SMS SP3 Checklist

I forgot to mention the SMS SP3 checklist the other day so below you will find the link for it.

SMS SP3 Checklist

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/a/a/daab93e2-a526-4100-a5d0-7bfe65776a24/SMS%202003%20SP3%20Upgrade%20Checklist.htm

SMS SP3

SMS Service Pack 3 was released a few weeks ago and id thought id make a post on it and add some good links to read before deploying it to your enterprise. Happy reading.

Download SP3

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3992a556-32e3-49ab-b734-6341d208c66d&DisplaysLang=en

List of problems that are fixed in Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933867/en-us
SMS Supported Configurations

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/c/a/5cab7c25-9dba-4462-a887-1977337e369e/SMS2003SP3SupportedConfigurations.htm

The asset management license reports display incorrect channel information for some Windows operating systems in SMS 2003 with Service Pack 3

http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=936850

Asset Management reports in Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3 contain information about obsolete computers

http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=936739

SMS 2003 SP3 Sites With SP2 Clients reporting to that site do not display SMS_Processor information

http://blogs.technet.com/smsandmom/archive/2007/05/17/sms-2003-sp3-sites-with-sp2-clients-reporting-to-that-site-do-not-display-sms-processor-information.aspx

SMS 2003 SP3 Clients with 100% CPU tied to Hardware Inventory

http://blogs.technet.com/smsandmom/archive/2007/05/17/sms-2003-sp3-clients-with-100-cpu-tied-to-hardware-inventory.aspx

New Windows Update Agent (WUA) 3.0 is now available

http://blogs.technet.com/smsandmom/archive/2007/05/17/new-windows-update-agent-wua-3-0-is-now-available.aspx

Postponed features of Viridan.

Microsoft is postpoing some features in their release of viridan together with the RTM of Longhorn.

Read more about it here.

http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007/05/10/viridian-features-update-beta-planned-for-longhorn-rtm.aspx