HP Service Manager software

Micro Focus Service Manager is one of the applications acquired by Micro Focus when it purchased part of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Software (HPES) in 2017. Before 2017, it was owned by HP when it purchased Peregrine Systems in 2005.^[1] The application was originally known as PNMS (Peregrine Network Management System). After releasing the first version of PNMS, Peregrine Systems eventually added functionality such as Request Management, Call Management, and Change Management and rebranded the application as Peregrine ServiceCenter.

After the acquisition by HP, the application was rebranded as HP Service Manager and was included in the HP OpenView product suite. HP offers the application as a service desk solution that enables IT to work as a single organization, governed by a consistent set of processes to handle service delivery and support quickly and efficiently.^[2]

After the acquisition, the product has been updated with the following significant changes:

ServiceCenter 3: Client and GUI
ServiceCenter 4: Process Model and Module Alignment
ServiceCenter 5 / 5.1: Client, GUI, introduction of Document Engine
ServiceCenter 6: New Client, New Server-side Application stack (servlets), inclusion of JavaScript, inclusion of SOAP
Service Manager 7 / 7.11: GUI, Web Client, Process Model (IIA)
Service Manager 9.2: GUI, introduction of Process Designer
Service Manager 9.40: Reporting, Smart Analytics.
Service Manager 9.41: Smart Search, autocomplete, undo in ScriptLibrary editor
Service Manager 9.50: New Service Portal, Smart Email, Smart Chat.^[3]
Service Manager 9.72: Drop Internet Explorer 11 support, Microsoft Teams integration, ALM Octane integration, and Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) support.^[4]

Versions

Release Name	Release Date
Service Manager 7.0	September 2007
Service Manager 7.1	April 2009
Service Manager 9.2	May 2010
Service Manager 9.30	June 2011
Service Manager 9.31	October 2012
Service Manager 9.32	August 2013
Service Manager 9.33	January 2014
Service Manager 9.34	July 2014
Service Manager 9.40	December 2014
Service Manager 9.41	September 2015
Service Manager 9.50	November 2016^[5]
Service Manager 9.51	December 2016^[6]
Service Manager 9.63	July 2019^[7]
Service Manager 9.72.P1	May 2023^[8]

Functionality

Service Manager is an ITSM Tool using the ITIL framework providing a web interface for corporate changes, releases and interactions (request fulfillment) supported by a Service catalog and CMDB. For a summary of the functionality, screenshots, data sheets, white papers and more information refer to the sources listed above.

Propel

Propel was a separate web frontend providing a cut down view of HP Service Manager functions. This front end can be tailored to business requirements for service request, incident and change ticket management. Propel was obsoleted in 2017 ^[9]

References

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[1] "HP Buys Peregrine Systems for $425M - socaltech.com". https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0002394.html.

[2] "HP News - HP Completes Acquisition of Peregrine Systems, Boosting HP OpenView Software Portfolio". https://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=172108.

[3] "What's new in Service Manager 9.50?". https://docs.microfocus.com/SM/9.50/Hybrid/Content/Release_Notes/whats_new.htm.

[4] "Release Notes". https://docs.microfocus.com/doc/Service_Manager/9.72/ReleaseNotes.

[5] ttps://softwaresupport.hpe.com/km/KM02597971

[6] ttps://softwaresupport.hpe.com/km/KM02688307

[7] "Announcing Service Manager 9.63 Release - SMA-Service Manager Learn - SMA-Service Manager Suite". 20 April 2021. https://community.microfocus.com/t5/SMA-Service-Manager-Learn/Announcing-Service-Manager-9-63-Release/ta-p/2689816.

[8] "Portal". https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000002184?language=en_US.

[9] "HPE Propel". https://support.microfocus.com/kb/kmdoc.php?id=KM02797812.

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