The first public beta release of OpsMgr 2007 R2 is available for testing now. Features include:
- Manage UNIX and Linux seamlessly. I’ve seen this in action. It is not a bolt on. Operationally, it looks very nice. They decided to do it only in R2 because it needed some changes in how to use the role user accounts.
- More VMM integration
- Improved web application monitoring
- The SLA stuff appears to be integrated rather than being a bolt on as it currently is
- A faster console
- Better management pack … management (stuck for a better word there!)
- Simplified notification – it was needed because it’s a maze to figure out for the first time
- Improved and simplified authoring – I really hope so because discovery is a nightmare