Feature packs coming for SMS 2.0
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Microsoft has two free "feature packs" in the release candidate stage for Systems Management Server 2.0. "The idea behind the feature packs is just to provide ongoing value to existing customers, but also to provide features earlier that will come in SMS 2003," says David Hamilton, director of Microsoft's management business group. The packs are called the SMS 2.0 Software Update Services Feature Pack and the SMS 2.0 Administration Feature Pack. Both should be available later this month, Hamilton says.
The Software Update Services Feature Pack is designed to add new SMS 2003 features and leverage the inventory and software distribution features of SMS 2.0 to bring critical Windows and Microsoft Office updates inside the firewall, determine which machines need the patches and deploy them across the enterprise.