System Center 2022

Today, we are announcing that new hybrid capabilities with System Center will be available in 2022. 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Nov2,2021Contents1Best-in-classDatacenterOperations2Flexibleinfrastructureplatform3HybridcapabilitieswithAzure4Wheredoyoustart?Datacentersarecomplexwithmultiplecomponentsacrosscompute,storageandnetworking–componentsthatareusedtostoreandmanagethemostcriticalresources,vitalforcontinuousoperationsofanorganization.TheseITenvironmentsquicklygrewoutofcontrol,alongwiththemyriadofmanagementtoolsandspecializedresourcesneededtomaintainthem.Sinceitsreleasein2008,MicrosoftSystemCenterhasprovidedleading-edgecapabilitiesthatdeliverasimplifieddatacentermanagementexperiencetokeepyouincontrol–whetheron-premises,inthecloud,oracrossplatforms.Today,weareexcitedtoannounceSystemCenter2022,thenextreleaseofourLong-TermServicingChannel(LTSC),willbeGA(GeneralAvailability)inthespringof2022.Thisreleaseincludesenhancementsthatprovidebest-in-classdatacenteroperations,hybridcapabilitieswithAzureandflexibleplatformtomanageinfrastructure.Overtheyears,organizationslikeDellTechnologies,EntainGroup,AcuutechandSchaeffler havereliedonSystemCentertosimplifydeployment,configuration,monitoringandmanagementoftheirhybridinfrastructure.Theypartneredwithusinthisjourneytomaketheproductsbetterandalwaysalignedtocustomers’needsacrossvarioussegments.AbigthankyoutoallthemembersoftheSystemCentercommunityandourcustomersandpartnersforyoursupportandfeedbackthatinspiredtheinnovationwebuiltintothisrelease.Best-in-classDatacenterOperationsYourITenvironmentsareevolvingwithdiversetypesofapplicationsoftenrunningonadiversesetofhardwareacrossdistributedlocations.Foralltheworkloadsthatrunintheon-premisesdatacenters,SystemCenter2022deliversricherinsightsandanalyticswithSystemCenterOperationsManager(SCOM),enhancedservermanagementexperiencewithVirtualMachineManager(VMM),dataprotectionenhancementswithDataProtectionManager(DPM)andreliability,performance,scaleimprovementstoOrchestrator(SCORCH),ConfigurationManager(SCCM)andServiceManager(SM).Asyouadapttoaremoteworkorhybridworkenvironment,collaborationandsecurityremaintopofmind.Withtheincreasingdemandforreal-timeandsynchronouscollaborationscenariosintheworkplace,wearebringingintegrationofMicrosoftTeamstoSCOM,enablingyoutoconsumecriticalinfrastructuremonitoringalertswithinyourTeamschannels,andprovideITOMcompliantmanagementofalerts.Additionally,flexiblerole-basedaccesscontrolprovidesgranularcontroloverSCOMpermissions.YoucannowfollowtheprincipleofleastprivilegeforSCOMusers,haveprovideauditorswithreadonlypermissions,keepyourproductionenvironmentssafeandreducetheadministrativetasksatthesametime.WearealsoexcitedtoadddualstacksupportinVMMthatnowletsyouassignIPv4&IPv6addresstoSDNmanagedVMs.Moreover,increasingsizeoftheinfrastructureandworkloadshasarippleeffectonthebackupneeds.DPM2022(DataProtectionManager)providesextendedlocalstoragelimitupto300TB,meaningyoucannowbackupmoredatausingasingleDPMServer.That’snotall–thebackupandrestoreswillbefastertoowithiSCSI-basedapproachforitemlevelrestore.FlexibleinfrastructureplatformDatacentersarebecomingmoreheterogenousconsistingofdifferenthostplatforms&hypervisors,Windows/Linux,VMware,andHyperconvergedinfrastructure(HCI).InadditiontoacomprehensivemanagementexperienceforWindowsServerworkloads,thisreleaseofSystemCenterfeaturessupportforAzureStackHCI21H2andVMware7.0hosts.Youcannowprovision,deploy,manage,monitorandbackupVMs(VirtualMachines)onyourAzureStackHCIandVMwarevSphereclusterswithSystemCenter2022.InadditiontotheVMs,youcanfullymanagetheAzureStackHCI21H2clusterswithVMM2022.Thatincludesaddition,creation,registrationofclusters,setupnetworking&SDNcontrollers,andmanagementofstoragepools,virtualdisksetc.Notjustthat,restoresofVMWareVMswithDPMwouldbefasterwithparallelrestoreofmultiplemachines.Moreover,SCOM2022extendsthesupportedLinuxoperatingsystemversionstobelockstepwiththelatestavailableintheecosystem,Debian10,Ubuntu20,OracleLinux8&SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12.HybridcapabilitieswithAzureEfficientlymanagingITresourcesthataresprawledacrossvariouslocationswithoutslowingdowndeveloperinnovationisakeychallengethatITleadersfacetoday.AzureArc enablesyoutoseamlesslygovern,manage,andsecureWindowsandLinuxservers,Kubernetesclustersandapplicationsacrosson-premises,multipleclouds,andtheedgefromasinglecontrolplane,theAzureportal.Today,weareannouncingthatnewhybridcapabilitieswithSystemCenterwillbeavailablein2022.IfyouareanexistingSystemCentercustomer,youwillbeabletomanageyouron-premisesenvironmentsfromAzure,reusingyourexistingprocessinvestmentsandmanagementpacks.YouwouldalsobeabletomanagecostsusingAzurecostmanagementandgetHybridusebenefitsforyourSystemCenterSAlicenses.Staytunedformoreontheseexcitingcapabilities.Wheredoyoustart?ThankyouforbeingavaluableSystemCentercustomer–yourpassionandfeedbackhashelpedusshapethisnewreleaseandweareexcitedforthejourneyahead.ForanearlyaccesstoSystemCenter2022,signuphere.Updated:March10th,2022byshashban ©Microsoft.ThisarticlewasoriginallypublishedbyMicrosoft’sSystemCenterBlog.Youcanfindtheoriginalarticlehere.RelatedArticlesEndofSupportforSystemCenter2012andSystemCenter2012R2productsisapproac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