Best OS Migration Tool

Our readers choose Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 as this year's Best OS Migration Tool.

ITPro Today

August 22, 2005

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Best OS Migration Tool. Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 is on a roll this year in the Systems Management category, snagging another award that highlights this product's management scope. SMS 2003's OS Deployment Feature Pack adds dedicated, customizable, and scalable OS migration functionality to SMS. The feature pack uses the Microsoft Imaging format to capture an image of a Windows reference computer and deploys the image by using SMS 2003's customizable, task-based infrastructure. You can customize and manage settings for individual deployments and enable reporting to help in your troubleshooting efforts. The feature pack integrates with the Microsoft User State Migration Tool 2.6 to preserve user profiles when you install a new OS.

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