kmeyler
Consultant

MMS 2010: Factoids

Analysis
Apr 21, 20101 min

Data points from the keynote address April 20

Factoids include:

  • Total attendance: 3,500
  • Difference from 2009: 50% increase
  • Difference 2009 from 2008: 50% decrease
  • 3 of 4 attendees have ConfigMgr 2007; 80% of these are running R2
  • 2 of 3 attendees have OpsMgr 2007; 80% of these are running R2
  • 15% of those running OpsMgr 2007 R2 are using CrossPlat
  • more than half are using VMM
  • 25% App-V
  • 10% have downloaded a beta of Service Manager (RTM 4/20)
  • UPDATE: Best SWAG: Free copies of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed (see http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/60281)

Covered during the keynote – the cloud – along with references to the other (volcanic) cloud that resulted in heroic accounts of people getting to MMS from Europe any way they could

For a summary for technical tidbits during the keynote, see https://ops-mgr.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!3D3B8489FCAA9B51!2442.entry.

kmeyler

Kerrie Meyler, System Center MVP, is an independent consultant with 17+ years of IT experience, including work as a senior technology specialist at Microsoft. Her books include System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed (and the System Center 2012 R2 Supplement), System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed, and System Center 2012 Service Manager Unleashed.

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