System Center 2025 Enhanced Datacenter Management Solution Launching in November 2024

November 1, 2024 Microsoft Partner News

System Center 2025, the latest version of the comprehensive datacenter management solution, will be available worldwide from November 1, 2024, and will be accessible to Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners shortly after. This release brings a host of new features and capabilities, including comprehensive monitoring, hardware and virtual machine (VM) provisioning, robust automation, and configuration management, providing a seamless datacenter management experience.

Since its initial release in 2008, System Center has consistently delivered a simplified datacenter management experience. The 2025 version brings infrastructure modernization and enhanced security to the datacenter, enabling simplified management of complex environments and allowing users to make the most of Windows Server 2025 features immediately. It is important to note that System Center 2022 will be out of mainstream support starting April 2027.

The new features in System Center 2025 include support for overseeing and monitoring Azure Stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) 23H2 clusters with Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2025. This enables the unified control of heterogeneous infrastructure through a single management plane. Enhanced security across products ensures that operations, storage, and authentication mechanisms used are secure and reliable.

The Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2025 has been updated with enhanced security, including passphrase storage in Azure Key Vault to reduce data loss risks. DPM 2025 supports backing up and restoring VMs with virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) devices, keeping vTPM settings intact and aligning with Azure's security protocols. Additionally, DPM 2025 adds support for SharePoint Subscription Edition and Windows Server 2025, providing comprehensive backup solutions for enterprise applications and systems.

In terms of pricing and licensing, System Center is getting new prices across all commercial channels, affecting both versions (2022 and 2025). The price increases by 10% compared to the 2022 release. The new pricing supports the continued development and improvement of System Center, ensuring it remains a leading solution for managing complex IT environments.

System Center 2025 will be sold as a subscription-based offering. The System Center 2025 licensing model for Standard and Datacenter is the same as 2022 with server and client management licenses. Licenses are required only for the endpoints being managed. When a SQL server customer already has Windows Server and System Center licenses, or a Center for Internet Security license, they don't need another System Center license. The server management licensing of System Center 2025 is based on physical cores. The core-based licensing aligns with the Windows Server 2025 model to provide a consistent licensing metric for managed VMs.

For more information about what to expect from this release, you can read the blog post announcing the launch of System Center 2025. To learn more about the System Center 2025 purchase experience when it becomes available, you can visit the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program | System Center page.

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