Today we hit an important milestone for SCSM 2012 – CTP1 has been released to TAP customers and partners. While this is not a public release it is an important milestone that will begin the external testing and feedback cycle. This milestone includes 20 of the 25 improvements we have planned for SCSM 2012 so we are nearly fully complete with the product already. Here is an overview of what is in CTP1:
Key Features in CTP1
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Release Management with parallel activity support
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Enterprise Data Warehouse with BI Analytics (OLAP)
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Periodic Notification support
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Improved PowerShell support
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Performance improvements
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Updated connectors to support SC Wave 12
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Parent – child support for incident and release management
Screenshots from SCSM 2012 CTP1
Enterprise Data Warehouse & Analytics
· Replace System Center Reporting Manager (SCRM)*
o Pull data from SM, OM & CM for a comprehensive view of IT
o Enable direct publish to the DW from custom sources (i.e. SAP, HR)
· Self-service report & dashboard authoring w/OLAP cubes
o OLAP cubes powered by the System Center management pack model
o Report authoring with Office integration for knowledge workers
Release Management
· Automates Release Management Process for large IT organizations
· Release Record is a new Work Item class for tracking Releases
· Parallel and Sequential activities allow to model more complex processes
· Activity Diagram allows to visualize process workflow
· Parent-Child Relationships allow to link multiple small Releases to one parent Release
· Provides important building blocks for Service Requests and Change Records
TAP customers and partners should already have received an email on how to access the CTP1 download via Connect.
Just to answer a question I know somebody is bound to ask…. Sorry, the TAP program has long since been full. There will be a public beta of SCSM 2012 that will be feature complete in “Q3” CY 2011.