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Systems Management Server 2003: Hands-On

Implementing Configuration and Change Management

 
Course: 528     Type: Hands-On Training     Duration: 5 Days

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You Will Learn How To
  • Install, configure and deploy SMS 2003 for your enterprise
  • Customize SMS for resource management
  • Manage hardware and software through automatic inventory and metering
  • Deliver and install applications for your enterprise with SMS software distribution
  • Maintain and troubleshoot your SMS environment
  • Automate security patches and software updates to reduce vulnerabilities

Course Benefits
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 offers centralized enterprise-wide network and information resource management services. Its extensively automated configuration and change management features allow organizations to maximize their resources. This course provides the skills you need to install and configure SMS, distribute software, track inventory, support users remotely and secure your enterprise with automated patch management.

Who Should Attend
Anyone involved in using SMS as an enterprise configuration and change management solution. Course 595, "Windows Server 2003 Comprehensive Introduction," or equivalent experience is assumed.

Hands-On Training
Throughout this course, you gain practical experience planning and deploying SMS. Extensive hands-on exercises include:
  • Installing and configuring SMS
  • Collecting hardware and software inventory
  • Controlling SMS clients remotely
  • Automating and authorizing the patch distribution process
  • Metering applications to collect software usage information
  • Performing a security vulnerability assessment

Course 528 Content
Introduction and Overview
  • Features of SMS
  • SMS and the Active Directory
  • System requirements
Installing SMS on Your Network
Designing your SMS architecture
  • Preparing for installation
  • Configuring SQL Server for SMS
  • Deploying SMS components
Upgrading from SMS 2.0
  • Preparing your system for an upgrade
  • Identifying potential pitfalls
Configuring and Customizing Your SMS Environment
Planning your site hierarchy
  • Site system roles
  • Establishing your site perimeter
Designing the enterprise site hierarchy
  • Defining types of sites
  • Establishing site relationships
Discovering resources in your network
  • Planning and configuring discovery methods
  • Categorizing resources into collections
Working with SMS clients
  • Comparing legacy and advanced clients
  • Configuring and assigning client agents
Managing and Auditing Assets
Collecting inventory
  • Configuring collection parameters
  • Monitoring the inventory process
  • Maintaining inventory history
  • Analyzing results with Resource Explorer
Metering software usage
  • Establishing metering rules to collect software usage information
  • Analyzing results for resource planning, training and licensing
SMS as a Help Desk Tool
Determining optimal support methods
  • Maximizing SMS remote tools
  • Leveraging native OS tools: Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop
Controlling user machines remotely
  • Viewing, rebooting, transferring files and executing commands remotely
  • Providing remote user training
Distributing Software Throughout Your Enterprise
Creating software packages
  • Defining installation procedures
  • Selecting distribution points
  • Monitoring the progress of distribution
Advertising software availability
  • Creating advertisements within SMS
  • Distributing operating systems with OSD
  • Troubleshooting software installation with System and Advertisement Status
Ongoing Monitoring and Maintenance
Troubleshooting the SMS environment
  • Capturing packets and analyzing protocols
  • Addressing network traffic patterns
  • Viewing site systems with Network Trace
  • Navigating the SMS Site Status System
Administering the SMS database
  • Building custom queries and reports
  • Creating dashboards for Web-based reporting
  • Querying the SMS database to create custom collections
  • Maintaining, backing up and restoring database and configuration files
Leveraging Patch Management
Installing patch management software
  • Extending SMS functionality with add-on feature packs
  • Configuring synchronization components
  • Supporting firewall authentication
  • Applying security update inventory tools
Automating and authorizing patches
  • Assessing patch needs
  • Identifying legacy compatibility issues
  • Deploying appropriate patches across your enterprise

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Course Tuition
$ 2,950 Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 1,580 10-Day Pass
$ 1,665 Training Passport
$ 1,830 Flex-Pass
$ 2,095 Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,655 Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,620 Government Discount
 

 

Systems Management Server 2003: Hands-On
Systems Management Server 2003: Hands-On
Participants configuring and deploying SMS 2003.


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