When you install SMS 2003 Service Pack (SP) 3 not only will your SMS server(s) get the latest rollup of released SMS HotFixes but you will also gain full Microsoft Windows Vista compatibility. In addition it will also install the SMS Asset Intelligence.
SMS Asset Intelligence will provide you with several SMS Reports for Hardware, License and Software reporting. For a complete list see the post below:
New Asset Management Reports For SMS 2003 Service Pack 3
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/dhite/archive/2007/05/06/new-asset-management-reports-for-sms-2003-service-pack-3.aspx
It will also make changes that will allow the Hardware inventory agent to collect additional information from your clients in what Microsoft calls “Artifact Data” that is exposed to the SMS console for querying.
It will also setup new asset lookup tables into SMS that are exposed to the SMS console and they are added as new classes to the SMS_Def.Mof file.
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