Preparing Active Directory for SMS 2003

First we need to ensure that the user we have logged in should have schema admin rights.

Go to AD and add a user who need to be schema admin

Insert the SMS 2003 CD in the drive and go to CMD

>cd smssetup\bin\i386 –then enter

>extadsc.exe –enter

The scheme will be modified.

To check if AD schema was extended properly, go to C drive and check for extadsc file.

Functions of SMS server 2003

To deploy packages

Deploy software

Find hardware and software on the network

Patch management and device management

OS deployment

Remote controlling users

hardware inventory, software inventory, software distribution, and remote client troubleshooting

file path reporting for software inventory,