You’ve heard about it and read about and now you’ll soon have the chance to try it out yourself. The System Center Online Desktop Manager beta is coming soon:http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/archive/2009/10/14/the-system-center-online-desktop-manager-beta-is-coming-soon.aspxJ.C. Hornbeck | Microsoft

What happened to this product - do Microsoft offer anything like Dell's Desktop Manager?

Hi TonyTone, http://www.microsoft.com/online/windows-intune.aspx http://OpsMgr.ru/

Thanks for the heads-up, was looking for something that could distrubute packages as well, also seems very expensive compared to Dell's Desktop Manager.

Hi, Remember, with Intune, you get a Windows 7 enterprise license included in the cost. Totally agree on software deployment, hopefully this will be featured in a future release. Matt Matt White ( http://systemcenterblog.hardac.co.uk/ - @matthewwhite )