System Center Configuration Manager | "SCCM 2007 SP1/R2 & Asset Intelligence feature"
Après l’annonce de Microsoft effectuée au MMS, concernant la sortie de Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 au mois de Mai (et non Juin comme annoncé à l’origine) et de la disponibilité de SCCM 2007 R2 au mois de juillet (plus d’information ici), Dan Boldo (Program Manager, System Center Asset & License Management Team) vient d’annoncer les nouveautés apportés par SCCM SP1 concernant AI. May, 2008: AI 1.5 will ship with Configuration Manager 2007 SP1
- New UI to enable product catalog customizations as well as software license entry.
- On-demand or scheduled asset catalog updates for SA customers.
- Ability to import license information (both MS and 3rd party) that shows licenses utilized vs. licenses purchased.
- New catalog with enhanced schema
Ci-dessous un historique de l’évolution de Asset Intelligence depuis l’achat de la société Asset Metrix, en 2006, à l’origine de cette fonctionnalité. May, 2006: AssetMetrix acquired
- Offered comprehensive asset inventory and reporting services.
- Comprehensive IP around Asset Intelligence (e.g. Taxonomy, Classification)
- Significant Knowledge Base that had 70,000,000 software instances and over 350,000 software titles.
April , 2007: AI 1.0 ships with SMS 2003 SP3
- Extends SMS inventory agent to collect additional artifact data.
- New SMS reports that simplify asset & license reporting.
- Semi-annual targeted updates planned with first already released.
November, 2007: AI 1.1 Ships with Configuration Manager 2007
- Improved performance and reporting accuracy.
- New reports on CAL utilization (user & device) for Windows Server (2000+) and Exchange (2003+).
- Enhanced asset mgmt capabilities including hardware change reports and application usage reporting.
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