Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 - Integrated Virtual and Physical IT Management for Medium-Sized Businesses

Ravi Kiran ChintalapudiProgram ManagerMicrosoft

Eamon O’ReillyGroup Program ManagerMicrosoft

Session Objectives and Takeaways

• Session Objective(s): • Understand why Microsoft built System Center

Essentials• Learn IT Management capabilities of System Center

Essentials• Introduce new capabilities available in Essentials

2010• Demonstrate how Essentials makes IT management

easier

“Keeping OS and applications updated with the latest patches is time-consuming”

“E-mail is critical for my company, server downtime is bad for business”

“Software installation for desktops should be quick and easy –it’s not!”

“End-user troubleshooting is manual for us –telephone, e-mail, and remote desktop”

“Our hardware and software inventory is in spreadsheets. It’s hard to pull it all together”

IT Pressures of midsized businesses

“Need to reduce hardware costs: Server power, cooling…”

“I’m expected to do more and save money without any more staff”

System Center EssentialsUnified solution for midsize businesses

A unified solution with a single console for managing your physical and virtual servers, desktops, hardware, software, and IT services

Simple execution of complex management tasks like troubleshooting end user issues, monitoring, creating and managing virtual servers, software deploymentIncreased

Efficiency

UnifiedExperience

Proactive Management

Monitoring, troubleshooting and asset tracking to keep your IT environment secure and up-to-date

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Manages server as primary but shared responsibility

1-2 full time IT Generalists

5-10 full time IT Generalists with some area of focus

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• Unified management experience• Virtualization creation & management• Simple setup• Comprehensive monitoring• Update management• Software and hardware inventory• Software deployment• Integrated reporting

Integrated management designed for medium sized companies with up to 50 servers and 500 Clients

The Roadmap for Essentials

Essentials2007

SP1Essentials

2010

May‘07

RTM

March ’08SP1

May ’09CTP

Sept‘09

Beta

Spring ’10

RTM

Winter‘10RC

Key Investments for Essentials 2010

IncreasedEfficiency

UnifiedExperience

Proactive Management

• 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

UnifiedExperience

Unified Console

• 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

UnifiedExperience

Inventory & Reports

Keep track of hardware and software assets 60+ HW & SW inventory attributes

HW – WMI propertiesSW – Add/Remove Programs

Inventory is preset and reported every 22 hoursInventoried only if a change is detectedDelivered from signed inventory rules file

Visibility thru ready-to-use reportsDaily Health Report providing quick status180 reports availableNew reports available w/ each imported MPKey reports on each overview page

New in 2010Virtualization CandidatesHost Virtual Machine UtilizationSecurity & Critical Update Compliance Report

Essentials OverviewDEMO

Proactive Management

Essentials Monitoring

Monitor your IT environment end-to-endRich knowledge out of the box to help diagnose & fix

alertsSimple in-line tasks to click and “fix it now.” Remote control support for managed clients & serversAbility to customize monitoringNetwork devices with SNMPv1 or v2Notification of problems via email, pager, or SMS

2010 InvestmentsMonitoring import & maintenance via the webInline Notification CreationService Level Wizards & Reports

Proactive Management

Essentials Monitoring

Management PacksEssentials uses same MP’s as Operations ManagerRefined for midsized environments to cut noiseAdd custom monitoring from partners & vendorsMicrosoft MP’s available for download

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sce/cc462787.aspx

Remote TroubleshootingDetailed information on user’s PC configurationPerform remote tasks right from the console

Ping, List Processes, IPConfig, etc.

MonitoringDEMO

IncreasedEfficiency

Software Deployment

Quickly Administer & Distribute SoftwareDeploy software applications for clients &

serversSimple 5-step application install wizardSupport for MSI and EXE applicationsDeployment status reportingInstall now supportEasily uninstall applications deployed

New in 2010Support for common targeting filtersModify properties of existing packagesLocalized title/description during package

creation

IncreasedEfficiency

Update Management

Easily Configure & Track IT UpdatesUpdate management for Microsoft and 3rd partiesMulti-member group support for flexible targetingCompliance & status reports across the IT

environment“Big Red Button” for installation of pressing updatesBuilt upon WSUS technology

New in 2010Auto-manage the software updates neededAuto-approval deadlines- “Set and Forget”Ability to sync with MU multiple times dailySimple view for ‘Needed updates’

