The Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team has just released the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager.  Updated for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, this guide outlines the critical infrastructure design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. The reader is guided through the step-by-step process of designing components, layout, and connectivity in a logical, sequential order. Identification and design of the required management groups is presented in simple, easy-to-follow steps, helping the reader  to design and optimize management infrastructure.