Ronni Pedersen's Blog Site: SMS 2003

Use SMSMap to Document your SMS 2003 Hierarchy

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:38:11 GMT

Here's a cool new utility written by Jeff Tondt of Microsoft. The utility will map your SMS hierarchy and create a Visio diagram for you to use in your documentation!

MCP: SMS 2003

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:26:11 GMT

Today I passed the "Designing, Implementing, and Managing Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003" MCP Test.
The test is 40 questing with a passing score on 700 out of 1000. My score was 936.

Hopefully this will end my focus on SMS 2003 so I can spend all my researach time on ConfigMgr 2007.

List all PCs without a DVD

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:59:06 GMT

This SMS query will, list all PCs without a DVD.

select * from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_CDROM on SMS_G_System_CDROM.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_CDROM.DeviceID not like "%DVD%"

Deploying Vista using SMS 2003 Virtual Lab

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:34:15 GMT

Deploying Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System Images Using SMS 2003 Virtual Lab
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6067734

Event Overview

After completing this lab, you will be better able to:

• Install the SMS 2003 OS Deployment Feature Pack Update.
• Install USMT 3.0 to capture and restore user state information.
• Create an Image Capture Wizard CD.
• Image a Windows Vista client computer.
• Import the Windows Vista image into an SMS 2003 image package.
• Deploy the Windows Vista image to upgrade a Windows 2000 client computer.

Note
By registering for this Virtual Lab - you will receive a one-time follow up call from a Microsoft representative to inform you of special discounts and offers related to products and services presented in the Virtual Lab. *LOL*