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About This Course

This three-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to administer Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) version 2.0, Service Pack 2. It could be subtitled "A Day in the Life of an SMS Administrator." Students will learn how to discover and install clients, distribute software to client computers, collect hardware and software inventory, use software metering features, and use the remote tools. Students also will learn to troubleshoot common errors.

Audience Profile

This course is a prerequisite for Course 828, Deploying and Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0.This course supports the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer certification program.

Prerequites

• Experience installing and configuring software applications and Microsoft Windows 2000 operating systems
• Experience helping end users solve computer problems
• Passing of the Networking Essentials certification exam or equivalent knowledge

The course materials, lectures, and lab exercises are in English. To benefit fully from our instruction, students need an understanding of the English language and completion of the prerequisites.

At Course Completion

At the end of the course, students will be able to list and describe the elements that make up an SMS 2.0 site; discover and install an SMS client; collect and view hardware and software inventory; distribute software to selected resources (computers, users, user groups); configure and use software metering; produce database reports; configure, install, and use remote tools; and troubleshoot common problems with inventory collection, software distribution, remote tools, and software metering.