Scenarios and Procedures for SMS 2003: Security — Securing your Microsoft® Systems Management Server (SMS) environment is not a task you can complete once and forget about. You get secure, either by planning a secure implementation or securing an existing implementation. You stay secure by reviewing your security configuration, policies, and procedures. Whether you have already deployed SMS or are in the planning stages, follow these established best practices to create the most secure SMS environment possible, and then follow the guidance to maintain the most secure environment possible.

SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates — SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates, the latest security updates inventory tool for Systems Management Server, provides a flexible and reliable security update, update rollup and service pack management system built on Windows Server Update Services technology. This version includes a full installation of the inventory tool as well as the redistribution of the Windows Update Agent for detection and deployment of the latest security updates, update rollups, and service packs from Microsoft for a variety of products including Windows, Office, SQL, and Exchange.

SMS 2003 SP1 Updated Advanced Client  — This SMS Advanced Client.MSI has been released for the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack (SP) 1 Advanced Client. This software update adds support for the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates.

This MSI also includes individual SMS 2003 SP1 Advanced Client Windows Installer update packages (.msp). This MSI can be used to update existing SMS 2003 Advanced clients or can be deployed to install new SMS Advanced Client systems in an SMS 2003 SP1 environment. The individual Windows Installer package can be used to update existing SMS 2003 Advanced Clients.

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