System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Servicing Extension has been released to the Configuration Manager Open Beta community! You can download the Beta here: http://connect.microsoft.com/ConfigurationManagervnext/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=53752
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Servicing Extension provides useful information for maintaining a Configuration Manager environment. Servicing Extension provides the following capabilities:
- Notifies you of Configuration Manager updates as they become available, with the ability to filter updates according to which major release they apply to
- Provides details on the sites in your environment, including the last major Configuration Manager version installed and the most recently installed Cumulative Update
- Provides a list of Configuration Manager client versions that may be present in your environment, and makes it easy to create queries to locate these clients
- Provides a built-in RSS reader to display recent blog postings from the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog and The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog