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This guide describes procedures for installing Microsoft systems management server (SMS) 2003 site systems and clients, implementing an SMS hierarchy, migrating from SMS 2.0, and maintaining a database from within the SMS administrator console. The author discusses status messages, resource discovery, inventory collection, remote control of client systems, the package distribution process, patch management, software metering, disaster recovery, and SQL server. The CD-ROM contains a 120-day evaluation version of SMS 2003.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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Deliver mission-critical software and updates—and help maximize your organization’s productivity—with the essential administrator’s reference to planning, deploying, and maintaining Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003.

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Deliver mission-critical software and updates-and help maximize your organization's productivity-with the essential guide to planning, deploying, and maintaining Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003. This comprehensive administrator's reference drills into SMS features and capabilities for change and configuration management for Microsoft Windows®-based desktop and server systems, providing easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics for everyday, on-the-job results. The author, an SMS expert who has written extensively about the technology, provides in-depth information for remotely installing, administering, diagnosing, and troubleshooting applications, and deploying patches, monitoring system usage, and tracking assets-must-know details for protecting and optimizing your technology investment.

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