System Center 2022 Update Rollup 4
We are pleased to announce Update Rollup 4 (UR4) for System Center 2022. This release continues our commitment to stability, security, and platform currency across on‑premises datacenter operations, with targeted fixes and compatibility improvements for Operations Manager, Service Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, and Orchestrator. Details below. Virtual Machine Manager Added support for newer Linux guest OS versions, including RHEL 10, Oracle Linux 10, Rocky Linux 10, Debian 13, SUSE Linux 15, and OpenEuler 24.03. Improved VM deployment and networking, including IP assignment for Ubuntu 24.04 VMs and network adapter scenarios. Improved VMM Console stability for VM, virtual switch, and Fiber Channel HBA management scenarios Fixed Smart Card authentication in Virtual Machine Viewer on Windows Server 2025. Improved VMM and SCOM integration by correcting objects created for VirtualManagerDB and its database engine. Learn more: Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2022 Virtual Machine Manager. Operations Manager Support for OpenSSL 3.x distros like Debian 13, RHEL 10, Rocky Linux 10, AlmaLinux 10, and Oracle Linux 10. Support for new distros like Ubuntu 26. Improved Web Console and dashboard reliability. Improved support for GB characters in reports, dashboards, and alert views. Improved Linux monitoring for system properties such as LastBootUpTime and NumberOfUsers on newer distributions. Improved agent discovery and related error handling. Restored SCX agent certificate signing functionality. Restricted PowerShell widget editing to administrators only. Learn more: Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2022 Operations Manager. Service Manager Support for latest MSOLEDBSQL19 provider. Microsoft Graph API support for Exchange Connector. Microsoft Graph API support for Outgoing Email Notifications. Learn more: Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2022 Service Manager. Orchestrator Updated the WebAPI code to allow a runbook to execute successfully when an input parameter and an output parameter have the same name. Upgraded the Orchestrator Command-Line Activity Wizard from x86 (32-bit) to x64 (64-bit), making it available in SCO 2022. Learn more about bugs fixes: Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2022 Orchestrator Data Protection Manager Enhanced support for SQL Server forced encryption and secure SSL/TLS communication. Improved reliability across SharePoint recovery, Exchange, Hyper-V, storage migration, and online backup scenarios. Improved DPM Console and PowerShell stability. Added multiple accessibility and usability improvements. Learn more about bugs fixes: Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2022 Data Protection Manager We are committed to delivering quality & security updates with UR releases at regular cadence. For any feedback and queries, you can reach us at systemcenterfeedback@microsoft.com.System Center 2022 Update Rollup 3
We’re pleased to announce Update Rollup 3 (UR3) for System Center 2022. This release continues our commitment to stability, security, and platform currency across on‑premises datacenter operations, with targeted fixes and compatibility improvements for Operations Manager, Service Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, and Orchestrator. Details below. Virtual Machine Manager Support for additional Guest OSes & UX improvements Added Windows Server 2025 guest OS support Expanded Linux guest OS coverage: Ubuntu 24.04, RHEL 9, Debian 12, Rocky Linux 8 & 9. Availability Sets are now listed alphabetically to streamline selection. Storage provider security hardening Secure‑by‑default: Adding new storage providers now uses HTTPS by default. Learn more: Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2022 Virtual Machine Manager. Operations Manager Operations & Web Console are more stable since multiple issues are fixed such as console crashes, dashboard performance, favorite report issue. Addressed failures in workflows that use WMIProbe, ensuring the probe correctly falls back and executes. Restored Microsoft Teams notification functionality for environments impacted after UR2. Learn more: Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2022 Operations Manager. Service Manager Platform Stability on New CPUs/OS Builds Eliminated MonitoringHost instability observed on newer processors/OS builds and addressed a GroupCalc‑related crash scenario. Multiple Bug fixes on Self‑Service Portal & Knowledge Article Rendering Note: UR3 can be applied even where UR2 installation had failed, and it includes the bug fixes and enhancements that shipped with UR2. Learn more: Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2022 Service Manager. Orchestrator Platform Updates .NET 8 (LTSC) is now supported. Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) are supported. Security improvements Support for TLS 1.3 protocol is enabled. Learn more about bugs fixes: Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2022 Orchestrator We are committed to delivering new features and quality updates with UR releases at regular cadence. For any feedback and queries, you can reach us at systemcenterfeedback@microsoft.com.
Announcement: SCOM is now available in Azure too!
We are really excited to announce that SCOM MI is now generally available (GA) in Azure. SCOM MI is a PaaS service hosted in Azure, that allows you to monitor the workloads you are currently monitoring using SCOM on-premises. It brings several key advantages for SCOM users that helps them save time and moneyDiscover Azure Migrate from SCOM
System Center customers are increasingly looking to capitalize on the technical and financial flexibility, efficiencies, and capabilities on the cloud that aren’t possible with on-premises IT infrastructure. If you are one of these customers wondering how to begin your cloud migration journey- Azure Migrate is your answer. System Center Operations Manager(SCOM) is a component of System Center that provides infrastructure monitoring of vital applications and your data center. Now you can generate a business case using SCOM without deploying an appliance. All machines that SCOM monitors will be assessed to generate the business case. This new capability in SCOM allows you to discover and understand everything you need to know about your on-premises environment by generating a complete inventory that can be used in Azure Migrate to assess machines at scale with a comprehensive business case analysis calculating cost savings from migration and modernization. Lets now go ahead and explore the new feature in SCOM .
