短讯：微软计划发布System Center Configuration Manager软件

短讯：微软计划发布System Center Configuration Manager软件

AMTeam.org消息：微软计划在明年发布其称为System Center Configuration Manager 2007和System Center Operation Manager 2007两款系统管理软件。

System Center Configuration Manager软件也就是之前称为系统管理服务器（SMS）的第四版，计划将于明年上半年推出，同时微软计划今年年底推出软件System Center Operation Manager 2007，不过这款软件也有可能推迟到明年发布。

微软还准备发布SMS2003的功能补丁，以支持操作系统配置及与微软下一代系统Windows Vista新图象格式的兼容等问题。

软件巨头微软是在周二召开的2006年管理高峰论坛上发布这则消息的，并同时公布了Vista系统的新管理功能。

此外，此次论坛上Softricity公司推出了软件Softricity Desktop 4.0和SoftGrid 4.0，加强了与微软SMS的联系接口，并具备了利用其排序技术的快速虚拟化功能以及为VMware和微软虚拟机等设施提供可升级的集中式管理功能。

Brief: Microsoft Sets Launch For System Center Configuration Manager

Microsoft is expected to launch its renamed System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and System Center Operation Manager 2007 next year.

System Center Configuration Manager, formerly known as Systems Management Server (SMS) V.4, is expected to ship in the first half of next year, and Microsoft aims to ship System Center Operation Manager 2007 by the end of this calendar year, though it may slip into 2007, sources said.

Microsoft also is preparing to release a feature pack for SMS 2003 that will handle operating system deployment and be compatible with new image formats in Windows Vista, the company’s next-generation operating system.

The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is slated to announce the news Tuesday at its Management Summit 2006 in San Diego, as well as talk up new management capabilities in Vista to be generally available early next year.

In other news from the show, Softricity rolled out Softricity Desktop 4.0 and SoftGrid 4.0. Version 4.0 offers tight links with Microsoft SMS, rapid virtualization via its new Sequencer technology, and more scalable centralized management and certification for VMware and Microsoft virtual machines.