Chapter 20 -- Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0

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Chapter 20

In this final chapter, we'll take a brief look at Microsoft Windows 2000 and how it relates to Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0. Specifically, we'll focus on a feature of Windows 2000 called IntelliMirror and see how it compares with and complements SMS 2.0 to provide a single desktop management solution for your organization. We'll also discuss how you can use SMS product compliance, inventory, and package distribution features to assist you in developing and implementing a deployment strategy for Windows 2000.

In Chapter 1, we recognized the challenge the information systems (IS) professional faces while trying to maintain a standard, well-supported computing environment within an organization. Perhaps the most formidable part of this challenge is change and configuration management, several aspects of which we have explored throughout this book using SMS 2.0's rich set of features.

Change and configuration management refers to the ability to quickly and easily diagnose, replace, or repair a computer; install and update software; and standardize the desktop—all tasks that SMS 2.0 can help with. It also refers to giving users a "follow me" technology—that is, enabling users to move from computer to computer and have their desktop settings, applications, and data files move with them. This latter piece of the management puzzle is specific to IntelliMirror technology and is the area in which SMS 2.0 and Windows 2000 can be highly complementary in their functionality.

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This chapter is not intended to provide an exhaustive treatment of Windows 2000 and the use and implementation of IntelliMirror. Rather, it is designed to show how IntelliMirror and SMS 2.0 can work in a complementary fashion to provide an overall change and configuration management solution for your enterprise.



Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Administrator's Companion
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Administrators Companion (IT-Administrators Companion)
ISBN: 0735608342
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 1999
Pages: 167

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