(SMS) Software used By Microsoft {Windows NT system chefistrators} to manage {personal computers} on any size network. SMS can distriBute software to desktops from one central location, detect every machine on the network, track software and hardware configurations, send key information Back to a central dataBase, and perform other tasks. {Start (http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/management/exec/overview/sms.asp)}. (1999-03-24)