Systems Management Server and Windows 2000 Integration

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Systems Management Server and Windows 2000
Integration

• Wally MeadSupport Engineer - SMSProduct Support
  ServicesMicrosoft Corporation

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Session Agenda

• Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0
  server support
• Active Directory support
• SMS 2.0 client support
• Whats not supported
• Positioning SMS 2.0 and Microsoft Windows 2000
• Deploying Windows 2000 using SMS 2.0
• SMS 1.2 and Windows 2000 support

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SMS 2.0 Server Support

• Windows 2000 Server in Native or Mixed mode
• Windows 2000 Server as
• Site server
• Client access point (CAP)
• Logon point
• Distribution point
• Software metering server
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Support includes remote SMS Administrator consoles

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SMS 2.0 Server Support (continued)

• Network Discovery using a Windows 2000 DHCP
  Server
• Requires SMS Service account as member of DHCP
  Administrators group
• Terminal Server on Windows 2000
• Remote support mode
• Full application compatibility mode
• Must deinstall and reinstall logon point, CAP,
  and distribution point
• If upgrade DC to Active Directory

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Active Directory Support

• SMS 2.0 will support Active Directory for
• Creation and storage of SMS user and group
  accounts
• User and user group discovery
• Currently no support for
• Discovery of computers
• Restricted groups
• Nested group members
• Group policy objects for software distribution

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SMS 2.0 Client Support

• SMS 2.0 will support Windows 2000 computers as
  SMS 2.0 Clients
• All SMS 2.0 client features supported
• No support for
• Remote control accelerated video drivers
• MultiLanguage user interface (MUI)
• Limited Terminal Server support
• Inventory and background software distribution

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What Is Not Supported

• Upgrade from SMS 2.0 on Microsoft Windows NT
  4.0 DC to SMS 2.0 on Windows 2000
• Currently must be a clean SMS 2.0 SP2
  installation
• Migration support to come later
• Active Directory computer discovery
• Group Policy Objects for software distribution
• Remote control accelerated video drivers

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Positioning Windows 2000 and SMS 2.0

• Windows 2000 management features
• IntelliMirror Features
• SMS 2.0 software distribution advantages
• Where to use each

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Windows 2000 Management Features

• Software application deployment
• User data management
• User settings management
• Operating system deployment
• All customers can benefit from these features!

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IntelliMirror Features

• Software application deployment
• Publish or assign software
• Automatic repair
• Just-in-Time
• Windows Installer is the key
• User data management
• Offline synchronization
• User settings management
• Group policies

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SMS 2.0 vs. IntelliMirror

• SMS 2.0 with Windows Installer can do most of
  what IntelliMirror does
• No user data management or user settings
  management
• SMS 2.0 can deploy Windows Installer packages
• Auto-repair
• Rollback
• Just-in-Time installation
• SMS software distribution does offer many
  advanced features

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SMS 2.0 Software Distribution Advantages

• Support for Legacy Clients
• Targeting based on existing hardware or software
  inventory
• Does not require Active Directory
• Intersite WAN support
• Scheduled software deployments
• Advanced reporting and status
• Support for Novell environments

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SMS 2.0 Advantages

• Application software metering
• Server health monitoring
• End user support facilities
• Network traffic analysis tools
• Integration with Microsoft SQL Server
• Integration with third-party management solutions

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Where to Use Each

• The only overlap is software distribution
• All other features are complementary
• If pure Windows 2000 environment
• and no advanced needs
• and no bandwidth restraints
• use IntelliMirror

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Deploying Windows 2000 Using SMS 2.0

• What SMS can and cannot do
• Windows 2000 Remote Install Service

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What SMS Can and Cannot Do

• SMS does not install operating systems
• SMS does operating system upgrades, not
  installations
• Cannot deploy to clean computer no SMS client
  installed
• Can upgrade for Windows 9x or Windows NT to
  Windows 2000
• Silent upgrades possible

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Windows 2000 Readiness Analyzer

• Download from http//www.microsoft.com/windows200
  0/upgrade/compat/ready.asp
• Self-extracting zip file
• Creates C\Windows 2000 Readiness Analyzer tools
• Package definition file
• Queries
• Crystal Report

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Windows 2000 Remote Install Service

• Installation of Windows 2000 Professional over
  the network
• Similar to remote boot, but OS is installed
  instead of remotely started
• Requires special PC or NIC
• PXE compliant (PC-98)
• Can include only OS, or OS plus applications and
  custom settings

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SMS 1.2 Server Support

• No support for Windows 2000 Site Server
• Must remain Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 2000 Server as
• Distribution server
• No other server role support
• No remote SMS Administrator consoles on Windows
  2000

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SMS 1.2 Client Support

• Everything on Windows 2000 except
• No Program Group Control (PGC)
• No remote control acceleration
• No Event to Trap Translator
• No Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server support
• Remote Administrator console is not supported
• Must install from Windows NT 4.0 domain controller

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SMS 1.2 Support Delivery

• QFE Bundle available now from PSS
• SMS 1.2 SP5 will include QFE Bundle

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