System Center 2016

DATASHEET

Streamline your IT Management Why System Center 2016

Unlock new Windows

With the growth of public, hosted, and hybrid cloud solutions, new challenges have
Server 2016 capabilities for
emerged for IT management. Managing your IT infrastructure has become less
the software-defined
about what's happening within your companys firewall and more about managing
datacenter, including
data and applications wherever they are. Without the right technology and tools
managing Nano clusters,
these complex environments can quickly become costly and inefficient.
shielded VMs, and rolling
System Center 2016 delivers a simplified datacenter management experience to cluster upgrades
keep you in control of your ITwhether on-premises, in the cloud, or across
platforms. It builds on the experience and depth of the previous versions and Expand the breadth and
extends capabilities with Microsoft Operations Management Suite to give you depth of monitoring for
visibility and control of data and applications that live across multiple systems, infrastructure and
from a single solution. applications across public
and private clouds
Take advantage of new features
Access new capabilities for
ENHANCED PERFORMANCE AND USABILITY analytics, reporting, and
orchestration in the cloud
Easier to use consoles and simplified workflows
using native integration with
improve your experience, including one-click
Operations Management Suite
features, templates, and alert tuning.

Leverage market-leading client

ADDED DEPLOYMENT & MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
management tools to provide
Broader support for heterogeneous environments seamless management across
including Linux, Hyper-V, and VMware. Support for devices in your organization
Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10.
Get the latest product
EXTEND MANAGEMENT TO THE CLOUD enhancements with regular
update rollups available
Operations Management Suite integration gives you throughout the year
the ability to manage both on-premises and cloud
workloads for a true hybrid experience.

Unified management for the modern datacenter.

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Whats included with System Center 2016

CONFIGURATION MANAGER
Deploy software, protect data, monitor health, and
enforce compliance across devices, including support
for the latest Windows 10 features. Frequent updates,
enhanced integration with Microsoft Intune, and a
unified end-user portal make it easier to manage your
endpoints.
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Monitor health, capacity, and usage across applications,
workloads and infrastructure, including Azure and Office 365.
Benefit from broader support for Linux environments,
improved monitoring with management pack discoverability,
data-driven alert management, and integration with
Operations Management Suite for rich analytics and insights.

VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER DATA PROTECTION MANAGER

Deploy and manage your virtualized, software-defined
datacenter with a comprehensive solution for networking,
storage, compute, and security. You can easily manage
Windows 2016 capabilities, including Nano servers,
shielded VMs, hyper-converged clusters, and more.
Protect your private cloud deployments, applications, and
clients with ease. Protect VMs that use Windows Server
2016 capabilities, such as Shielded VMs and Storage
Spaces Direct. Replace tapes with cloud backup through
native integration with Operations Management Suite.

ORCHESTRATOR SERVICE MANAGER

Automate your datacenter tasks with Orchestrator or Use built-in processes and automation for incident
Service Management Automation. Create and execute resolution, change control, and service requests. Increase
runbooks using native PowerShell scripts and workflows efficiency with improved workflows, performance
inside Windows Azure Pack or PowerShell ISE. enhancements, and a user-friendly self-service portal.

Simple, cost-effective management from a trusted leader

Paul Smiths business rests on
Microsoft technologies because
they deliver great value. Theres no
other vendor that could work with
us in the same way and deliver the
same benefits.
Lee Bingham
Paul Smith
Head of IT
The ability to manage all of our
systems from a common interface
will be a great time saver and will
help us quickly and effectively
respond to any issues as they
arise.
David Vargas
University of Texas at San Antonio
Enterprise System Administrator
With our Microsoft cloud
infrastructure, we have reduced our
IT costs by 75 percent and gotten
out of the business of owning so
much IT stuff.
Craig Cuyar
Cushman & Wakefield
Global Chief Information Officer

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