Microsoft is continuing to flesh out its Software+Service portfolio and has however one more, still-unannounced,
Windows 7 Key, Microsoft-hosted service that it can be creating. The new member of the family members? System Middle On-line, according to tipsters who talked beneath the conditiion of anonymity.Program Middle is Microsoft;s uber-brand for its methods management software. “Online” is the branding name for Microsoft-hosted enterprise services. So far, Microsoft has announced Exchange Over the internet, SharePoint On the net, Communications Server On the internet, Dynamics CRM On the internet and Live Meeting (the only one of the family which still has but to be bestowed with the “Online” name.”) There;s also a bundle, known as the Business Productivity Suite Online (a bundle of Exchange Via the internet, SharePoint Internet, Communications Server On line and Live Meeting) that Microsoft has unveiled, as well. And at the very low end of the hosted services market,
Microsoft Office 2007 Product Key, Microsoft is rolling out the Microsoft-hosted Deskless Worker services.Microsoft also is expected, at some point, to deliver some kind of ERP On-line support. And there have been rumors of a Forefront On line Microsoft-hosted security offering, as well.System Center On the net will be an online-management services aimed at IT pros,
Windows 7 64 Bit, sources said. It really is being developed by the same team that has built the Windows Update (WU),
Office 2007 Download, Windows Software program Update Services (WSUS) and Microsof Update (MU) patch-update services. Among the services that Microsoft is expected to build into the comprehensive Method Center On the internet company are anti-virus, anti-spyware, system monitoring, backup/restore, asset inventory monitoring,
Office 2010 Product Key, policy management and software distribution/deployment.(Does this mean Program Center Internet will supplant Windows Live OneCare? No. OneCare is aimed at consumers and Method Middle On the internet at business users. Whether it will also incorporate some with the aforementioned patching services, like WU, WSUS and MU will be interesting to watch.)Given Microsoft;s S+S mantra, it;s not too surprising that nearly all of its enterprise serers are getting a services make-over. What “make-over” means in this context is not trivial, still. First, Microsoft has to find a way to make its software program offering multi-tenant capable. Next, the company has to decide how much of the core software offering to deliver in services form.As Forrester Research noted in a recent study on SharePoint Online (entitled “SharePoint Shoots for the Cloud”), SharePoint On the internet isn;t an via the internet version of Microsoft Office SharePoint (MOSS). The On the web version includes only the most rudimentary collaboration/management capabilities — which is fine for some and not for others. From the Forrester report:“For the time being, there is a very significant tradeoff between SharePoint Internet and a full MOSS 2007 implementation. If you are willing to give up robust content management, portal functionality, business intelligence (BI) capabilities, cross-site search, and application development capabilities in favor of low cost and quick implementation, then SharePoint On the internet could be your solution.”Given that caveat, would you be interested in kicking the tires of a Microsoft-hosted system-management support? Why or why not?