Wednesday, February 15, 2006 5:42 PM
by
scarbone
SMS: SP2 is out...
Finally FQDNs and multithreaded inventory processing...
http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/evaluation/2003/sp2.mspx
What’s New
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SMS Administrator Console Changes
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Locate management points and distribution points by Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) rather than by NetBIOS |
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Instead of using the previously required 15-character NetBIOS computer name, you can now enter an FQDN value for site server name |
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Support for using Active Directory Security Group Discovery methods has been added under Discovery Methods |
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Software Updates node now allows the creation of folders for easier management and grouping of software updates |
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SMS Advanced Client Upgrade package definition file now includes three programs: one each for IA64, x64, and x86 | |
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Decommissioned Data DR Processing in SMS 2003 SP2
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The added ability to send notification of client record deletion to the parent site and then propagate that notification up the hierarchy | |
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Multi-Threaded Software Inventory Processing
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The software inventory processor component of the SMS Executive service is now multi-threaded | |
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Updates for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates |
