Index

W

WANs (wide area networks), 370

warning messages

default status message thresholds for, 217

defined, 198

Watch Application Wizard, 563

WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management), 19

Web browsers

displaying dashboards in, 652

Standard Clients requirement for Internet Explorer version, 44

Web sites, 786–89

http://www.microsoft.com/smsserver, 787–88

http://www.microsoft.com/sql, 788

http://www.microsoft.com/ windowsserver2003, 788

MyITforum, 789

online Webcasts, 36

Security & Privacy Web site, 520

Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), 19

Welcome page

Advertised Programs Wizard, 487

Client Push Installation Wizard, 312

Create Direct Membership Rule Wizard, 411

Create Package From Definition Wizard, 460

Create Secondary Site Wizard, 145

Delete Collection Wizard, 421

Distribute Software To Collection Wizard, 473

New Distribution Points Wizard, 450

SMS Setup Wizard, 51

wide area networks (WANs), 370

wildcards

operators for queries, 628–29

using while running reports, 650

windows

Component Status, 200

Network Monitor capture, 264

Remote Control, 389–90

Site System Status, 200

SMS Trace, 241

Status Message Queries, 230–34

Status Message Viewer, 202

Windows Cluster Service, 45

Windows Group Policy method, 307

Windows Installer Step-Up Utility (ISU), 555, 592–93

Windows Installer tab (Program Properties dialog box), 459

Windows Management Instrumentation. See WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

Windows Memory diagnostic tool, 386

Windows Modules diagnostic tool, 386

Windows Only authentication, 40

Windows operating systems. See Microsoft Windows operating systems

Windows Registry. See Registry

Windows Tasks diagnostic tool, 386

Windows User access accounts, 447–48

Windows User Account dialog box, 94, 117, 448

Windows User Account Discovery method, 279–85

about, 279–80

checkpoints, 284–85

discovery process, 283–84

enabling, 280–82

packages for, 280

Windows User Account Discovery Properties dialog box

General tab, 182

Polling Schedule tab, 281–82

Windows User Group Discovery method, 279–85

about, 279–80

discovery process, 283–84

enabling, 280–82

packages for, 280

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

hardware inventory written to CIM repository, 340

querying in hardware inventory process, 336

relationships with, 20

role in SMS queries, 624

understanding, 19–21

WMI Control tool, 671

WMI ODBC-compliant tools for queries, 280, 624–25

WMI Query Language. See WQL (WMI Query Language)

worms, patch management and, 508

WQL (WMI Query Language)