Pada Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) hari ini Microsoft mengumumkan ketersediaan versi beta publik untuk VMM 2012! Produk ini merupakan langkah maju yang besar dalam manajemen sistem dan membawa dengan itu kemampuan baru dan cara yang sama sekali baru dalam memandang layanan datacenter.
System Center Virtual Machine Manajer 2012 (SCVMM 2012) akan menyediakan manajemen awan baik Hyper-V dan virtual Azure platform, serta penyediaan seluruh layanan TI melalui blok bangunan virtual. Fitur baru meliputi:
Fabric Management
Bare metal provisioning of Hyper-V hosts Network management. Network provisioning, IP addressing, VLAN, and assignment, creation of model networks, and self-service. Storage management. End-to-end storage management, including SAN storage provisioning using SMI-S. Cross platform. Management of Hyper-V, Xen, and Vmware
Resource Optimization
Dynamic Optimization (DO). Balancing of workloads within a cluster. This is similar to VMware’s DRS. Also includes intelligent placement. Power Management. Enhanced management of power usage, including powering down of Hyper-V hosts.
Infrastructure Enhancements
Additional PowerShell capabilities Enhanced user delegation, especially for self-service HA VMM
Cloud Management
Private and public cloud management (includes Azure) Capacity and capability boundaries Self-Service usage
Service Management
Service Templates (using Service Designer) Service Lifecycle Application Deployment Image based servicing