Today, Microsoft launched the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 beta for downloading. Particularly interesting is the addition of cross platform monitoring. It means that now, among Microsoft OS or software, you may monitor Linux and Unix OS from SCOM. The OpsMgr R2 release also content new templates for monitoring and the OpsMgr console will be faster and improved.
Read more at Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog and System Center Operations Manager Tech Center
I have decided to learn more about the Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. Therefore I have collected some links and information about DPM. I have not taken a position on whether I should take the certification on DPM yet, but I wish I certainly learn more about the subject, such as to get more whole in view of the Microsoft System Center family.
Today I had a presentation about System Center Operations Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager. The presentation was held in conjunction with a Microsoft breakfast seminar. The topic was management and monitoring of virtual environments.
The presentation is written in Norwegian.