System Center Essentials 2007 RC1 (Service Provider resources have arrived!)

Service providers rejoice! In addition to a host of bugfixes, extended platform support and MP updates, I see the managed services scenario resources are finally in the wild. I was able to download the MP and related guides from the connect site. Can't wait to give this scenario a trial run. Highlights from the announcement message.... What's New in Essentials RC1? Capabilities: Support for upgrading from WSUS 2.0 and 3.0 Emailed Daily Health Report Automatic scheduled discovery of computers from Active Directory Enhanced network monitoring of SNMP-enabled network devices including a network topology diagram view Remote Control support for remote control of managed client and server computers Ability to import Update catalogs from third-party software publishers SQL Services based reporting on monitoring, hardware and software inventory Setup experience improvements for SQL Server selection and file locations More management packs including support for Exchange 2003, Dynamics CRM 3.0, and Active Directory Enhanced Platform support non-English US locales installing Essentials on x64 servers managing Windows Vista managing x64 systems Support for managing systems in multiple domains in a single forest Notes for RC1: There is no upgrade from Beta 2 to RC1. You must fully uninstall Beta 2 before your deploy RC1. We have documented complete UNINSTALL steps in the Scenario guide and also as an announcement on the Connect site. Be sure to read the Release Notes to avoid any known issues. Please read the Deployment Guide and Scenario document to get the most out of this release. Managed Services Program: If your organization provides managed IT services for other mid-market companies and you would like to use SCE to help manage your customers please sign up for our Managed Services Solution program. This will provide you with additional resources that enable this capability. We look forward to seeing your feedback on this release in our Newsgroups! Thank you, the System Center Essentials Team.