System Center Essentials Training Videos

• Configuring Essentials 2007
  

  Presenter: Dustin Jones, Microsoft
  This video demonstrates how to configure product features, computers, devices, and Microsoft Update settings in System Center Essentials 2007.
  Running Time (minutes): 7:24
  Date Posted: May 2, 2007

• Add monitoring using the Authoring space
  

  Presenter: David Mills, Microsoft
  This video demonstrates how to add monitoring to a critical website using System Center Essentials 2007.
  Running Time (minutes): 3:05
  Date Posted: April 26, 2007

• Managing computer and devices with System Center Essentials 2007
  

  Presenter: Casey McKinnon, Microsoft
  This video demonstrates the process of discovering new computers using the Essentials Discovery Wizard.
  Running Time (minutes): 2:29
  Date Posted: April 26, 2007

• Using the Computers space
  

  Presenter: Casey McKinnon, Microsoft
  This video demonstrates managing computers using the Essentials Computers space.
  Running Time (minutes): 2:32
  Date Posted: April 26, 2007

• Using the Monitoring space
  

  Presenter: David Mills, Microsoft
  This video demonstrates using the Monitoring space in System Center Essentials 2007.
  Running Time (minutes): 2:30
  Date Posted: April 26, 2007

• Software distribution
  

  Presenter: Dustin Jones, Microsoft
  This video demonstrates the Essentials 2007 software distribution capabilities (deploying Windows Defender).
  Running Time (minutes): 2:56
  Date Posted: April 26, 2007

• Importing Third-party Updates
  

  Presenter: Casey McKinnon, Microsoft
  This video provides an overview on how to import third-party updates using System Center Essentials 2007.
  Date Posted: March 2, 2007

• Using the Updates Space
  

  Presenter: Casey McKinnon, Microsoft
  This video provides an overview on configuring update management settings, viewing synchronization status, deploying updates, and viewing deployment status reports.
  Date Posted: March 2, 2007

• Deploying Office 2007 with System Center Essentials 2007
  

  Presenter: Scott Bleasdell, Microsoft
  This video shows how to quickly create a software deployment package for Office 2007 and approve the package for deployment to Windows client computers using System Center Essentials 2007.
  Running Time (minutes): 4:06
  Date Posted: March 2, 2007

• Getting Started with System Center Essentials 2007
  

  Presenter: Scott Bleasdell, Microsoft
  This video provides a high-level overview of all of the major features of System Center Essentials 2007.
  Running Time (minutes): 3:06
  Date Posted: March 2, 2007

Presenter Biographies

• Scott Bleasdell
  Scott Bleasdell is a program manager on the System Center Essentials team responsible for product planning, focusing on future releases. Scott has been with Microsoft since 2005 and has a vast background in the Systems Management space including roles in consulting and software development.
  
• Dustin Jones
  Dustin Jones is a program manager on the System Center Essentials team responsible for the deployment, upgrade, configuration, monitoring and service provider experiences. Dustin has been with Microsoft since 2004, working in both the field and product groups with systems management products.
  
• Casey McKinnon
  Casey McKinnon is a Program Manager on the System Center Essentials team responsible for user experience. Casey has been with Microsoft for over 4 years, designing and implementing Operations Management tools for Microsoft’s Live services, as well as with System Center.
  
• David Mills
  David Mills has been with Microsoft for 7 years and is the senior technical product manager for System Center Essentials 2007. Before joining the System Center Marketing team, David led User Assistance teams in the Windows Server division shipping IT professional technical documentation for Core Networking and Management technologies.