When creating a new software package to run in a Microsoft® Systems Management Server (SMS) environment, you must include a setup or installation program that supports the requirements of the SMS environment. You must also include a package definition file (PDF) that contains predefined Workstation, Sharing, and Inventory property settings for your package, and a package directory structure containing the files required to support the installation options in the PDF.
The following topics present an overview of the software installation/deinstallation process, define the SMS requirements for installation programs, describe the package command status MIF file, outline the PDF format, and describe using SMS jobs to install packages.
For more information about these topics, see the Microsoft Systems Management Server documentation in the "Setup and Systems Management Services" section of the Microsoft Platform SDK.