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TechNet Webcast: SMS2003 Hierarchy Planning and Design With the SMS2003 Hierarchy Capacity Planning and Hardware Sizing Tool - Level 300

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Overview For those who are planning of an SMS2003 deployment needs to collect data about the IT infrastructure first. This webcast shows how to get that information and put it to best use. Guided by the "Scenarios and Procedures for Systems Management Server 2003" document, the presenter shows how the data gathered helps to develop an Enterprise SMS hierarchy architecture. Then the presenter shows how to use the collected data as input for the SMS2003 Hierarchy Capacity Planning and Hardware Sizing Tool.

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Publisher	Microsoft
Live Date	16th July 2004 00:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	Monitoring Systems, Infrastructure Management

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