Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 Beta 2 goes live

Here it is. MOM2007 beta2 is out along with documentation. This will be the first time for me to install it and check the new features (except MMS labs). I will try to post some more definite impressions when I get to do some more serious tests.

You can download it from: https://connect.microsoft.com/programdetails.aspx?ProgramDetailsID=500.

Here is the look at the goodies you can get to encourage;)

Date

Title

Version

Category

Description

6/3/2006

Beta 2 Management Pack Guides

4086

Document

Management Pack Guides for Exchange, IIS, SQL Server and Windows Server (other MP guides will be pulished soon).

6/2/2006

Exchange MP Configuration Wizard

06.05.7828.0

Utility

This archive contains the Exchange MP Configuration Wizard version 06.05.7828.0. This version of the Wizard adds support to detect the Operations Manager 2007 agent correctly.  This is in addition to detecting the MOM 2000 and MOM 2005 agent.

6/2/2006

Run As Execution Sample MP

1.0

Utility

This is a sample Operations Manager 2007 management pack that demonstrates the use of the Run As Execution feature.  It is referred to in the Scenarios document in the Run As scenario.

6/2/2006

OpsMgr 2007 Beta 2 Release Notes

4086

Document

These release notes are created for the beta 2 release of Operations Manager 2007 and might not apply to other releases of the product. Please read these release notes thoroughly before installing Operations Manager 2007 or importing and using management packs.

6/2/2006

OpsMgr 2007 Supported Configurations

4086

Document

This document provides information about supported operating systems, hardware configurations, software requirements, installation combinations, security configurations, and expected scalability for deployments of Operations Manager 2007.

6/2/2006

OpsMgr 2007 Online Help

4086

Document

The Operations Manager 2007 documentation provides detailed information about the procedures that you need to complete your tasks as an Operations Manager 2007 user.

This package also includes instructions on how to update the online help that installs by default with this latest updated version.

6/2/2006

OpsMgr 2007 SDK Documentation and Samples

4086

Document

This package contains information and samples regarding the System Center Operations Manager 2007 SDK features for the beta 2 release.

6/2/2006

Beta 2 Scenarios Document

4086

White paper

This document contains scenarios and procedures designed to demonstrate the features available in Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 Beta 2. The procedures are grouped together by feature. Each set of procedures does not depend on any other, giving you the freedom to experiment with features that interest you the most. The procedures provide a level of detail that accomodate all types of users even those who have not used Operations Manager before. 

6/2/2006

Operations Manager 2007 Beta 2 Software

4086

Build

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Beta 2 software.  This package is a self-extracting MSI.  Installing this MSI simply copies the CD image to the directory you specify.  Following that installation, navigate to where you installed the software and run Setup.BAT to begin the actual installation of OpsMgr 2007 beta 2.