System Center 2012 Major announcements today

Today during the “Private Cloud Day” live webcast event, Microsoft announced major change in how we think of and purchase the System Center suite. Summary.. it’s no longer a separate set of products, but it is just one product: System Center 2012 .  Ready to try it?  https://aka.ms/syscntr

In a nutshell: System Center is now just one product, that comes in two editions, with many components. And the full-set of components come in the two product editions:

“So, when I buy System Center, I get the full suite?”

Yep!

“So.. this chart doesn’t show that there is any difference. What’s different between Standard and Datacenter?”

Standard Edition is licensed per two physical processors, and each license gives you management rights of two virtualized servers. Buy as many as you need for the number of virtualized servers you want to manage.

Datacenter Edition is also licensed per two physical processors, but it provides use rights for management of an unlimited number of VMs per license.

For complete details on the announcement and on System Center 2012, CLICK HERE.

For the licensing implications and the transition for existing customers, CLICK HERE.

And please try out the different component Release Candidates HERE.