re: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Eval

Rob Marshall - MVP — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:38:36 GMT

30 August 2007 09:50 by Rob

Brilliant reply, thanks for coming over and commenting William!

re: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Eval

Rob Marshall - MVP — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:38:17 GMT

30 August 2007 00:14 by williamamsft

Hey Rob - first of all, thanks for ref'ing my myitforum blog! Secondly, thanks SO much for your passion around getting great info out on SCCM 07. I'm gonna provide some info for you on the RTM process. I'm with you - I'd love for the code to be born, and the WORLD knows about it right away - hence why I blogged about it 1 MINUTE after our leadership team signed off on it! :-) But, here's really goes on so you can see the commitment to the product, and ALL products from MS. So, we actually began this process with MMS this year. 14 sessions there on SCCM 07, TechSexy campaign, etc. So, most folks (you included) already know what's in the box - our focus has been in just making sure the quality was where it needs to be (and it is). We rolled that through the summer at TechEd in US, US partner conference, etc. We also had the whole MS field in Redmond in July to get them ready on it. In parallel with that, we've been "releasing" System Center all-up since May with local System Center events, and a bunch of us will be in Europe in Sept/Oct to launch this in your area. And, then that all culminates at IT Forum in Barcelona with the WW launch. So, there is beaucoup dollars on System Center Config Manager in launch activities. It just didn't all align with the RTM date. But NOTHING in the sofware world does. It aligns with a launch date that's somewhere after RTM. Our outstanding mktg team will be updating all the MS.com stuff this week, and you'll see more and more about it in the weeks ahead. In the software world, RTM is just a single moment in time. Launch is a rolling set of activities over a period of time. Trust me - do NOT take the fact that every bit of collateral and fanfare was not present at RTM - as an indicator of product quality foreshadowing, or lack of commitment from MS.

thnx Rob!