System Center Capacity Planner 2006 bits available at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/systemcenter/evaluation/capacity/default.mspx.

Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner 2006 (Beta) helps size and plan deployments of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 by providing you with the tools and guidance to deploy efficiently while planning for the future by allowing for "what-if" analyses in the following ways:

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Proactive performance planning: Helping an organization meet their service level goals consistently, now and in the future.

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Infrastructure planning and optimization: Plan for IT purchases to optimize cost.

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Help to ensure success of Microsoft Exchange 2003 and MOM 2005 deployments: Use to plan correct amount of infrastructure needed for a new application to meet service level goals.

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Performance analysis and predictive reporting: Automatically report performance trends and bottlenecks to manage current and future performance issues.