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Hi,

I am very pleased to announce that WSUS 3.0 SP2 RC will be available to the general public today, May 26, via the Connect Site.

WSUS 3.0 SP2 RC Overview
New Windows Server and Client Version Support
•       Integration with Windows Server® 2008 R2
•       Support for the BranchCache feature on Windows Server 2008 R2
•       Support for Windows 7 client
WSUS Feature Improvements
Auto-Approval Rules
•       Auto-approval rules now include the ability to specify the approval deadline date and time for all computers or specific computer groups.
Update Files and Languages
•       Improved handling of language selection for downstream servers includes a new warning dialog that appears when you decide to download updates only for specified languages.
Easy Upgrade
•       WSUS 3.0 SP2 can be installed as an in-place upgrade from earlier versions of WSUS and will preserve all of your settings and approvals. The user interface is compatible between WSUS 3.0 SP1 and SP2 on the client and the server.
Reports
•       New Update and Computer Status reports provide the ability to filter on updates approved for installation. You can run these reports from the WSUS console or use the API to incorporate this functionality into your own reports.
Software Updates
•       Stability and reliability fixes for the WSUS server, such as support for IPV6 addresses greater than 40 characters.
•       The approval dialog now sorts computer groups alphabetically by group name.
•       Computer status report sorting icons are now functional in x64 environments.
•       Fixed setup issues with database servers running Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008.
•       A new release of Windows Update Agent is included with WSUS 3.0 SP2 that provides improvements and fixes, such as support for APIs called by non-local system callers in a non-interactive session.

For more information about this release refer to the Release Notes for Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 RC.

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Hi, Salut à tous,

Less than two months after the Release Candidate of System Center Operation Manager 2007 R2 (or OprMgr SCOM), here is the final version that points the tip of his nose. This tool from the System Center range is very popular because it allows business to oversee the network infrastructure.

This Release 2 brings a number of innovations:

• Une console de monitoring unique quelque soit les systèmes d’exploitation (Windows,Linux, Unix)
• Support des systèmes Linux et Unix : HP-UX, AIX, SUSE Linux Entreprise Server 9 et 10, RHEL 4 et 5, et Solaris SPARC
• Extension du monitoring de bout en bout
• Intégration de System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
• Reporting des performances et de la disponibilité amélioré
• Identification des problèmes et des solutions améliorée
• Amélioration de la vitesse d’accès aux vues et résultats
• Amélioration de la gestion des Management Pack (MP) : L’import en local, sur le réseau, ou directement sur le catalogue Microsoft en ligne est désormais possible.
• Nouveau Template dédié à la supervision des processus
• Amélioration du Template du monitoring des services.
• De nouveaux Templates pour superviser les fichiers de Logs sur les systèmes Unix et Linux.
• Support de SQL Server 2008
• Intégration de Health Explorer à la console Web
• Présence du mode maintenance « One-Click » permettant de suspendre le monitoring des moniteurs de manière co-ordonné.
• Possibilité de superviser plus de 1000 URLs par Management Server

Translation :

*        A single monitoring console regardless of operating systems (Windows, Linux, Unix)
*        Support for Linux and Unix: HP-UX, AIX, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10, RHEL 4 and 5, and Solaris SPARC
*        Extension of monitoring end-to-end
*        Integration of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
*        Reporting performance and improved availability
*        Identifying problems and solutions improved
*        Improving the speed of access to views and results
*        Improving the management of Management Pack (MP): The import locally on the network, or directly on the Microsoft Online Catalog is now possible.
*        New Template dedicated to the supervision process
*        Improved Template monitoring services.
*        New Templates to monitor log files on Unix systems and Linux.
*        Support of SQL Server 2008
*        Integration of Health Explorer in the Web console
*        Presence of maintenance mode « One Click » to suspend the monitoring monitors co-ordinated manner.
*        Ability to monitor more than 1,000 URLs by Management Server

Download:

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 – Evaluation Edition

Documentation Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

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Hi,

Version 1.9 (3/24/2009)

For download :

HERE

Thanks to Rick Houchins [:D]

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Active Directory :

*        PowerShell Active Directory
*        Active Directory trash
*        How to join the field in offline mode (offline): Use an XML file containing all the information to join the domain, which may be introduced during the automatic deployment.
*        New functionality managed service accounts « to update the password for all services in case of change on one of them.
*        « Authentication Assurance » for Active Directory Federated Services

Internet Information Services (IIS):

*        PowerShell cmdlets v2
*        Improved integration of the IIS Manager console in the Server Manager console
*        Automatic deployment of applications using Web Deployment Tool (MS Deploy above)
*        Integration of database administration with SQL Server Database Manager
*        WebDAV integration modules and URLScan 3.0

Security and High Availability:

*        Direct Access feature allowing machines to connect to the resources of a corporate network without using a VPN.
*        Apparition of the DHCP failover functionality enabling high availability for the automatic distribution of IP configurations
*        Improved security for the DNS with DNSSEC functionality

Server Core :

Download:

• Release Documents for this Release Candidate of Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2008 R2 RC Evaluation VHD Images (for Hyper-V)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 RC Build 7100 x64
• Windows Server 2008 R2 RC Build 7100 Itanium Edition