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Microsoft next month is scheduled to release the first of two management tools slated to play a prominent role in the company's strategy to develop a platform-wide infrastructure for managing Windows.
The final code of System Management Server (SMS) 2003, a software-distribution tool, will be released to manufacturing next week, and the software is scheduled to be available Nov. 11, more than a year behind schedule. SMS 2003, along with the forthcoming Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2004, eventually will be integrated into a new product called System Center that will be a key element of Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) management plan, the company says.
MOM 2004, an event- and performance-monitoring tool, is scheduled to go into its first public beta...