"SMS is one of those products you get out of it what you put into it."
Hehe, can't resist--yes, you put 50 dedicated admins into it and you have 50 dedicated admins that want to get out of it :) My experiences span SMS 1.x, 2.x and not so much with the latest version. I've also had lots of experience with a variety of other sw. distribution/inventory tools. If all you want is inventory, then I think SMS is overkill. Its overly complex and does require a lot of work to make it do what you want in an ongoing fashion. There are other strictly asset management or configuration management-based tools that do just that and do it well. Some that come to mind include Configuresoft, StealthBits, etc. Darren -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Sullivan Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:52 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/
