System Center Guide

Last Month was quite busy around here with the holidays and such, but Microsoft kept themselves busy as well. The following management packs were released or updated in the month of December 2007:

Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005 Management Pack (v6.0.6247.5)

12/21/2007 – The SQL Server 2000/2005 Management Pack monitors Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 MP for SC Operations Manager 2007 (v1.0)

12/14/2007 – With the DPM Management Pack, an administrator can centrally monitor the state of data protection and recovery for multiple DPM servers and protected computers. The Management Pack also monitors key health and performance indicators on DPM servers.

SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit (v.2.0)

12/7/2007 – The SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit helps you manage Microsoft® SharePoint® environments of all sizes with two new management packs for System Center Operations Manager 2007: Windows® SharePoint Services 3.0 Management Pack and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Management Pack.

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 (v2.0)

12/7/2007 – This management pack is part of the Sharepoint Monitoring Toolkit. The SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit helps you manage Microsoft® SharePoint® environments of all sizes with two new management packs for System Center Operations Manager 2007.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 (v2.0)

12/7/2007 – This management pack is part of the Sharepoint Monitoring Toolkit. The SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit helps you manage Microsoft® SharePoint® environments of all sizes with two new management packs for System Center Operations Manager 2007.