Top New Features in Microsoft System Center 2019

Cloud migration and rapid digital transformation are some of the few aspects which cannot be ignored by most of the upcoming and competitive organizations around the globe. Data and information are now your most valuable resources. Much more data is being generated than it was 10 years ago. Similarly, the chances are, more data will be produced and will be required years down the line.

In view of expected developments, organizations are now paying more attention to their data center needs. Microsoft System Center, as a suite of system management solutions, used to manage business infrastructure and virtualized software-defined datacenter effectively has been playing a pivotal role for a long time.

Microsoft has recently introduced a new version, called Microsoft System Center 2019.

This blog explains the new features of System Center 2019. We will also understand how Microsoft System Center 2019 Certification and Microsoft System Center 2019 Training Courses from NetCom Learning can help you gain the necessary skills to deploy, configure, administer, and manage cloud data centers.

Microsoft System Center 2019: The New Version

With an aim to ensure an efficient blend of resources from a System Center and management point of view, the New System Center has been introduced.

Microsoft System Center 2019 includes the following products:

· System Center 2019 Datacenter.

· System Center 2019 Standard.

· System Center 2019 Client Management Suite.

· System Center Operations Manager.

· System Center Orchestrator.

· System Center Data Protection.

· System Center Service Manager.

· System Center Configuration Manager (current branch).

· System Center Endpoint Protection (current branch).

· Core Infrastructure Server Datacenter.

· Core Infrastructure Server Standard.

· Operations Management Suite (OMS) Automation and Control.

· OMS Backup and Disaster Recovery.

· OMS Insight and Analytics.

The Microsoft System Center 2019 Training and Certification from NetCom Learning can help you understand the operational aspects of the products mentioned above.

Microsoft System Center 2019: Top New Features

1. System Center Orchestrator & New Features: 64-bit support, PowerShell version 4 and newer, Support for SQL Server 2017 and Support for TLS 1.2.

· Process Automation: Processes using graphical, PowerShell, and Python runbooks.

· Configuration Management: Collect inventory, track changes and configure the desired state.

· Update Management: Assess compliance and schedule update installation.

· Azure Functions: Compute on-demand, events occurring in Azure, third-party or on-premises systems.

· Heterogeneous: Windows and Linux. Azure and on-premises.

2. System Center Data Protection Manager: Supports Windows Server 2019, SQL Server 2017, VMware to tape backup, Modern backup storage improvements and Greater flexibility in recovering from Azure.

·  Rich Reporting and Monitoring: Custom queries, ITSM integration, No infrastructure, Enterprise-Wide, Custom Reports, and Cross tenant support.

3. System Center Virtual Machine Manager:

· Storage Optimization: New option available for a host/cluster- you can optimize disk space, Storage Health in VMM, Storage Pool, LUN, Physical Disk. Also, you can now deploy S2D clusters using VMM.

· VMM Roles. New role: Virtual Machine administrator (VM Admin)- It can read fabric but not change anything and Scope (cloud or host groups) Permissions.

· Host layer 2 network information (also in VMM 1807): Layer 2 info- for troubleshooting and Link Layer Discovery Protocol- to enumerate details.

·  Connect virtual network with datacenter physical network: GUI support for L3 Forwarding gateway creation.

· Secure data in transit: NC controlled Virtual Network.

· Migrate UEFI VMware VM to Hyper-V Gen2, Convert VM wizard: Auto detect source VM firmware configuration, Select default Hyper-V VM generation and Default enable secure boot firmware.

4. System Center Operations Manager:

· HTML5 dashboards: No dependency, Easy access, Extensibility, Faster resolutions, Inline actions, and Operator friendly.

·  Notification and subscription enhancement: Enhanced criteria builder with the ability to perform “OR” and “Exclude” operations, Rich HTML email notifications, Flexibility to customize HTML content and New settings: “Enable HTML formatting for the email message."

· Enhanced alert management for Monitors: Alert generating monitor- generates an alert - the operator works on the issue, closes the alert, and the alert is not allowed to be closed.

New Dashboard- Alert Closure Failure, Linux/UNIX monitoring enhancements, Enhanced Linux/UNIX alerting, Without any duplicate alerts, and Management pack updates.

Linux Log file monitoring- Application Logs, Network Protocols, Cloud Services (Azure) and Monitor any data source.

· Application Performance Monitoring Agent: It is available in Update Rollup 6 for SCOM 2016.

· Service Map integration: It automatically discovers, maps servers and leverages SCOM monitoring. Azure Management Pack for SCOM. Supports SQL Server 2017. It also provides Windows Server 2019 and latest application servers monitoring.

5. System Center Configuration Manager: It supports all patching scenarios enabled today for servers, VMs. Also aligns with Windows and Office.

6. System Center Service Manager: Improved UI responsiveness, AD connector improvement, Support for SQL Server 2017 and TLS 1.2.

· Service Catalog: Build and deliver turnkey applications to enterprise IT customers.

· Azure Policy: Enable management and security, at scale.

· Azure Blueprint: Ticketing- Partner-enabled solutions.

Why NetCom Learning?

Netcom Learning is a premier Microsoft Training partner, with 21 years of industry experience in managing all aspects of organizational learnings. We specialize in delivering Microsoft learning solutions and certifications to individual users, corporate customers, and various governments.

A comprehensive MS System Center Certification ensures your skills get recognized globally. You can explore our Microsoft - Technical Training Courses & Certifications and Microsoft System Center Manager Certification Training Courses.

NetCom Learning is a premier training provider with an experienced and certified team of professionals to train you with expert guidance and hands-on labs addressing the entire suite.