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Q215468: SMS: Systems Management Server 2.0 Release Notes

Article: Q215468
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsms200
Last Modified: 11-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 
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SUMMARY
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The information contained in this article is from the Systems Management Server
2.0 Release Notes. You can find the Release Notes on the Systems Management
Server CD through the Taskpad or by opening Readme.htm in your browser.

MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft Systems Management Server Version 2.0 Release Notes
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The release notes contain late-breaking information about Systems Management
Server (SMS) version 2.0 functionality that is not available in the product
documentation. Please read the release notes thoroughly before installing the
SMS software.

If you have comments or suggestions about SMS 2.0, please send them to
smswish@microsoft.com. We value your feedback.

Additional Online Resources for SMS
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For more information about SMS, see the following online resources:

Visit the Systems Management Server Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/smsmgmt/
to locate white papers and information about related products.

Visit the Microsoft Support Online Web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/support/
to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base and other technical resources for fast,
accurate answers to SMS questions.

Access the microsoft.public.sms news group on the msnews.microsoft.com news
server to participate in unmonitored discussions about SMS.

WARNING: If you plan to upgrade from SMS 1.2 to SMS 2.0 and also upgrade from SQL
Server 6.5 to SQL Server 7.0, read DO NOT Upgrade to SQL Server 7.0 Before
Upgrading to SMS 2.0: Documentation Error.

New Terminology
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SMS 2.0 introduces a number of new terms, and it slightly changes the meanings of
others. New and changed terminology is documented in the SMS 2.0 Administrator's
Guide, in Chapter 2, "Understanding Changes to SMS Features and Functionality"
and Appendix B, "SMS 1.2 to SMS 2.0 Changes." For a complete list of SMS terms,
see the glossaries in the SMS documentation. SMS 2.0 Help, Network Monitor Help,
and Software Metering Help each include a glossary, as does the SMS 2.0
Administrator's Guide.

The following new terms are not in the glossaries:

Refresh
An administrative command used in software distribution to replace corrupted
package source files on distribution points or to copy package source files to
newly installed distribution points. When a refresh occurs, the current package
source files are recopied or newly copied from the site server to one or more
distribution points.

Update
Used in software distribution to recopy package source files when a file is
changed. When an update occurs, the package source version is incremented and
the package source files are recopied from the site server to all distribution
points currently specified for the package.

The following terminology changes are not in the glossaries:

WBEM and Windows Management Instrumentation
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the Microsoft implementation of the
Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standard developed by the Desktop
Management Task Force (DMTF) for identifying and manipulating managed objects.
In the SMS 2.0 documentation, certain components that actually use WMI might be
documented as using WBEM (an earlier name for WMI). In these cases, however, the
process flow and functionality are essentially unchanged.

Windows 2000
All references in the documentation to Windows NT version 5.0 refer to the
Windows 2000 family of products, built on Windows NT technology.

Additional query words: prodsms relnotes

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Keywords          : kbsms200 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : winnt:2.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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