System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta - Data Protection Manager - VHD available for download

System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta - Data Protection Manager - VHD (Evaluation) is now available for download. This download consists of files that you extract into a single pre-configured VHD file for this System Center component. The VHD enables you to create a virtual machine to evaluate the different System Center components.

This Beta VHD enables System Center customers to jointly evaluate System Center 2012 and Windows Server 2012. For detailed information about each component, see the component documentation atincluded with these download files.

Feature Summary

• Improved Support for Network Virtualization
• Extend the VMM console with Add-ins
• Support for Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, thin provisioning of logical units and discovery of SAS storage
• Ability to convert VHD to VHDX, use VHDX as base Operating System image

The System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta - Data Protection Manager -VHD available for download at System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta - Data Protection Manager - VHD (Registration Required) web site.

System requirements

• Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2008 R2

Note: Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 with Hyper-V is required to use this VHD to create a virtual machine

Source:

• Download details - System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta - Data Protection Manager - Evaluation (VHD)