(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)