DSI is Microsoft's utility computing plan. It promises plug-and-play manageability. For example, an Exchange Server brought online in a network would automatically inform the management software of its status, configuration and tasks. The self-managing Windows environment is built around hardware, software and applications that can signal their management needs using Microsoft's System Definition Model.
Matt Carling, an SMS architect at The Boeing Co., is looking forward to the new release of SMS, especially because of the promise of a new user interface. "The current Microsoft Management Console has outlived its usability," he said. The System Center Capacity Manager also appeals to Carling, although he would like to see it support SMS.
Bruce Alcock at Intergis Health in Oklahoma City may use SMS for desktop management, and MOM to monitor some critical desktops, partly replacing existing IBM Corp. Tivoli software. "It's exciting, Microsoft is responsive to customers," he said.
Microsoft on Tuesday also officially announced that System Center is now the brand name for its systems management products and that it has abandoned plans to bundle MOM and SMS into a product called System Center, as it announced two years ago.
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