Supported Deployment Topologies

[This is prerelease documentation and is subject to change in future releases. Blank topics are included as placeholders.]

The following topologies are supported for the deployment of System Center Essentials 2010:

The Essentials management server, reporting server, and console are all installed on a single computer.
The reporting server is installed on a different computer than the Essentials server.
In addition to the Essentials console, which is installed on the Essentials management server, an Essentials console can be installed as a stand-alone component on a computer other than the Essentials management server. No more than five remote Essentials consoles can be used at a time.
Any Essentials component can be installed on a domain controller.
Essentials can manage computers or network devices that are in a different domain from the Essentials management server, as long as the domains are in the same Active Directory forest.

Supported Topologies and Scalability in Essentials

The following table provides a list of Essentials components and describes the topologies for each component that are supported or unsupported.

Component	Supported Number	Supported Topologies	Unsupported Topologies
Essentials management server	1	Installed with or without the database server Installed on a domain controller	Installed in a separate domain
Essentials Reporting Server	1	Installed as a stand-alone component on a remote database server or with any of the other server components Installed with the Essentials server on a domain controller	Installed on a separate domain Installed as the only component on a domain controller
Essentials remote console	Up to 5	Installed as a stand-alone component or with any of the other server components Installed on a domain controller Installed in a trusted domain	Installed in an untrusted domain
Managed computers	Up to 50 Microsoft Windows-based servers Up to 500 Microsoft Windows client computers	Installed on a domain controller Installed in a trusted domain Installed behind a firewall Installed in a workgroup	Installed in an untrusted domain
Network devices	Scales up to 100	Anywhere network accessible	N/A