ each imported MP Key reports on each overview page New in 2010 Virtualization Candidates Host Virtual Machine Utilization Security & Critical Update Compliance Report

Essentials Overview DEMO

Essentials Monitoring Proactive Management Monitor your IT environment end-to-end Rich knowledge out of the box to help diagnose & fix alerts Simple in-line tasks to click and “fix it now.” Remote control support for managed clients & servers Ability to customize monitoring Network devices with SNMPv1 or v2 Notification of problems via email, pager, or SMS 2010 Investments Monitoring import & maintenance via the web Inline Notification Creation Service Level Wizards & Reports

Essentials Monitoring Proactive Management Management Packs Essentials uses same MP’s as Operations Manager Refined for midsized environments to cut noise Add custom monitoring from partners & vendors Microsoft MP’s available for download http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sce/cc462787.aspx Remote Troubleshooting Detailed information on user’s PC configuration Perform remote tasks right from the console Ping, List Processes, IPConfig, etc.

Monitoring DEMO

Software Deployment Increased Efficiency Quickly Administer & Distribute Software Deploy software applications for clients & servers Simple 5-step application install wizard Support for MSI and EXE applications Deployment status reporting Install now support Easily uninstall applications deployed New in 2010 Support for common targeting filters Modify properties of existing packages Localized title/description during package creation

Update Management Increased Efficiency Easily Configure & Track IT Updates Update management for Microsoft and 3 rd parties Multi-member group support for flexible targeting Compliance & status reports across the IT environment “Big Red Button” for installation of pressing updates Built upon WSUS technology New in 2010 Auto-manage the software updates needed Auto-approval deadlines- “Set and Forget” Ability to sync with MU multiple times daily Simple view for ‘Needed updates’

Software & Update Management DEMO

Virtual Machine Management Increased Efficiency Maximize your resources Virtualization management incorporated Reduced learning curve with workspace integration Comprehensive monitoring of total physical and virtual server environments Rapid provisioning of new hosts and virtual machines Fast and reliable P2V and V2V conversion Flexibility for your environment Win 2008 Server & Hyper-V for new 64-bit Win 2003 Server & Virtual Server for 32-bit Virtualization as a setup component Import of existing virtual servers & VMWare

Virtual Machine Management Increased Efficiency 2010 Virtualization Features Host Configuration Virtual Machine Creation Copy VM from another server (P2V or V2V) Snapshots of VM’s for quick backups Intelligent Placement Live Migration Simplicity from the start Pre-configured virtual machine templates Short task based wizards Automated network configuration Enterprise-class functionality for midsized businesses

Physical-to-Virtual Conversion Increased Efficiency Intuitive and easy to use Core feature of Essentials, no additional infrastructure or costs per conversion Online or Offline conversion 5 step wizard based experience Automatically retrieves source configuration Configurable storage, memory, CPU, etc. Preserves network settings and MAC addresses Optional source shutdown Intelligent Placement to identify hosts Automatically determines best host for a VM Uses VM properties and host configuration Factors in Memory, Disk size, Network, CPU Recommendations for easy decision

Virtualization Machine Management DEMO

Installing & Configuring Essentials Increased Efficiency Setup Abstracts the complex process of installing Simple 10-screen setup Automated Prerequisite Remediation Modular Setup of Components Dynamic updates at install time Core Management Packs Only Configuration Simple to configure, guided step-by-step Wizard-driven experience for initial configuration Extended criteria for Scheduled Discovery Policy conflict detection Monitoring Configuration Wizard recommends monitoring experience automatically imports and updates MP’s

Summary Unified Experience Proactive Management Increased Efficiency Integrated Virtualization Management Dynamic Computer Grouping Server limit increased to 50 Auto-Manage Updates & Deadline Software Distribution Targeting Management Pack Importer for Monitoring Quick provisioning of new virtual machines Easy machine conversions from physical-to-virtual Intelligent placement of virtual workloads

System Center Essentials Resources Download it Today from http://www.microsoft.com/SCE Tech Center (for documentation and downloads): http://technet.microsoft.com/sce/default.aspx Microsoft Virtualization Homepage http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization Microsoft System Center Homepage http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/ Self Help Resources TechNet http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sce/selfhelp.mspx Product Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/SystemCenterEssentials

#MM BA16 S Appendix

Feature Comparison With OpsMgr 2007 Monitoring OpsMgr 2007 Essentials 2010 Essentials 2010 difference Monitoring of Windows Servers, Clients, Hardware, Software and Services 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 Connector Framework Audit Collection Services Web Console Cross-platform support Essentials ships with a Network device management pack Local or domain admin only for Essentials 2010 server

Feature Comparison With ConfigMgr 2007 Configuration ConfigMgr 2007 Essentials 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

Feature Comparison With Hyper-V & VMM Configuration Hyper-V Console Essentials 2010 VMM Templates X X Candidate Identification X X Physical to Virtual Conversion X X Virtual to Virtual Conversion (VMWare) X X Migration across physical machines X X Virtualization Reports X X Monitoring VMs X X Physical resource optimization (PRO) X X Library X X Provisioning X X X VM configuration & properties X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X VM state Checkpoints (Snapshots) 64 bit guest OS Hardware Assisted Virtualization Live thumbnail Synthetic Network Support Import VM (multiple VHD snapshot) Host/VM Network Configuration X X X X Virtual Network Configuration Inspect Disk X X X VM Cloning X VMWare Management Self-service console X X

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