• System Center Advisor announced: Azure service previously code-named “Project Atlanta” uses the OpsMgr Agent to return configuration and make recommendations for changes to the configuration. This application was demonstrated during the keynote showing how a hotfix would be relevant for the servers and what has changed in the environment. Licensing – if you have software assurance on Windows Server you are licensed to use this on the server (or Exchange software assurance for Exchange servers). Beta currently available.
• The next version of Opalis Integration Server is officially named System Center Orchestrator 2012.
• SCVMM 2012 beta announced.
• System Center 2012 officially announcement: Every product in the (System Center) portfolio will have new revisions in the next year.

Credits : http://opsmgrunleashed.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/mms-2011-keynote-322-summary-for-geeks/

code-named · Licensing · Orchestrator · software assurance · year

When the agent is located in a domain separate from the domain where the Operations Manager management server is located, and no two-way trust exists between the two AD forests, certificates must be used so that authentication can take place between the agent and management server.

Anders Bengtsson wrote a excellent article on how to deploy SCOM to untrusted zones with Opalis

agent · deplooyment · opalis · Scom

New great Integration Packs has been released for Microsoft System Center Opalis :

Exchange · integration pack · ip · opalis · Tasks