of the biggest changes are the ability to wakeup the NS Client independent of it's configuration interval and role-based console security. Only NS
5.5 sp3 can be upgraded to NS 6.
Of all the 5.5 CMS solutions, Patch Management has changed the most. All the NS Solutions now
leverage .net technology. The status and health of your Active Directory and DNS will have a large impact
on how the new products perform on your network.
Deployment Server and it's related apps, Rapid Deploy, Rapid Install
and Personality Transplant, have added features but still function together essentially as they have
since the DS 5.6 upgrade. Although both are part of CMS and designed to complement each other,
Deployment Server and Notification Server can still be installed and run independently.
Deployment Solution 6.0, which allows you to manage multiple Deployment Servers
from within the Notification Server admin console, will not work with NS 6. Deployment Solution 6.1
is required for this to function properly with NS 6. In addition, with DS 6.1 you can now create jobs and much more
from within the Deployment Solution web console.
