SMS: Installing the BackOffice 4.5 Version of Systems Management Server on Windows 2000 (275877)

SUMMARY

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) is included with Microsoft BackOffice Server version 4.5. However, you need SMS Service Pack 2 (SP2) to install SMS 2.0 on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000 or later.

Microsoft provides the SMS SP2 on its Web site and FTP locations. The installation process for the online update is to apply the patch to the original SMS source by using the downloaded service pack. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

268803 SMS: Problems Upgrading SMS 2.0 to Service Pack 2 with the Web Patch

However, to apply the service patch to the BackOffice Server 4.5 SMS source, you need the SP2 CD-ROM because you are unable to use the service pack that you can download online.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides the Readiness Kit for Windows 2000, which contains necessary service pack software and online documentation for upgrading BackOffice Server 4.5 to Windows 2000 Server, and for freshly installing BackOffice Server 4.5 onto an existing Windows 2000 server.

Note: SMS 2.0 with SP2 is not included with the BackOffice Server 4.5 Readiness Kit for Windows 2000. If you plan to use SMS on your BackOffice Server 4.5 computer, a full installation of SMS 2.0 with SP2 is required for completing these steps. You can order this by phone. To order a full installation of Systems Management Server 2.0 SP2, call (800) 329-9015 (U.S. and Canadian customers only).