Overview of Microsoft System Center

At the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in 2003, Microsoft announced System Center, envisioned as a future solution to provide customers with complete application and system management for enterprises of all sizes. (See http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/mar03/03-18mssystemcenterpr.mspx for the original press release.) The first phase was anticipated to include Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2004—later released as MOM 2005—and SMS 2003.

Note: What is System Center?

System Center is a brand name for Microsoft’s systems management components, and as such has new components and features added over time. System Center represents a means to integrate system management tools and technologies to ...

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