I came accross this article, which has some short description of what to expect in the coming release of Microsoft System Center 2012.
Summary: Microsoft’s revamped System Center 2012 looks to manage all your cloud needs from one unified interface.
The eight components that make up System Center 2012 are:
App Controller (beta) – This application is designed to be a single point of control for applications across both private and public clouds. System administrators can both deploy and manage these applications through this interface.
Configuration Manager (RC) - Microsoft completely redesigned the rule model of Configuration Manager for this release., It was a necessary change in order to support a broader range of devices, in including support for mobile devices running Android, iOS, and, of course, Windows Phone 7.
Data Protection Manager (beta) – DPM continues its real-time data protection capabilities and adds single-window management across security and other services.
Endpoint Protection (RC) – Improvements in the anti-malware, signature detection, vulnerability warning system, and a focus on user controls. In addition to those in place for device control
Operations Manager (RC) – The core product of the Systems Center line, Ops Manager provides centralized, single console management of your public and private cloud resources.
Orchestrator (RC) – management for process automation with hooks to the major automation player’s management tools (IBM, BMC, EMC, CA, and most notably, VMware).
Service Manager (beta) – The primary tool for deploying services across your cloud infrastructure.
Virtual Machine Manager (RC) – With support for more than just Microsoft’s basic hypervisor, VMM now also handles VMware, along with Xen and Azure. It can combine capacity from all the different virtualizations into a single cloud. As they are not the leading player in the VM market it makes sense to support alternatives to their own system.
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