Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 is a management solution in the System Center family of IT systems management products specifically designed for midsized businesses with up to 50 Servers and 500 Clients. Essentials 2010 provides a unified management solution that enables IT professionals in midsize organisations to proactively manage their IT environment with increased efficiency.

Key benefits include:

• Take control of your IT environment with expert knowledge, automation and data protection.
• Simplify management of your IT environment with an integrated solution built for the way you work.
• Integration of virtualisation management, including live migration.
• Automated management of updates and installation deadlines.
• Server management limit increased to 50.

Key features include:

• Simple Installation and setup.
• Comprehensive Monitoring.
• Update Management.
• Software Deployment.
• Integrated Reporting.
• Software and Hardware Inventory.