Summary

This chapter covered the installation of SMS 2003. In this chapter, the following concepts and activities were covered:

• The SMS architecture

• Server roles

• Hardware and software requirements

• Client types

• Active Directory integration

• Database usage

• Installation and configuration

This chapter should provide the information needed to build a basic SMS 2003 environment to prepare for the next chapters in this book. The steps and procedures here provide a foundation for the rest of the book as well as steps and processes that can be used to deploy an SMS 2003 implementation in a production environment. In the next chapter, we look at Microsoft Update and Windows Server Update Services and what it takes to deploy these in your environment.