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Effective Energy Management
Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager
2007 R3
White Paper
Microsoft Corporation
March 2010
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Abstract
For many years, IT client power management has been an area of challenge for many organizations. While
energy-saving desktop and laptop hardware has been available for some time, power-saving settings are often
disabled out of fears of data corruption, to support nightly IT operations, or simply from force of habit. Indeed,
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that no more than 10 percent of all Enterprise PCs in use
have their power management capabilities turned on—a staggering statistic considering the headway that has
been made in other areas of power reduction in the data center and in building facilities. At the same time, over
80 percent of desktops in most organizations are completely idle after 6:30 P.M. Quite literally, ―The lights are
on, but no one‘s home.‖ All of this contributes to the inability of organizations to take advantage of the energy
savings, carbon output reductions, and significant cost savings that are possible with enterprise power
management.
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 provides a comprehensive set of power management tools to
enable centralized client power management without introducing unnecessary risks of data corruption or
productivity loss. Configuration Manager 2007 R3 tools allow organizations to monitor current power usage
patterns, develop intelligent power management policies, apply and enforce those policies, and report against
subsequent power savings and carbon footprint reductions. With these tools, organizations are also able to
develop flexible