Video recap of MMS, so far.

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Good evening from Vegas. Bob Muglia’s keynote today was absolutely awesome. For both the attendees here in town, as well as our guests watching the streaming feeds, there were four major demos showcasing our datacenter vision. Next up is Brad, and our Client vision tomorrow. We hope you can join us.

 

 

http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2010/04/20/video-recap-of-mms-so-far.aspx

 

 

and from the Video, here are some highlights:-

 

an update to MDT 2010 will be released (most likely Sp1 based on Modena),

 

R3 beta is mentioned !! and that's all about Power Management in Configmgr 2007

 

"we are very excited to release the R3 beta !!"

 

the screenshot below is from the video and its the Power Management tab on a collection in SCCM 2007 R3.

 

 

The next screenshot shows Enviromental reports in R3

 

 

and below is a screenshot of vNEXT, the next version of ConfigMgr, note that the old MMC interface is gone

 

 

 

 

Focus Points:

 

1. User Centric Client Management

 

In the past ConfigMgr has been pushing out stuff to computers (machine) but now they are going to become more User Centric, pushing out the right application to the right user at the right time in the right format.

 

2. Simplification of the Product

 

Designed for Large distributed networks and is complex and hard to administer and install. So the focus is to make wizards better, pre flight checks, clear and concise logging, simplifying the process, simplifying the back end server replication, sender capable distribution points with scheduling built in to reduce server workload.

 

3. Improving whats there

 

Auto Approval of updates, think of Updating antvirus updates 4 times an hour, with auto update it can be simplified and improved.

 

Watch the rest of the video here http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2010/04/20/video-recap-of-mms-so-far.aspx