Like the title says today Microsoft officially announced the ConfigMgr R3 release. You read it correct, this is not a typo but really R3. From my understanding this is the first R3 of a Microsoft product.

This release covers some very cool new features which shall be introduced in the upcoming months.One feature I can share is that this release covers power management for your clients. This will reduce your energy consumption which saves you costs and you build a Greener IT environment.

A Technology Adoption Program (TAP) is launched to test the release and to provide your feedback to the team. You can complete the nomination survey here.

More information about this release and a cool blogcast can be found here.

Updated 11/26/09: See also my deep dive post regarding ConfigMgr R3 here!