Microsoft overhauls licensing for System Center 2012

摘要

Microsoft has formally shipped System Center 2012 management platform, adding features that create application-centric views of corporate infrastructure and - just as important - implementing a new licensing scheme designed to capitalize on customers' frustration with competitor VMware. Microsoft says the new licensing structure cuts the number of license packages to two - standard and data center - down from nearly 100, a move the company says will make life simpler for IT departments. Rather than buying the component parts of System Center singly or in bundles of just a few, customers will buy the entire suite.