System Center Essentials 2010–Was kann es und was nicht

Wie berichtet, wurde System Center Essentials 2010 vor kurzem gelauncht.

Einige Partner haben mich gefragt, was SCE 2010 mehr kann als SCE 2007 und wie es sich von den “großen” Produkten SCCM, SCOM und SCVMM unterscheidet.

Grundsätzliches Ziel von System Center Essentials 2010:

Gebaut für MidSize-Companies
Zielgruppe ist der IT-Generalist beim Kunden, der eine breite Palette an IT Aufgaben hat
max. 50 Server in der Verwaltung möglich
max. 500 WIndows Clients in der Verwaltung möglich
Single Management Server Lösung (1 SCE2010 pro Domäne)
einfach in der Verwendung
interessantes Pricing

Hier nun der Featurevergleich mit System Center Operations Manager 2007:

Monitoring	Operations Manager 2007	SCE 2010	SCE 2010 difference
Monitoring of Windows servers, clients, hardware, software, and services			Essentials ships with a Network device management pack
Management Packs with Expert Knowledge
Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM)
Add Monitoring Wizard
Reporting			Essentials data storage limited to 40 days. No report authoring
Branch office monitoring			Essentials 2010 is a single server solution; no tiered connection of servers
Role-based security			Local or domain admin only for Essentials 2010 server
Connector Framework
Audit Collection Services
Web Console
Cross-platform support

Hier der Featurevergleich mit dem System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Configuration	ConfigMgr 2007	SCE 2010	SCE 2010 difference
Patch Mgmt (Microsoft and Third party)
Software Distribution			Essentials offers basic .MSI and .EXE deployment with optional command line parameters. No advanced packaging capability.
Hardware and Software Inventory			Essentials collects 60+ fixed software and hardware attributes. Configuration Manager 2007 inventory is extensible
Branch office updates and software dist.			Essentials is a single server solution using BITS 2.0 (bandwidth aware). No site replication servers
Operating System Deployment			Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7 using MDT MP
Desired Configuration management
Wake on LAN
Network Address Protection (NAP) integration

Und hier der Vergleich mit dem System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2:

Configuration	Hyper-V Console	SCE 2010	VMM 2008 R2
Templates
Candidate Identification
Physical to Virtual Conversion
Virtual to Virtual Conversion (Vmware)
Migration across physical machines
Virtualization Reports
Monitoring VMs
Physical resource optimization (PRO)
Library
Provisioning
VM configuration & properties
VM state
Checkpoints (Snapshots)
64 bit guest OS
Hardware Assisted Virtualization
Live thumbnail
Synthetic Network Support
Import VM (multiple VHD + snapshot)
Virtual Network Configuration
Inspect Disk
VM cloning
VMWare Management
Self-service console