14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft introduced the first Beta development milestone for System Center Operations Manager 2012 this week, welcoming early adopters with open arms.
Testers looking to get a taste of System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta will now also be able to use an overhauled web console.
I’ve included a screenshot of the new System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta web console at the top of this article.
However, System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta is available free of charge, so early adopters might as well download it, deploy it and take it out for a spin. There are a variety of enhancements, beyond just the revamped web console.
“The Web Console has been completely rewritten for OpsMgr 2012. It now runs on Silverlight, which enables a much richer Web Console user experience,” revealed Microsoft’s Kevin Holman.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 will be able to complete the same series of tasks from the web console as if they would by leveraging the actual console of the product.
Among some tasks enumerated by Holman are: “view alerts and health states of objects; work with alerts, close, change resolution states, assign or take ownership; add comments to alert history; show instance properties and run Health Explorer; access to Product and Company knowledge; execute agent tasks; start and stop maintenance mode; use existing My Workspace views; create Dashboard views; and run Favorite reports.”
System Center Operations Manager 2012 is designed to play nice with technologies in heterogeneous environments, enabling IT professionals to monitor a range of products.
Admins working with Windows, Linux, and Unix, will be able to leverage OpsMgr 2012 in order to monitor their mixed source environments and diagnose issues when they occur.
With OpsMgr 2012, Microsoft has worked to provide integration of network device monitoring and alerts as well as a streamlined management infrastructure.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta is available for download here.