CHAPTER 1Introducing System Center 2012

Microsoft System Center 2012 is Microsoft’s solution for cloud and datacenter management as well client device management and security. From its origins nearly 20 years ago as primarily a desktop management solution, System Center has evolved into a leading enterprise management solution across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure including devices, applications, and services.

System Center 2012 is comprised of a suite of components, each focused on part of the infrastructure management lifecycle such as provisioning, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery. From an IT process automation perspective, the System Center components are the “arms and legs” of the automation capability, which act on ...

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