1. SOE and Application Delivery Gwenael Moreau, Abbotsleigh

2. Overview SOE (Standard Operating Environment) “A standard hardware environment where a consistent disk image is deployed to more than one computer. This image includes Operating System, service packs and all standard applications used within an organisation.”

3. Overview SMS 2003  System Requirements and Components  Considerations SMS 2003 Key Features  Asset Management  Software Application Distribution and Management  Reporting and Analysis Summary

4. Background Abbotsleigh  1500 Students  300 Staff  900 Computers  35 Servers

5. System Requirements and Components System Requirements  Windows Server 2000 or Server 2003  Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3 or later

6. System Requirements and Components SMS Site  Leverages Active Directory Site Systems and Components  Site Server  Server Locator Point  Management Point  Distribution Point  Reporting Point

7. System Requirements and Components

9. Considerations SMS Site Structure  Network Infrastructure and Performance  Location and number of clients  Administrative model of school  Active Directory Domain model SMS Clients  Legacy Client  Advanced Client

10. Considerations

12. SMS Site Structure  Network Infrastructure and Performance  Location and number of clients  Administrative model of school  Active Directory Domain model SMS Clients  Legacy Client  Advanced Client (BITS)

13. Overview SMS 2003  System Requirements and Components  Considerations SMS 2003 Key Features  Asset Management  Software Application Distribution and Management  Reporting and Analysis Summary

14. Asset Management Discoverable assets  Client computers  AD user and groups  Routers, Switches, Firewalls  Network printers  Any other IP addressable devices

15. Asset Management Discovery Methods  Active Directory User Discovery  Active Directory Group Discovery  Network Discovery  Heartbeat Discovery

16. Asset Management Client Installation Methods  Client push installation (via Administrator console)  Logon script initiated  Windows group policy  Manual

17. Asset Management Client Agent Components  Hardware Inventory Client Component  Software Inventory Client Component

18. Asset Management Hardware specification

19. Asset Management Client Agent Components  Hardware Inventory Client Component  Software Inventory Client Component

20. Asset Management Software specification

21. Overview SMS 2003  System Requirements and Components  Considerations SMS 2003 Key Features  Asset Management  Software Application Distribution and Management  Reporting and Analysis Summary

22. Software Application Distribution and Management SMS Packages – represent software applications  Full Application  Application updates or patches  Single files (virus definition files)  No files (scheduled commands on local client) User Intervention?

23. Software Application Distribution and Management SMS Package Advertisement  Collections  Scheduling (Mandatory or not Mandatory?)  Package Installation  Reporting

24. Software Application Distribution and Management Collections

25. Software Application Distribution and Management Collections

26. Software Application Distribution and Management SMS Package Advertisement  Collections  Scheduling (Mandatory or not Mandatory?)  Package Installation  Reporting

27. Software Application Distribution and Management SMS Installer - Creates customized, executable files  Installation Expert  Script Editor

28. Software Application Distribution and Management Installation Expert

29. Software Application Distribution and Management Script Editor

30. Software Application Distribution and Management Software Metering – monitors the use of applications  Tracks License Usage  Tracks unauthorized applications  Usage information includes:  Start Time  End Time  Resource ID (Computer name)  Username  Reporting

31. Software Application Distribution and Management Software Metering Rule

32. Overview SMS 2003  System Requirements and Components  Considerations SMS 2003 Key Features  Asset Management  Software Application Distribution and Management  Reporting and Analysis Summary

33. Reporting and Analysis Report Viewer

34. Reporting and Analysis Dashboard reports

35. Summary

36. Contact Details Gwenael Moreau Senior Systems Engineer Abbotsleigh moreaug@abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au