Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring

Overview

Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring is a powerful solution to monitor configuration settings across all server roles and hardware types for non-compliance. Administrators can define desired configuration models with templates and enable SMS 2003 to proactively view non-compliance in the WMI, Active Directory, IIS Metabase, Registry, and File System settings. The SMS 2003 solution will alert the administrator when non-compliance is detected from the predefined desired configuration. These configuration models help identify undesired configuration changes that could result in security breaches or service disruptions.

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