First published on TECHNET on Jan 15, 2013
This morning we announced the availability of System Center 2012 SP1. You can read more about the release on the System Center blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2013/01/15/system-center-2012-sp1-is-generally-a...
New features for Service Manager in System Center 2012 SP1:
Chargeback
Chargeback helps you apply cloud-based pricing on Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) fabric and show that information to customers in order to minimize virtual machine oversubscription and underutilization. Chargeback illustrates how you can use System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) in a cross-platform environment where you use multiple Service Manager components to achieve your business goals.
In Service Manager, chargeback consists of a new node in the Administration workspace, new OLAP data cubes, and sample Excel reports.
Improved Operations Manager Integration
An System Center 2012 – Operations Manager SP1 agent is automatically installed as part of Service Manager SP1. After Setup completes, you must manually configure the agent for use with the Operations Manager management server. The agent is compatible with System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, System Center 2012 – Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 – Operations Manager SP1.
To validate that the Operations Manager Agent was installed, open Control Panel and verify that the Operations Manager Agent is present. To manually configure the Operations Manager agent, see
Configuring Agents
.
SQL Server 2012 Support
All databases used by Service Manager are supported on all editions of SQL Server 2012. Service Manager also supports Always On.
Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Support
All Service Manager roles, except the Self-Service Portal SharePoint web parts, are supported on all editions of Windows Server 2012.
Windows 8 is supported for the Service Manager console and for end-users accessing the Self-Service Portal.
