Updated: July 9, 2020 (September 4, 2006)

Past SMS Versions

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The end of Mainstream support for SMS 2003 and SMS 2003 R2 will come two years after the release of the next full version, currently called Configuration Manager 2007, which is planned for 2007.

Version	Most Recent Service Pack	Mainstream Support Ends	Release History
SMS 2.0	SP5: June 29, 2003	Ended Apr. 11, 2006; Extended support ends Apr. 12, 2011	Released: Mar. 1999 SP1: Sept. 1999 SP2: June 2000 (required for Windows 2000 compatibility) SP3: Feb. 2001 SP4: June 2002
SMS 2003	SP2: Feb. 2006	Apr. 14, 2009	Released: Jan. 2004 SP1: Sept. 2004
SMS 2003 R2		Apr. 14, 2009	Released: Aug. 2006

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