This book has been developed for information system (IS) professionals who need to install, administer, and support Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 or who plan to take the related Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-086, Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Systems Management Server 2.0.
This book is more than a simple study aid for Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0. Parts 1 and 2 will help you to create, step by step, a small managed network using SMS server and client features. Part 3 presents you with planning, site expansion, and maintenance tasks that lay the foundation for building and managing enterprise implementations of SMS 2.0.
Each chapter opens with a "Before You Begin" section, which prepares you for completing the chapter.
Whenever possible, lessons contain exercises that give you an opportunity to use the skills being presented or to explore the part of the application being described.
The "Review" section at the end of each chapter allows you to test what you have learned in the lesson.
The Appendix, "Questions and Answers" contains all of the book's practice and review questions and the corresponding answers.