Copy that on SMS2003 - we rolled it out last year and it spanks all over v2.0
Also agreed that it is only as good as the effort you put in, and that said we put in a bit and were able to remotely manage/report on all our clients at the drop of a hat (once the client was rolled out, which in itself was pretty straight forward. That said, a "public domain/creative commons licence" tool that was developed by and with contributions from this list would be pretty killer over time... My $0.02 (inc GST). themolk. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Sullivan > Sent: Tuesday, 2 May 2006 2:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Asset Inventory (OT) > > SMS 2003 is light years different than 1.2 or even 2.0. Its > certainly worth another evaluation, especially with feature > packs like Operating System Deployment and Mobile Device > management packs. > > SMS is one of those products you get out of it what you put into it. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timo Ed > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 11:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Asset Inventory (OT) > > Brian, I cannot comment on the latest versions of SMS, but I > can say that I was extremely unimpressed with SMS 1.2. The > product was badly designed and didn't work. I assume its a > lot better these days, but historically SMS was not a option > worthy of consideration. > > In addition, I believe the licencing costs are considerably > higher than many of the other options available. I recall > small site installations costing over US$50K. > > Rgds, > Tim > > > On 5/2/06, Brian Desmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm missing why nobody has mentioned SMS - www.microsoft.com/sms. > <snip> > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
