Microsoft SMS 2.0-Administration

Course specifications

Course number: 077 525 Maps to: Microsoft

Software version number: 2.0 Course: 827A

Course length: 3 day(s) Exam #: 70-086

Hardware/software required to run this course

Hardware

Course description

Overview: Students will learn to discover client computers, install client software, distribute applications

and other software to clients, collect computer inventory, use software metering, and use remote tools in

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0. This course prepares students for the SMS Exam, 70-086.

Prerequisites: The Ziff Davis courses 44-062 Essentials of Microsoft Networking: Second Edition, 44-

532 Windows NT 4.0: System Administration, and 44-531 Windows NT 4.0: System Architecture and

Network Support, or equivalent knowledge.

Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured handson

activities.

Benefits: Students will learn how to administer Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 in a

Windows NT 4.0 environment.

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should understand network administration in a

Windows NT 4.0 network and have experience installing and configuring applications in Windows NT

4.0.

What's next: SMS 2.0: Administration is the first course in this series. SMS 2.0: Support and

Deployment, the next course in this series, teaches student how to plan and design an SMS 2.0 site,

perform site installations, create a site hierarchy, establish communications between sites, install

clients, troubleshoot problems, and trace tasks.

Discuss the features of SMS 2.0

Describe the installation process and install an SMS client

Configure inventory collection, specify what information to collect, and create queries for

reporting

Course content

Lesson 1: SMS Overview and Introduction

SMS Features, Terminology, and Functions

SMS Resources, Clients, Site Systems, and Site Hierarchies

Web-Based Enterprise Management and how it relates to SMS

Lesson 2: Discovering, Installing, and Configuring Client Software

Assigning Client Computers to a Site

Discovering Site Resources

Installing and Removing SMS Client Software

Troubleshooting an SMS Client Installation

Lesson 3: Hardware and Software Inventory

Administering Hardware Inventory

Administering Software Inventory

Creating Data Queries and Generating Reports

Lesson 4: Managing Software Distribution to Client Computers

Defining the Software Distribution Process, Features, and Settings

Creating Packages and Programs

Creating and Using Collections

Running Advertised Programs

Lesson 5: Installing and Using the SMS Installer

Defining SMS Installer Installation Components

Using the SMS Installer to Create Executable Installation Files

Patching an Installed Application

Exploring the Rollback and Uninstall Features of SMS

Lesson 6: Using Software Metering

Defining Software Metering Components

Configuring and Using Software Metering

Lesson 7: Supporting SMS Computers by using Remote Tools

Defining and Using Network Trace

Exploring and Using Health Monitor

Identifying Remote Tools and Functions

Configuring and Using Remote Tools