 
Microsoft® Systems Management Server 2003, the comprehensive solution for application deployment, asset management, and security patch management.
Microsoft® Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 provides a comprehensive solution for addressing and resolving your change and configuration needs. Systems Management Server 2003 enables you to:
Deliver critical business applications reliably and easily to users in the right place at the right time.
Reduce software costs and stay compliant by understanding the installed application base and their usage.
Improve security of the Windows® environment through increased vulnerability awareness and reliable targeted delivery of updates.
Deliver enterprise management to the growing mobile workforce through industry standards independent of connection or location.
Reduce operational costs by fully utilizing the management capabilities built into the Windows platform.
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Simplified, Reliable Software Deployment
While new applications often offer valuable business capabilities, large-scale deployment projects have become less feasible given the difficulty and cost associated with such a project – resulting in potentially placing businesses at a competitive disadvantage. By providing a comprehensive solution for planning, testing, deploying, analyzing, and optimizing software applications, Systems Management Server 2003 delivers end-to-end capabilities to help enable the seamless deployement of the latest business productivity application to every device - from server to handheld.
Understanding Software Assets
As corporations are becoming more focused on reducing costs, the ability to accurately track corporate software throughout the lifecycle and stay compliant with vendors’ licensing policies has become a necessity. Systems Management Server 2003 provides an integrated way to not only know what applications are installed, but to track application usage as well. It can track which users are running applications, for how long, and how many instances concurrently. This functionality is fully integrated with the enterprise scalable inventory of Systems Management Server 2003, and will allow you to save money on potential new application purchases, stay compliant on existing products, and effectively phase out unused applications, resulting in enterprises using what is paid for and paying only for what is used.
Securing the Enterprise
Failing to implement a comprehensive patch management strategy could have severe consequences for enterprises - critical business production systems may fail, or security-sensitive systems could be maliciously exploited - all leading to a potential loss in productivity, time, access to business applications and subsequent revenue. Systems Management Server 2003 delivers an enterprise proven solution for managing patch deployment, providing a set of tools and processes that enables quick and easy determination of Windows -based systems in need of critical updates, and the ability to test and reliably deploy these updates throughout their environment, allowing enterprises to proactively maintain the integrity of their Windows environment.
Supporting a Mobile Workforce
As corporate workforces evolve from cubicle dwellers to road warriors, this increased degree of mobility introduces additional challenges for managing PC’s and devices. By using the rich manageability infrastructure in the Windows operating system, industry standard Internet technologies such as HTTP, and the technology and best practices from Windows Update – used today to implement hundreds of millions of software updates per month – Systems Management Server 2003 has extended its enterprise scalable asset management and software distribution solution to the mobile client.
Windows Management Services Integration
Taking advantage of the built-in management capabilities within Windows systems, management solutions can reduce operational costs by not duplicating infrastructure and functionalities already available. By integrating with the Windows platform, and then investing in the backend technologies, such as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Active Directory ® , and Windows Installer Services, Systems Management Server 2003 provides an increased level of manageability for Windows-based clients.
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