SMS Tutorials :: Other SMS Resources

Finding help and information on SMS online can be difficult as compared to the more common Microsoft technologies like Active Directory administration.  Below is a list of resources on SMS:

Books  (still only one on the 2003 version available)
Microsoft Systems Management Server Administrator's Companion by Steve Kaczmarek (Microsoft Press)

Resources from Microsoft's website
Main SMS site
Top SMS downloads
Requirements
FAQs
News and Reviews
Guides and Whitepapers
SMS 2003 section of Technet
SMS Top Knowledgebase Articles
SMS Webcasts

Training
LearnSMS.com - subscription-based site ($100 for six months) with SMS training videos
Technet SMS Virtual Lab - (registration required).  Excellent SMS virtual lab environment with accompanying lab manuals.  It appears to give you actual Terminal Services style connections to real servers, not a Flash-based simulation.

SMS Chat Forums
MyITForum.com - General IT forum with good SMS content.
Tek-Tips.com SMS Forum - General SMS forum.

Contact Enterprise Client Management
We are available to assist administrators from the University of Iowa that we have partnered with.  To contact ECM, click here (for affiliates of the University of Iowa only).

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