SMS SP 2 Is out

Via Steve –

 

Finally FQDNs and multithreaded inventory processing...

https://www.microsoft.com/smserver/evaluation/2003/sp2.mspx

What’s New

•	SMS Administrator Console Changes • Locate management points and distribution points by Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) rather than by NetBIOS • Instead of using the previously required 15-character NetBIOS computer name, you can now enter an FQDN value for site server name • Support for using Active Directory Security Group Discovery methods has been added under Discovery Methods • Software Updates node now allows the creation of folders for easier management and grouping of software updates • SMS Advanced Client Upgrade package definition file now includes three programs: one each for IA64, x64, and x86
•	Decommissioned Data DR Processing in SMS 2003 SP2 • The added ability to send notification of client record deletion to the parent site and then propagate that notification up the hierarchy
•	Multi-Threaded Software Inventory Processing • The software inventory processor component of the SMS Executive service is now multi-threaded
•	Updates for the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates