Microsoft releases SMS 2.0 beta

Thanks to everyone who wrote today to tell me that Microsoft has releasedBeta 1 of its Systems Management Server 2.0, code-named "Opal." SMS 2.0provides scalable, easy to use deployment and configuration management of Windows-based PCs in an enterprise, improving the inventory, distributionand installation, and diagnostics capabilities offered with SMS 1.2. Newfeatures in SMS 2.0 include easier install and use, richer managementfacilities, better software distribution capabilities, administration toolsto meter software use, and more.

For more information about SMS 2.0 and to download the beta, please visitthe Microsoft Systems Management Server Web site