System Center Essentials 2007 & System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Installation Guide

rodtrent — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:00:23 GMT

This guide provides information on installing System Center Essentials 2007 (Essentials 2007) and System Center Virtual Machine Manager Workgroup Edition (VMM 2007) in the same environment.

It focuses on the system requirements, setup overview and best practices. Please refer to the installation guides of each product for more information.
Essentials 2007 provides end-to-end monitoring for the mid-market IT environment, along with software and update deployment. VMM 2007 provides centralized administration of your virtual infrastructure and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines.

In summary, the installation requires installing the Essentials 2007 components on a single computer, and VMM 2007 components on another computer. Each product also uses separate database instances.

System Center Essentials 2007 Technical Walkthrough CD ISO Image

rodtrent — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:56:39 GMT

The System Center Essentials 2007 Technical Walkthrough CD is an interactive self paced learning tool for customers and partners that explains the process of installing and operating Essentials 2007. This download is an ISO image of the CD.

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista; Windows XP

Minimum Processor: Pentium III 500
Operating System: Windows 2000, XP or Vista
Computer memory (RAM): 512 MB RAM
Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768 screen resolution
Color-depth: 16-bit color depth
Bandwidth: 256K network connection
Browser: Internet Explorer 6+
Flash Player: Version 7+
JavaScript: Must be enabled
Cookies: Must be enabled
Pop-up windows: Not blocked