Operating System Deployment
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Operating System Deployment is a highly flexible, automated solution that allows IT administrators to fully deploy and configure servers and desktops from any previous state, including bare-metal deployments.
Software Distribution
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Software Distribution simplifies the complex task of distributing applications and updates to desktops, servers, laptops, and mobile devices across enterprise networks.
Software Update Management
Configuration Manager 2007 Software Update Management simplifies the complex task of delivering and managing updates to IT systems across the enterprise. IT administrators can deliver updates of Microsoft products, third-party applications, and custom in-house line-of-business applications, hardware drivers, and system BIOS to a variety of devices-including to desktops, laptops, servers, and mobile devices.
Software Asset Intelligence
Configuration Manager 2007 gives organisations better control over their IT infrastructure and assets through asset intelligence technologies that provide IT administrators continuous visibility into what hardware and software assets they have, who is using them, and where they are.
Desired Configuration Management
With Configuration Manager 2007 Desired Configuration Management, organisations can ensure that IT systems comply with desired configuration states to improve systems availability, security and performance network wide.
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 will require a Server License for each management server and a Management License (“ML”) for each managed operating system environment (OSE). The Configuration Manager 2007 Server ML will be offered in Enterprise and Standard Editions for management of server OSEs, and in a Client Edition for management of client and other OSEs not running server operating systems. With the exception of the Enterprise Server ML, all Configuration Manager 2007 licenses map directly to the equivalent kind of Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 R2 licenses.
Server License Offerings
Configuration Manager Server 2007
Server license for full application, server, and client management.
Configuration Manager Server 2007 with SQL Server Technology
Server license for full application, server, and client management. Note: SQL Server Technology included in this offering is the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition and may only be used to support Configuration Manager 2007.
Management License (ML) Offerings
Enterprise ML
Full application and server desired configuration management, including the proactive management of systems for configuration settings that follow an industry-leading framework for managing information in changing regulatory and business environments; software distribution; software update management; operating system deployment; advanced task sequencing; vulnerability assessment; and, software and hardware inventory for environments running server operating systems. The Enterprise Server ML may only be licensed per OSE. It is also available as a component of the System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise, which includes the rights to manage an unlimited number of OSEs per physical server.
Standard ML
Basic workload desired configuration management, including the Windows Server operating system, file/print services, and networking services; software distribution; software update management; operating system deployment; advanced task sequencing; vulnerability assessment; and, software and hardware inventory for environments running server operating systems. The Standard Server ML may only be licensed per OSE. It is also available as a component of the System Center Server Management Suite Standard.
Client ML
Software distribution, software update management, OS deployment, advanced task sequencing, network access protection, vulnerability assessment, device management, software and hardware inventory, remote control, and Microsoft Windows Vista and Office upgrade assessment for environments running non-server operating systems. The standalone Client ML may be licensed either per OSE or per user, unless it is acquired through the Microsoft Core CAL Suite, in which case it is also available per device.