Ok, they give you new tool and in next release it has been taken away! This is similar to Surface Area Configuration tool from SQL Server 2005 and after 3 years you don't see from next release which is SQL Server 2008. How do you manage or can administer the multiple servers with the configuration...
So what are your options in Server consolidation and not to harm the performance for the applications that are happily sitting across your data center and you have this mammoth task to consolidate the servers to save physical space etc. No doubt that Server Consolidation and avoiding performance loss...