Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 RC Available
The following text is from an email blast from the Operations Manager Product team.
The product team is excited to announce the availability of the Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate, on Microsoft Connect.
The key goals of this public distribution of the Service Pack 1 RC is to gain additional feedback from production deployments, to satisfy customers who are awaiting a stable product before the end of the year, and assure that the final RTM is of the highest possible quality. The RTM of Service Pack 1 is targeted for mid-February 2008, and will:
· Address critical customer initiated issues, including a roll-up of all hotfixes.
· Improve the ability to deploy and use Operations Manager 2007.
· Enhance the supportability of Operations Manager 2007.
This Service Pack 1 RC is a publicly available release that is fully supported, and which will be fully upgradable to the final RTM version of the Service Pack. Support options include:
· A dedicated SP1 newsgroup at Microsoft.public.opsmgr.sp1 (available under http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx)
· Microsoft Customer Support Services (CSS)
To learn more about the service pack and to download the release candidate do the following:
· Go to http://connect.microsoft.com and sign-in with your Live ID
· Click on the "My Participation" link
· Select the "System Center Operations and Service Management" link
For customers who were not already part of the OpsMgr beta they can sign-up via the http://connect.microsoft.com/systemcenter page.