Microsoft SMS Installer (Book/CD-ROM package)

By Rod Trent

This is a complete guide to managing remote installation via SMS Installer. It includes step-by-step instructions, CD-ROM with scripts and additional tools, and targeted information for network... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072124474
• ISBN13: 9780072124477
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource for those new to SMS Installer

This book is a great reference for those new to SMS installer, as well as more seasoned SMS Administrators. It has a very solid "tips" section with code samples...I attended SMS training (offered by a Microsoft-approved vendor) and found it somewhat lacking where SMS Installer was concerned -it focused more on day to day administration and monitoring and was too basic. This book was MUCH better. I refer to it often.If you are new to Administration, I would also suggest buying the other McGraw Hill book "Administering SMS" as a companion to this book. Using both, you will be up and running in no time.

Great guide to the Installer

Rod's book fills a gap in the SMS world with his fine coverage of the SMS Installer tool. I both train and consult with SMS, and my students and clients have often lamented that more info about SMS Installer was not available. I have been recommending Rod's book to them for some time now, and all who have read it have thanked me for the recommendation. It's clearly written with practical examples for creating, writing and customizing scripts, and I highly recommend it to you as well.

Very "Reader Friendly" but still VERY relevant information.

SMS Installer provides very needed technical information on creating automated installations using this scripting tool. Rod Trent's writing style is very easy to read yet is still able to provide highly technical information. This is one of the few technical manuals that provides lots of screen shots so that you do not need to be in front of a PC while reading. Thank you Rod. Please write one on Wise for Windows Installer.

Great Book

Rod Trent has created a great book that details the 'not soo much talked about' world of scripting with SMS installer.Since reading this book and testing some of the 200 scripts made available on the CD I would have to say I have packaged up some applications that I was going to have to give up on.This is a great book to read and allows you to appreciate the extent of utilisation that SMS installer really can have.Great work Rod, keep up the great work...

ITS ABOUT TIME!

Its about time a book came out that actually shows how to script with sms installer. There are about 15 books out about sms and this is the first one to actually have anything to do with scripting, I guess 4 years is a better wait than never...