UpdatesDEMO

IncreasedEfficiency

Virtual Machine Management

Maximize your resourcesVirtualization management incorporatedReduced learning curve with workspace

integration Comprehensive monitoring of total physical and

virtual server environmentsRapid provisioning of new hosts and virtual

machinesFast and reliable P2V and V2V conversion

Flexibility for your environmentWin 2008 Server & Hyper-V for new 64-bitWin 2003 Server & Virtual Server for 32-bitVirtualization as a setup componentImport of existing virtual servers & VMWare

IncreasedEfficiency

Virtual Machine Management

2010 Virtualization FeaturesHost ConfigurationVirtual Machine CreationCopy VM from another server (P2V or V2V)Snapshots of VM’s for quick backupsIntelligent Placement

Simplicity from the startPre-configured virtual machine templatesShort task based wizardsAutomated network configurationEnterprise-class functionality for midsized

businesses

IncreasedEfficiency

Physical-to-Virtual Conversion

Intuitive and easy to useCore feature of Essentials, no additional infrastructure

or costs per conversion 5 step wizard based experienceAutomatically retrieves source configurationConfigurable storage, memory, CPU, etc.Preserves network settings and MAC addressesOptional source shutdown

Intelligent Placement to identify hostsAutomatically determines best host for a VMUses VM properties and host configurationFactors in Memory, Disk size, Network, CPURecommendations for easy decision

Virtualization Machine ManagementDEMO

IncreasedEfficiency

Installing & Configuring Essentials

SetupAbstracts the complex process of installingSimple 10-screen setupAutomated Prerequisite RemediationModular Setup of Components Dynamic updates at install timeCore Management Packs Only

ConfigurationSimple to configure, guided step-by-stepWizard-driven experience for initial configurationExtended criteria for Scheduled DiscoveryPolicy conflict detectionMonitoring Configuration Wizard

recommends monitoring experienceautomatically imports and updates MP’s

Thank You & Answer Questions

IncreasedEfficiency

UnifiedExperience

Proactive Management

• 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

Integrated Virtual and Physical IT Management for Medium-Sized Businesses

System Center Essentials ResourcesBeta now available on http://www.microsoft.com/sceTech Center (for documentation and downloads): http://technet.microsoft.com/sce/default.aspx

Microsoft Virtualization Homepagehttp://www.microsoft.com/virtualization

Microsoft System Center Homepagehttp://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/

Self Help ResourcesTechNet http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sce/selfhelp.mspx Product Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenteressentials

TwitterSystem Center Midsize Business: http://twitter.com/DMills_MSSystem Center Essentials: http://twitter.com/SCessentials

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Feature Comparison With OpsMgr 2007

Monitoring OpsMgr 2007

Essentials 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 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 √

vSphere Essentials vSphere Essentials Plus

VMM Workgroup Edition (WGE)

vSphere Essentials Plus VMM WGE + SCE

Price $1,098 x 2 = $2,196

$4,388 x 2 = $8,776.28

$757 +$0 (WS08R2or HV R2) =

$757

$4,388 x 2 = $8,776.28

$757 + $0 + $2,411 [SCE with 10 Server/ 50 Desktop CALs] =

$3,168

Cost Difference 2.9x more expensive

11.59x more expensive 2.77x more expensive

vSMP Support 4-way 4-way 4-way 4-way 4-way

Physical Memory 256GB 256GB 1TB 256GB 1TB

SystemUpdates (Host/OS only) (Host/OS only) (Host/OS only) (HW/Host/OS/MS

Apps/ 3rd Party Apps)

HA/Clustering

Live Migration

Backup/Recovery

Cross Hypervisor

Server & Desktop Management

In-guest Monitoring

DRS/PRO

HW/SW Inventory

SW Deployment

SMB vSphere vs. Microsoft

VMware ESXi 3 VMware ESXi 4Hyper-V Server

2008 R2Price $0 $0 $0

Bare-metal Hypervisor 32-bit 64-bit 64-bit

Boot from Flash

Host Processors 32 Logical Processors 64 Logical Processors 64 Logical Processors

vSMP Support 4-way 4-way 4-way

Host Physical Memory 256GB 1TB 1TB

Virtual Machine Memory 64GB 255GB 64GB

Free Remote Management Client

Live Migration

High Availability/Failover Clustering

Host based console for configuration and troubleshooting

Compatibility with Centralized Multi-host Management

(vCenter/VMM)

(Only with per host upgrade to full VI3 license

$2-4K)

(Only with per host upgrade to full vSphere

license $2-4K)

(free with VMM server

license, no per host cost)

Free Hypervisor Feature Comparison

Feature Comparison With Hyper-V & VMMConfiguration Hyper-V Console Essentials 2010 VMM

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 X

Monitoring 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