System Center Essentials vs System Center Operations Manager + WSUS

Hi all,

tried to find an appropriate group, but with no luck, so I stayed here.

So, is System Center Essentials a lite version of System Center Operations
Manager?
Is it possible to integrate wsus into System Center Operations Manager, or
should I install System Center Operations Manager and System Center
Essentials?

Thank you in advance.

Forwarded to WSUS newsgroup via crosspost:
microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services as a convenience to OP.

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services
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Guzun, Alex wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> tried to find an appropriate group, but with no luck, so I stayed here.
>
> So, is System Center Essentials a lite version of System Center Operations
> Manager?
> Is it possible to integrate wsus into System Center Operations Manager, or
> should I install System Center Operations Manager and System Center
> Essentials?
>
> Thank you in advance.

Alex,

In general, your question regarding System Center Essentials 2007 should go
to the Essentials 2007 General Forum at
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...1558&SiteID=17

To answer your question, No, Essentials 2007 is not a lite version of System
Center Operations manager (SCOM.)

Essentials 2007 uses the same basic engine as SCOM, but also contains some
of the features of WSUS 3.0. Unlike WSUS 3.0, you also get support for
pushing out and managing software updates for non-Microsoft products.
Essentials 2007 is for organizations having 500 clients or fewer, and 30
servers or fewer.

You would most likely want to integrate System Center Configuration manager
(SCCM) with SCOM if you have an organization with more than 500 clients and
more than 30 servers and you want the ability to manage non-Microsoft
products as well as take inventories of hardware and software. Integrating
only WSUS will only allow you to update Microsoft products.

Hope this helps answer your questions.

Gwen Zierdt
The Real World is Messy: Making Sense with Essentials 2007
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/gzierdt/default.aspx



"Guzun, Alex" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> tried to find an appropriate group, but with no luck, so I stayed here.
>
> So, is System Center Essentials a lite version of System Center Operations
> Manager?
> Is it possible to integrate wsus into System Center Operations Manager, or
> should I install System Center Operations Manager and System Center
> Essentials?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>