Microsoft ships beta of Operations Manager 2007

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At its annual TechEd conference in Boston Tuesday, Microsoft announced the beginning of the beta test cycle for System Center Operations Manager 2007, an update to Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.

In a move to make Windows Vista adoption more fluid, the company also announced the beta availability of the Systems Management Server 2003 Operating System Deployment Feature Pack update, which adds support for the 64-bit version of Windows XP and the Windows Vista operating systems.

"With this update, we hope to accelerate customers' deployment of both operating systems so they can more quickly benefit from new performance and productivity enhancements," Felicity McGourty, director of product marketing in the Windows and Enterprise Management Division, said in a prepared statement.