Want to test out and use new bits for Microsoft’s new hosted management service? The System Center Online team, who announced the first version of their product at MMS 2009 is looking for qualified customers to be part of their fall beta. Check out the full details here:
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The System Center Online team has been working hard in preparation for its next beta release of System Center Online Desktop Manager, expected in the fall of this year. This exclusive beta will only be available to a select number of customers. Our last beta was only offered to a small audience and resulted in a lot of great feedback from the customers who participated. This time we are widening the scope to include a few hundred customers. Here’s what will be included in the upcoming release:
- Updates Management: Manage the Microsoft updates from a web-based console. Review available updates, choose updates and deploy to selected computers or groups of computers. Imagine WSUS from the cloud.
- Policy Settings: Provides the ability to configure operational settings of the Windows Update and Anti-Malware agents installed on the client computers.
- Anti-malware : Review anti-malware, anti-virus status and remedial actions from the SCODM console. Ensure managed computers have up-to-date signatures.
- Assets Inventory: Collect detailed hardware and software inventory on managed computers. View this information in reports. Use the License reconciliation feature to load your Microsoft volume license agreement information and compare installed application quantities with licensed quantities.
- Alerts : Helps you quickly and easily find problems (or potential) on your computers. You can also get help on how to solve the problem or how to start troubleshooting.
If you are chosen, here’s what they expect from you:
- Active involvement in discussion groups, good feedback and bug reporting
- Ability to deploy to a number of test PCs (preferably 5 or more)
- Test on a variety of browsers, Windows operating systems, and PC architectures.
- Ability to run through all the documented core scenarios and provide feedback
NOMINATION FORM:
https://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=2418&InvitationID=SCO-DMYG-BYB6&SiteID=310
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