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Module 1: Introduction to SMS 2.0
Topics:
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 features
Elements of an SMS 2.0
site
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) concepts
SMS site
hierarchies
SMS Administrator console
Lab:
Customizing Microsoft Management Console (MMC) for SMS
Skills:
Students will be able to:
List and describe the key features of SMS 2.0, Service Pack 2.
List and
define SMS 2.0 terminology.
List and describe the elements that make up an
SMS 2.0 site.
Define WBEM and explain its application with SMS.
Use MMC to
carry out SMS administration.
Module 2: Discovering and Installing Clients
Topics:
Discovery, assignment, and client installation
Assigning resources to
sites
Configuring discovery methods
Installing clients
Troubleshooting
client installation
Lab:
Discovering network resources
Adding a client to an SMS site
Skills:
Students will be able to:
List the various methods of discovering site resources.
Configure site
assignment boundaries.
Install SMS clients using a variety of
methods.
Remove SMS client software.
Module 3: Collecting Hardware and Software Inventory
Topics:
Collecting hardware inventory
Collecting software inventory
Belonging
to multiple sites
Viewing inventory data
Troubleshooting inventory
collection
Lab:
Configuring hardware inventory collection
Configuring software inventory
collection
Viewing software and hardware inventory data
Skills:
Students will be able to:
Configure software inventory.
Collect client files.
Configure hardware
inventory.
View inventory data (current and historical).
Module 4: Querying and Reporting Data
Topics:
Querying the site database
Reporting data using Crystal Info
Reporting
data using other tools
Lab:
Querying and reporting data
Skills:
Students will be able to:
Build queries to locate specific objects in the site database.
Produce
simple reports using Crystal Reports.
Module 5: Distributing Software
Topics:
Overview of software distribution
Creating packages and
programs
Defining collections
Advertising programs to a
collection
Running advertised programs at the client
Troubleshooting
software distribution
Lab:
Advertising programs to a collection
Running advertised programs
Skills:
Students will be able to:
Create a software package.
Configure a program.
Create a collection of
resources.
Advertise a program to a collection.
Use Advertised Programs
Wizard to run program advertisements received at the client
computer.
Identify where software distribution failed for a given
situation.
Module 6: Using Systems Management Server Installer
Topics:
Installing SMS Installer
SMS Installer environment
Creating an
Installer executable file
Testing the Installer executable file
Compiling
the script file
Rolling back an application
Patching an application
installation
Lab:
Installing software using SMS Installer
Modifying a registry
setting
Patching software using SMS Installer
Skills:
Students will be able to:
Install SMS Installer.
Install an application using SMS
Installer.
Modify an SMS Installer script file.
Package a client task
using SMS Installer.
Roll back a client computer to its former
state.
Patch an application or data file using SMS Installer.
Module 7: Software Metering
Topics:
Configuring software metering
Using software metering
Troubleshooting
software metering
Lab:
Metering software usage
Skills:
Students will be able to:
Configure software metering.
Configure application licensing.
Use the
software metering reporting functions.
Troubleshoot common software metering
problems.
Module 8: Remotely Supporting SMS Computers
Topics:
Network Trace
Health Monitor
Introduction to the remote
tools
Configuring remote tools
Using remote functions
Multiple-site
issues
Troubleshooting the remote tools
Lab:
Using Network Trace
Using Health Monitor
Using remote control to solve
problems
Skills:
Students will be able to:
Use Network Trace to determine status of SMS site systems.
Use Health
Monitor to determine status of computers running Microsoft Windows
2000.
Configure a site to use remote control.
Use the SMS remote
diagnostic utilities.
Use remote functions.
Troubleshoot common remote
tool problems.
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