Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)

The product Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager provides management of difficult IT infrastructure.

2015: SCCM 1511 release exit

On December 10, 2015 Microsoft announced release of release 1511 of System Center Configuration Manager & Endpoint Protection (SCCM). As a part of release a number of additions, one of the main — expanded support of client devices on the Windows platform 10^[1].

The product can be necessary for the customers planning transition to Windows 10 OS. Was a part of SCCM Windows Update for Business.

Representation of System Center Configuration Manager is Windows 10 Configuration Manager (2015)

500 organizations took part in preliminary testing of SCCM 1511, the product is tested in the mode of working operation from 0.5 million computers.

Microsoft also announced some changes in policy of distribution and updating of this product. In particular - preliminary versions of the updated releases will be released on a regular basis monthly. Respectively, if the companies need obtaining some new functionality, they will be able to make it before release of final versions of this software which will appear in the general availability with frequency in several months.

2013: Updating#3 for System Center Configuration Manager SP1

On September 30, 2013 the Microsoft company announced an exit of accumulative updating#3 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1.

Updating contains the new version of the client of Endpoint Protection, Windows 8.1 customer support is added. Other problems arising at users are corrected.

2010: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3

According to information for October, 2010 the quantity of the supported client systems in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 increased up to 300 thousand on one network. The additions providing expanded support of a directory service of the Active Directory are included in the package.

Version R3 also includes new mechanisms of centralized operation by power supply using which specialists will be able to perform monitoring of systems running Windows 7, Vista and XP and to configure energy consumption settings. The product provides a possibility of creation the politician of management of power supply (acting in scales of all organization or for individual machines) and helps to minimize consumption of electrical energy during the periods of idle time of the PC.

For the enterprises using the mobile devices Windows Mobile the structure of R3 includes licenses to use of the product Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager. The current version of System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Service Pack 1 supports devices based on Windows Mobile 6.1. Representatives of Microsoft also specify that some models of the Windows Mobile smartphones cannot be updated to the version of Windows Phone 7.

Using Configuration Manager 2007 in general compliance of the IT system of the required configuration for increase in security and performance of systems is provided. The functionality of a product allows to unroll and update clients, servers and mobile devices in physical, virtual and mobile mediums. The technologies (Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Windows Server Active Directory and architecture of Windows) used by the solution provide full control and management of the IT environment.

Developers call R3 the base for the new version of the solution Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 which has to leave later in 2010 and now is available in the form of the beta.

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