SC is a suite of tools for all conceivable management and monitoring tasks in the on-premises area.

SC consists of the following components:

• System Center Configuration Manager
• System Center Data Protection Manager
• System Center Operations Manager
• System Center Orchestrator
• System Center Service Manager
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• System Center Service Management Automation
• System Center Service Provider Foundation

So, SC is meant primarily for your local IT, but can also be used in its functionality for the cloud. A special case are the components, System Center Orchestrator and System Center Service Management Automation, as there is already an equivalent cloud offering with Azure Automation.