Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Why we need to Upgrade to SCCM 2007 from SMS2003 ?

Configuration Manager Feature Comparison Matrix Feature

SMS 2003

SCCM 2007

Administrative UI

Product Install

Good

Improved, Pre-requisite checking

Drag-and-Drop

No

Yes

Multi-select

No

Yes

Actions Pane

No

Yes

Preview Pane

No

Yes

Wizards

Some

Pervasive

Homepages

No

Yes

Icons

NT 3.51-style

High Precision

Folders

Only organizational, no replication

Organizational and Search Folders; replication to child sites

Operating System Deployment

End-to-end deployment

Yes1

Yes

Fully automated

No1

Yes

Wipe-and-load upgrade

Yes

Yes

Bare metal deployment w/PXE

Loose integration w/RIS

Built-in integration w/WDS

Side-by-side

BDD scripts

Yes, w/built-in SMP

Fully offline deployment

No1

Yes

Integrated Vista upgrade planning

No

Yes

Full server deployment

No

Yes

Security

Good

Much stronger

Flexibility/customizability

Good

Excellent

Vista/Windows Server 2008 compatibility

Good

Excellent2

Device driver management

No*

Yes

Boot Image Management

No*

Yes

Task Sequencing

Basic

Excellent

Asset Management

Asset Inventory

Good3

Much Improved

Integration with Usage Monitoring

No

Yes

Database Updates

Service Packs

Service Packs, Online Updates

Security and Configuration Management

Desired Configuration Management

No4

Yes

Pre-Defined Configuration Packs

No

Yes

Quarantine Support (NAP integration)

No

Yes

Manage over Internet

VPN Required

No VPN Needed

Smartphone/PDA Support

When Cradled

Wireless & Over-the-Air

Patch & Update Management

Good – Add-on pack

Excellent - Integrated with WSUS 3.0

Secure network storage of user state during Operating System deployment

 

No

 

Yes  

 

 

1 – Capable with the addition of the Business Desktop Solution Accelerator 2 – Windows Server 2008 Support requires System Center Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 or greater. 3- Asset Intelligence was introduced with SMS 2003 Service Pack 3 4- Desired Configuration Monitoring is a Solution Accelerator add-on to SMS 2003


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Thanks,
Paddy

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