System Center Essentials 2010 Deployment Guide

Microsoft Corporation Published: August 2010

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Revision History
Release Date Changes

May 2009 September 2009

Original release of this guide. Updated for System Center Essentials 2010 Beta with revised system requirements and feature improvements. Updated for System Center Essentials 2010 Release Candidate to include information about licensing, upgrading, optimization tips, clustered virtual machine host servers, firewall exceptions, and troubleshooting your initial Essentials 2010 setup and configuration. Updated for System Center Essentials 2010 RTM.

January 2010

April 2010

June 2010

Updated to include new information about supported operating systems, supported deployment topologies, performance guidance, and migrating Essentials 2010 to a new server. Updated to include new information about environmental prerequisites and

July 2010

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Changes

considerations, and troubleshooting issues during deployment. August 2010 Updated to include new information about troubleshooting issues during and after Essentials 2010 deployment.