Microsoft System Center 2025 to Launch on November 1 with New Features and a 10% Price Increase
Key Takeaways:
- Microsoft will release System Center 2025 on November 1, 2024, introducing new management capabilities for IT infrastructure.
- The price for System Center 2025 will be 10% higher than its predecessor, System Center 2022.
- Key updates include Azure Stack HCI monitoring, Arc-enabled capabilities, hotpatching for SCVMM, and improved data protection tools.
Microsoft has announced that System Center 2025 will officially launch on November 1, with a 10% price hike compared to the 2022 version. This update brings new features and security improvements aimed at streamlining IT management for businesses, but at a slightly higher cost.
Microsoft System Center is a suite of management tools designed to streamline IT infrastructure administration in on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. It offers robust automation and self-service capabilities to reduce the workload on IT staff within an organization. System Center also provides extensive monitoring and troubleshooting tools to ensure high performance and reliability.
“The System Center 2025 licensing model for Standard and Datacenter will be the same as 2022 with server and client management licenses. As with System Center 2022, the 2025 editions will be differentiated by virtualization rights only. Licenses are required only for the endpoints being managed. No additional licenses are needed for customers with SQL Server Standard Edition,” Microsoft explained.
According to Microsoft, the server management licensing for System Center 2025 will be based on the physical core. The licensing model uses the same model used by Windows Server 2025 which requires licenses for eight cores.
What’s new in System Center 2025?
Microsoft highlighted that System Center 2025 brings several new features and capabilities for commercial customers. It enables administrators to monitor Azure Stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) 23H2 clusters with Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) & System Center Operations Manager 2025.
Additionally, Microsoft has introduced support for Arc-enabled capabilities in System Center 2025. This release includes hotpatching for Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). It allows customers to manage virtual machines (VMs) in their datacenters through Azure.
Finally, Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2025 will let IT admins securely store passphrases in Azure Key Vault. DPM is a component of Microsoft’s System Center suite that is designed to provide data backup and recovery tools for organizations. Moreover, DPM 2025 includes support for OLEDB 19, which is a database connectivity technology.
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