Systems Management Server 2.0
Microsoft released SMS 2.0 in early 1999, complete with a new user interface (UI) utilizing the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The first service pack (SP) became available 8 months later. SMS 2.0 was a complete rewrite of Microsoft’s configuration management product and unfortunately did not pass through the quality control gates it should have. The product was plagued with bugs and became a relatively stable platform only with SP 2, released in 2000. By the time Microsoft released a third service pack in 2001, the SMS 2.0 platform had truly stabilized.
SMS 2.0 addressed many concerns Microsoft’s customers had with SMS 1.x. You now could install a site server on a member server instead of a domain controller. ...
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