<s>
Microsoft	O
Configuration	O
Manager	O
,	O
formerly	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Endpoint	I-Protocol
Configuration	I-Protocol
Manager	I-Protocol
,	O
System	B-Protocol
Center	I-Protocol
Configuration	I-Protocol
Manager	I-Protocol
and	O
Systems	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
(	O
SMS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
systems	B-Application
management	I-Application
software	O
product	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
managing	O
large	O
groups	O
of	O
computers	O
providing	O
remote	O
control	O
,	O
patch	O
management	O
,	O
software	O
distribution	O
,	O
operating	O
system	O
deployment	O
,	O
and	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
inventory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configuration	O
Manager	O
supports	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Embedded	I-Operating_System
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
versions	O
also	O
supported	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
OS	O
X	O
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
UNIX	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
,	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configuration	O
Manager	O
has	O
evolved	O
since	O
Microsoft	O
originally	O
released	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
Systems	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
"	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Systems	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
1.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
along	O
with	O
Windows	O
NT	O
Server	O
3.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Systems	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
1.1	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
to	O
help	O
customers	O
migrate	O
to	O
Windows	O
95	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Systems	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
1.2	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
with	O
new	O
remote-control	O
,	O
SNMP	O
,	O
inventory	O
,	O
and	O
network-monitoring	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Systems	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
to	O
help	O
with	O
Y2K	O
remediation	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Systems	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2003	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
with	O
improved	O
stability	O
,	O
reliability	O
,	O
and	O
software-distribution	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1.x	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
defined	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
management	O
server	O
(	O
the	O
site	O
)	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
NT	B-General_Concept
domain	I-General_Concept
being	O
managed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
SMS	O
2003	O
the	O
site	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
defined	O
as	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
introduced	O
the	O
Advanced	O
Client	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
solution	O
to	O
the	O
problem	O
where	O
a	O
managed	O
laptop	B-Device
might	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
corporate	O
network	O
from	O
multiple	O
locations	O
and	O
thus	O
should	O
not	O
always	O
download	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
place	O
within	O
the	O
enterprise	O
(	O
though	O
it	O
should	O
always	O
receive	O
policy	O
from	O
its	O
own	O
site	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Configuration	B-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
has	O
gone	O
through	O
two	O
brand	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
resulted	O
in	O
reducing	O
confusion	O
with	O
other	O
initialism	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
including	O
the	O
software	O
in	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
systems	B-Application
management	I-Application
portfolio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
System	B-Application
Management	I-Application
Service	O
(	O
SMS	O
)	O
became	O
System	B-Protocol
Center	I-Protocol
Configuration	I-Protocol
Manager	I-Protocol
(	O
SCCM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
helped	O
avoid	O
confusion	O
with	O
the	O
Short	O
Message	O
Service	O
(	O
SMS	O
)	O
initialism	O
and	O
added	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
system	B-Application
management	I-Application
tools	O
,	O
under	O
a	O
unified	O
System	O
Center	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
Configuration	O
Manager	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Endpoint	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
suite	O
to	O
better	O
align	O
it	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Intune	I-Application
and	O
related	O
endpoint	O
management	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
