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 .
