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Microsoft has just released Beta 2 of their systems management flagship System Center Operations Manager 2007 for public testing. On Microsoft Connect, available at http://connect.microsoft.com, you can download the Beta 2 software formerly know as MOM v3 along with documentation and other important information such as the release notes and a Scenarios document.

Key themes of this new version of the product are: End-to-End Service Monitoring, Microsoft Knowledge, Reliability and Security and Operational Efficiency. While Beta 2 lacks x64 support and only supports one Management Server, testers can see Line of Business (LOB) monitoring using this essential piece of Microsoft's System Center family of products.

Operations Manager 2007 lets you easily monitor your IT services, reliably scales across your organization and environment, and includes the Microsoft application and operating system (OS) knowledge you need to rapidly resolve your operational problems.