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Server Management Suites Volume Licensing – System Center

How to Buy the System Center Server Management Suites

This site helps you to locate pricing and licensing information on the System Center server management suites.

Note: If you are outside the United States and Canada, you can get pricing information from your local Microsoft office. Find contact information for your Microsoft office on the Microsoft Worldwide Information site.

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Server Management Suites Licensing

Customers increasingly require a comprehensive suite of management tools that provide end-to-end support for virtual and non-virtual server infrastructure. The server management suites provide an easy and economical way for customers to get server management licenses for the four main products of System Center—System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, Configuration Manager 2007 R2, Data Protection Manager 2007, and Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. Because the Suites include Virtual Machine Manager—Microsoft’s solution for managing a virtual environment—customers who are running or plan to run virtual infrastructure should consider acquiring one of the Suites. The current offerings are the System Center Server Management Suites Enterprise and the System Center Server Management Suites Datacenter. Both suites include the following specific components:

  • Enterprise server management licenses for

    • System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

    • System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2

    • System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

    • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

  • The System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Management Server

  • The Server Management Suites Datacenter provides rights to manage an unlimited number of operating system environments (OSEs) on a single physical server

Server Management Suites Pricing

Note: All prices reflect pricing for purchases within the United States and are in U.S. dollars. The prices listed are estimated prices and reflect the starting prices available in Volume Licensing programs; reseller pricing can vary. Neither of the Server Management Suites—the System Center Server Management Enterprise or the Server Center Server Management Datacenter—are sold through retail channels.

Pricing

Product

Price*

Features

System Center Server Management Suites Enterprise

$1192 U.S.

Comprehensive solution for end-to-end management of physical and light virtual server environments that includes the Enterprise Server management licenses for Operations Manager 2007 R2, Configuration Manager 2007 R2, Data Protection Manager 2007, Virtual Machine Manager 2008; the Management Server license for Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2; and, rights to manage one physical and up to four virtual operating system environments on a single server.

System Center Server Management Suites Datacenter

$744 U.S.

Comprehensive solution for end-to-end management of heavily virtual server environments that includes the Enterprise Server management licenses for Operations Manager 2007 R2, Configuration Manager 2007 R2, Data Protection Manager 2007, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2; the Management Server license for Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2; and, rights to manage unlimited operating system environments licensed on a per processor basis (2 processor minimum).

* Price listed includes the license and two years of Software Assurance. Software Assurance coverage is required to license the Server Management Suites Enterprise.

Before You Buy the Server Management Suites

Your next steps for buying the Server Management Suites should be:

  1. Review the System Center Server Management Suites FAQ.

  2. Learn more about our licensing programs:

    • Volume Licensing - For information about the different volume licensing programs available for companies interested in more than five licenses of one or more System Center products, visit the Microsoft Volume Licensing Services site.

    • Microsoft Software Assurance - Available to volume licensing customers only, the Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) program gives you automatic access to new technology and provides productivity benefits, support, tools, and training to help deploy and use software efficiently. Learn more about features and benefits and find out how to acquire SA at the Software Assurance for Volume Licensing page on the Microsoft Volume Licensing site.

  3. Find a Microsoft reseller

How to Buy