We are proud to announce the release of Live Maps 4.1 for Operations Manager R2. This update contains, besides some fixes and performance improvements, a number of new features that have been added based on customer feedback. Some of the new features are highlighted in this article, a complete overview can be found in the release notes.

The new release can be downloaded here. If you are upgrading from Live Maps v2 or v3 a new license key is needed. Free edition user can request an updated key here, customers can request a new key by sending an email to sales@savision.com.

Feature Highlight

Health Details

A feature has been added to the Live Maps drawing view that allows you to optionally display the health details of a nested map or object. The details show the number of child objects in a particular state and the total number of open alerts.

---

State Filter

The list view state filter allows you to quickly filter on the health state of objects from within the Microsoft Operations console.

---

Windows Gadget

The Live Maps Windows gadget is now Windows 7 compliant and supports cross domain authentication.

---

Advanced List View Configuration

It is now possible, using the Live Maps Authoring console, to overwrite the label, add one or more discovered properties or change the image of a list view item.

---

Optimized for Large Environments

If large number of views are created, the size of the Live Maps authoring management pack might cause issues. Live Maps 4.1 has been optimized to reduce the size of the Savision default management pack and also offers you the option to select an alternative management pack to store your views and folders created with the Live Maps authoring console.

---

Web Console Configurator

A handy configuration utility has been added to change the Live Maps Web Console settings.

---

Do you wonder how Live Maps can maximize your System Center investment? Try it yourself with the Live Maps free edition or contact us for a demo!