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SMS SDK 2003 3.1 Introduction

Systems Management Server 2003 Software Development Kit 3.1

Welcome to version 3.1 of the Microsoft® Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 software development kit (SDK). This SDK contains documentation and the samples necessary to write applications that access and modify SMS data.

Important

The documentation and samples for the SMS 2003 SDK Version 3.1 can be obtained from the Microsoft Download Center at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79258.

New Features

Managed SMS Site Server Interfaces

The SMS 2003 SDK Version 3.1 contains the latest release of the Managed SMS Site Server Interfaces. This is a set of managed interfaces for connecting and configuring an SMS Site Server through any .NET-enabled language or application. The managed SMS site server interfaces are built on the .NET Management namespace and greatly simplify the code you need to write.

The SMS features enabled by the new managed classes in this release are described in the following table. See the Managed SMS Site Server Interfaces reference for full details, including additional supporting classes for these features.

Class Feature Description

SMSReports

Manages SMS reports on an SMS Site Server.

SMSDashboards

Manages SMS dashboards on an SMS Site Server.

SMSQueries

Manages SMS queries on an SMS Site Server.

SMSMeteringRules

Manages SMS software metering rules on an SMS Site Server.

SMSCollectionMember

Manages SMS collections membership on an SMS Site Server.

SMSSecurityClassPermissions

Manages class level SMS security rights on an SMS Site Server.

SMSSecurityInstancePermissions

Manages instance level SMS security rights on an SMS Site Server.

The SMS SDK also includes samples, extensive reference documentation, and task-based How To topics for the managed SMS Site Server Interfaces.

The following table is the new managed SMS Site Server samples in this release:

Sample Description

SecurityViewer

How to use the new security classes to read, create, modify, and delete class level security permissions on all SMS objects.

CreateQuery

How to create and configure an SMS Query.

CreateReports

How to create reports and then build a dashboard from those reports.

The samples are installed to the folder Samples\Managed\VCSharp.Net.

SMS Device Management Client for Windows CE and Windows Mobile Devices

The SMS SDK contains an introduction to the SMS Device Management Client for Windows CE and Windows Mobile-based devices.

The SMS SDK contains documentation for extending Hardware Inventory Collection on Windows CE Devices and includes the XML File Hardware Inventory Collection DLL which can be used for extending device hardware inventory collection. Documentation on how to write a custom hardware inventory extension DLL is also included.