Systems Management Server 2003 Tools and Utilities

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Catalogs

• Inventory Tool for Custom Updates (ITCU)
  

  Download third party application support catalogs for SMS 2003 R2.

Tools and Utilities

• Enable Zero Touch Desktop Image Installation Using SMS 2003 and BDD 2007
  

  SMS 2003 with the OS Deployment Feature Pack enables zero touch installation of custom Windows Vista and Windows XP desktop images. Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 contains comprehensive guidance and tools for managing desktop deployment projects using SMS 2003.

• AdminStudio SMS Edition
  

  AdminStudio SMS Edition provides businesses with the ability to prepare, publish, and distribute software packages using SMS 2003 without ever touching the SMS server console, significantly improving the efficiency of application management efforts.

• SMS 2003 Client Health Monitoring Tool
  

  This tool allows SMS administrators to identify potential SMS 2003 site system problems and individual client problems, maintain a more accurate site database, and ultimately predict and increase software distribution success rates.

• SMS 2003 Toolkit 2
  

  Download this set of 22 tools built to help you better administer your SMS 2003 system.

• SMS 2003 Capacity Planner
  

  Download this planning tool that helps consultants, SMS administrators, and IT professionals perform scenario analysis on their existing and proposed SMS 2003 hierarchy.

• Package Definition Files for Office XP
  

  Visit the Microsoft Office Web site to download the latest package definition files (PDFs) used by SMS to deploy Office XP on Microsoft Windows XP-based computers.

• Package Definition Files for Office 2000
  

  Download the latest PDFs for Office 2000 from the Microsoft Download Center. These PDFs are also available in the Office 2000 Resource Kit.

• Package Definition Files for Windows
  

  Use these two PDFs to test distribution of Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 throughout your enterprise.

• Package Definition Files for Deploying Microsoft Project 2002
  

  Download the PDFs for deploying Microsoft Project with SMS.

• SMS Installer with Installer Step-up Utility
  

  Download this command-line tool that simplifies setup package migration.

Scanning Tools

• Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Account Review Tool
  

  The Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Account Review Tool is designed to assess the use of SMS accounts in a central site or child sites and alert you to account configurations that might increase security risk in your environment.

• SMS Inventory Tool for HP ProLiant and Integrity Update
  

  The SMS Inventory Tool for HP ProLiant and Integrity Update enables the use of Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 (SMS 2003 SP1 or SP2) for management and distribution of HP ProLiant and Integrity server system software, firmware, and complete support packs.

• IBM Systems Update Tool for Microsoft SMS
  

  Helps enable SMS to manage IBM firmware and driver updates for IBM eServer and IBM eServer xSeries servers.

• SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates
  

  This tool determines the update compliance of managed systems and provides integration with updates offered by Windows Update and Microsoft Update.

• SMS 2003 SP1 Scan Tools
  

  Download these scanning tools, which include the Security Update Inventory Tool and the Microsoft Office Inventory Tool for Updates.

• SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates
  

  This tool allows you to determine compliance and deploy the necessary updates for Dell BIOS, firmware, and drivers using the same process used to deploy security updates with SMS 2003.

• SMS Extended Security Update Inventory Tool
  

  Detect specific security bulletins not covered by the current SMS Security Update Inventory Tool.

Software Development Kits

• SMS 2003 SDK Version 3.1
  This software development kit (SDK) contains documentation and samples for developing SMS 2003 applications that integrate with the SMS Administrator console, SMS Provider (server-side applications), and client-side applications. The SDK enables developers to build plug-ins for the Administrator console, to build automation scripts for batch processing to the SMS Provider, and to manipulate client settings.

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