Management Strategies
Microsoft's strategy for delivering the
Dynamic Systems Initiative is to leverage and extend existing
management solutions to take advantage of the model-based approach
to systems management. Visual Studio 2005 Team System and MOM 2005
with management packs are great examples of products that deliver
on the DSI vision today. With these investments and those planned
for the future in products such as SMS and other System Center
products, the Dynamic Systems Initiative clearly signals
Microsoft's long-term commitment to reducing complexity across the
IT lifecycle and making it possible for IT professionals to deliver
greater value to their businesses.
Looking toward the future, Microsoft is
working to develop products and enable solutions that will unleash
the potential of SDM to simplify and automate information
technology. Microsoft will both deliver and enable a new breed of
application development tools that make it easier for companies to
leverage the Design for Operations methodology. Windows and
supporting applications and services will evolve to manage
distributed resources across a data center, provide users with
dynamic system-level views of their environments, and offer new
core services targeted at simplifying the deployment and operations of distributed
systems. Windows Server System applications, including SQL Server,
Exchange Server, and BizTalk Server, will support SDM to deliver a
greater set of management capabilities for IT professionals and
their customers. Coupled with Microsoft's commitment to management
packs shipping with new software releases, IT administrators will
be able to deploy new solutions and have confidence in their
ability to be supported in demanding environments much more quickly
than before.