SMS 2003 Recipes

A Problem-Solution Approach
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-59059-712-5
Verlag: Apress

Buch, Englisch, 640 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1176 g

Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 provides a comprehensive solution for managing the Microsoft platform, enabling organizations to proactively manage their environment. SMS 2003 provides key capabilities like

• Application deployment
• Asset management
• Security patch management
• Remote user management
• Mobile systems management
• Integration of people, processes, and technology to help solve specific customer scenarios

SMS 2003 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach provides you with hundreds of quick-reference solutions. It addresses a wide range of problems that all levels of SMS administrators have encountered. Some are simple beginning implementation solutions, while others address high-end automation techniques. The recipes in this book were selected to help you take your SMS environment to a new level of success.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ramsey, Greg

Byle, Warren

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Betriebssysteme Windows Betriebssysteme
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Systemverwaltung & Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Getting Started.- SMS Site Administration.- Collections.- Packages.- Programs.- Advertisements.- Software Metering.- Reporting.- Queries.- Software Inventory.- Hardware Inventory.- Remote Tools (and Remote Assistance).- Software Distribution.- Software Updates.- SMS Status Messages.- SMS Advanced Client.- Third Party Tools.- Building a Virtual SMS Lab.

Über Autor(innen)

Greg Ramsey, a Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" for Systems Management Server (SMS), has been working with SMS and desktop deployment since 1998. He works for Dell, Inc., in Austin, Texas as an SMS administrator. He has extensive knowledge in VBScript, WMI, ADSI, SMS Installer, Wise Package Studio, and Visual Basic.NET. Prior to 1998, he was a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer sciences and engineering from The Ohio State University. Greg is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and he is a columnist for myITforum.com. He is also cofounder of the Ohio SMS Users Group and the creator of SMSView.