Online Essentials 2007 Help and Resources
Sometimes it can be a bit challenging to locate existing articles and documentation for Essentials 2007 online.
As an early holiday gift to you I bring you a collection of helpful resources available online. Enjoy!
There is the Deployment and Migration and the Operations guides at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sce/bb684931.aspx These are the easiest to find white papers. There are more however, for instance check out "Managing Critical Applications and Infrastructure with System Center Essentials 2007" http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=F316756D-0B1D-4F5B-95B3-829FA28FCAE9&displaylang=en
Did you know there are even more resources available within the System Center Essentials TechCenter? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sce/default.aspx
The TechNet Forums are a source for free support and the place to go with all of your Essentials 2007 questions. http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=92&SiteID=17
There is an article that was published in TechNet Magazine specifically on Essentials 2007 entitled "Getting Started with System Center Essentials 2007" http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/08/SCE/default.aspx
There is a technical reference section within the TechNet library containing articles specific to Essentials 2007 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb422782.aspx as well as all of the usual help content http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb422837.aspx. Note in particular there is an online document for "System Center Essentials Deployment Planning and Installation" http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb422980.aspx
Knowledge base articles are available http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?mode=a&query=&catalog=LCID%3D1033&1033comm=1&spid=12684
Don't discount the System Center Essentials Training Videos or Webcasts http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sce/bb684945.aspx and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sce/bb684935.aspx respectively. There is actually some very useful content but you have to watch the videos to retrieve it.
Have you tried out the Virtual Lab? Again, a zero cost option to seeing Essentials 2007 in action http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032344443&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
I'm not going to discuss the numerous blog resources at this time because besides my blog http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/gzierdt/default.aspx and the Essentials Team blog http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenteressentials/ there are no other Essentials 2007 specific blogs. I will make mention of the System Center Essentials Wiki, http://sce.editme.com/ though beware of out of date links and missing content. A good general spot to engage in the Essentials 2007 community is at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sce/bb677155.aspx.
Another resource to consider is the Partner program for Essentials 2007. https://partner.microsoft.com/US/productssolutions/servers/systemcenter/systemcenteressentials While focused on supporting the partners who assist businesses deploying and managing the product, there is still useful content for the DIY admin. For instance, need to convince management that Essentials 2007 would actually save the company money? Check out the white paper on Making a Case for a Unfied Solution http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/1/5/2153af75-6a89-44db-a9f4-8e40946e4939/IT%20mgmt_Ovum.pdf
Finally, there is the System Center Essentials 2007 Solution Center http://support.microsoft.com/ph/12684 It contains references to even more how-to articles as well as troubleshooting tips.
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