Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Integration with Intel Active Management Technology
Business advantage with Intel® vPro™ technology
Watch Intel Digital Office Platform General Manager Gregory Bryant and Microsoft Windows Enterprise Management Division General Manager Brad Anderson as they discuss the combined business advantage of Intel® vPro™ technology and Microsoft SMS* 2003. Watch the video (WMV 16MB)
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Driving Down PC Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) through enhanced hardware manageability with SMS 2003 and Intel® Active Management Technology
Microsoft welcomes the Intel-developed Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT), a plug-in enhancement for Microsoft System Management Server (SMS) 2003. The add-on allows SMS 2003 to take advantage of the advanced hardware-based system management capabilities of Intel® AMT, which are built into PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology.
SMS 2003 administrators can now inventory assets more accurately, control desktop PCs, and improve compliance with corporate policies when the PC is powered off or the operating system is unavailable. These capabilities will help SMS 2003 administrators reduce PC lifecycle costs through even greater manageability and control of their hardware computing environment.
Key benefits for SMS 2003 customers managing Intel® vPro™ Technology enabled PC’s include:
| • | Improved asset inventories and management of PCs, regardless of the their power state |
| • | Improved update deployment success rate for PCs that are powered off |
| • | Improved problem resolution through remote boot, console redirection, and persistent hardware asset information |
With the power of SMS 2003 combined with Intel® vPro™ technology and Intel® AMT, customers can now take control of their computing environment like never before. The result is a greater ability to reduce complexity and enable a more agile IT organization. Read more about these benefits in the documents listed at right.
For More Information
| • | Solution brief: SMS and Intel® vPro™ technology-based PC's (PDF) |
| • | Solution brief: EDS Workplace Mgmt Services* powered by Intel® vPro™ Technology and SMS 2003 (PDF) |
| • | Solution brief: Atos Workplace Solutions* powered by Intel® vPro™ technology and SMS 2003 (PDF) |
| • | Download: Intel® AMT Add-on for Microsoft SMS 2003 |
| • | Learn more about Systems Management Server 2003 |
| • | Press release: Intel and Microsoft outline plans for advancing benefits of new management and virtualization technologies |