DOCUMENT:Q200897 05-FEB-2000 [sms] TITLE :SMS: SMS 2.0 and Y2K Product Compliance Utility PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER:winnt:2.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbsms200 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= Systems Management Server version 2.0 now comes with a product compliance utility that can help Systems Management Server administrators with Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance issues. Systems Management Server 2.0 contains a tab-delimited ASCII text file (the compliance database) that contains a list of Microsoft products with a compliance level assigned to each product. The compliance database is the core piece of the Systems Management Server 2.0 product compliance solution. You can implement the full Systems Management Server product compliance solution, or implement only the parts that would be most beneficial to your organization. MORE INFORMATION ================ Y2K Product Compliance Analysis consists of the following steps: 1. Use Systems Management Server software inventory to gather information on the software that is in use in your organization. Systems Management Server can gather .exe file header information that can be compared against the .exe file header data in the compliance database. 2. Download product compliance information from the Microsoft Y2K web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/prodcomp.txt 3. Use the Systems Management Server Queries and Reports console items to automatically compare the Systems Management Server site database hardware and software inventory data with the data in the compliance database. Systems Management Server comes with several compliance reports and queries. 4. If you have a mixed environment, Microsoft Product Support Services recommends using Systems Management Server with the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer for Windows 32-bit clients and the Systems Management Server built-in Product Compliance Database for Windows 16-bit and Alpha-based 32-bit clients. For more information about the compliance database and the Year 2000 Product Analyzer, download the relevant white papers from the Microsoft Systems Management Server web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/smsmgmt/deployment/analyzingy2k.asp Additional query words: prodsms ====================================================================== Keywords : kbsms200 Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 Version : winnt:2.0 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.