vCenter Operations Management Suite

Best for	Small and midsize Business		Enterprise
Edition	Standard	Advanced	Enterprise	Enterprise Plus
Scope	Small vSphere environments	Large vSphere environments	Virtual and cloud infrastructure	Cloud and heterogeneous environments
Components
vCenter Operations Manager	X  (performance only)	X	X	X
vCenter Infrastructure Navigator			X	X
vCenter Chargeback Manager			X	X
vCenter Configuration Manager			X (for vSphere hosts only)	X
Key Features and Capabilities
Operations Dashboard	X	X	X	X
Proactive Smart Alerts	X	X	X	X
Customizable Dashboards			X	X
Performance Management
Self-learning Performance Analytics	X	X	X	X
Dynamic Thresholds	X	X	X	X
Extensible to 3rd party data sources			X	X
3rd party adapters included				X
Capacity Management
Capacity Metering	X	X	X	X
Trending Dashboards		X	X	X
Scenarios and Modeling		X	X	X
Alerting and Reporting		X	X	X
Configuration & Compliance
vSphere change event correlation	X	X	X	X
Compliance for vSphere hosts			X	X
In-guest change event correlation				X
Compliance for VM and guest OS				X
Remediation and Rollback				X
Application Dependency Mapping
Automated Discovery			X	X
Naming and Versioning			X	X
Relationship Visualization			X	X
Cost Metering and Reporting
Fixed and variable cost models			X	X
Cost visibility for business teams			X	X
Cost analysis and reporting			X	X

IIS 7 Security Features

•Modular Design:
–Reduced exposure at installation and runtime
 
•.Net Integration:
–Forms Auth for any content
–Use of .NET Role and Membership Providers
 
•Built in anonymous account
–Easier to administer, restore, and configure
 
•Application Pool Isolation
–Improved Sandboxing between applications
 
•URLAuthorization and Request Filtering
–New choices for improving security
 
•Kernel mode SSL and authentication
–Faster negotiation of security exchanges, fewer problems

•Features implemented as discrete modules 
•Modularity improves security 
-Reduced module set by default at install
-Remove modules that you do not need 
•Extensibility allows security customization     
•Add authentication, logging, or blocking mechanisms

•Integrated pipeline enables Forms authentication with any content 
•Leverage existing user database with .NET Role/Membership providers
                Examples: Store user names in:
                                  Active directory or local SAM
                                  SQL 2005 Express for static site users
                                  ADAM for users and groups in a PHP application
                                  DB2 mainframe users and groups in ASP.net