This list includes planning for System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) deployment tasks, such as IP address allocation for each server. These tasks are broken down and tracked on the deployment checklists that are included in MDM Deployment Checklists.
Overall Implementation
Planning
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Discuss MDM planning with key stakeholders. Determine which group in the organization will configure and implement different areas of MDM deployment. |
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Determine MDM topology, such as single or load balanced servers, server redundancy, and so on. |
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Discuss plans to install MDM Reporting System (optional). |
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Network and Name Resolution
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Plan for IP address allocation for MDM, load balanced servers, pre-allocation of address ranges for managed Windows Mobile device access, and so on. For more information, see the following Pre-Deployment Checklist in this section. |
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Plan DNS naming for Internet-facing names such as, mobileenroll.contoso.com, and MDM virtual private network (VPN) gateway names such as, mobilegateway.contoso.com. |
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Security Planning
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Plan for certification authority server availability for MDM. |
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Plan for security penetration reviews to test MDM for known vulnerabilities and exploits. Consider testing MDM first without network connectivity before you deploy MDM into a production environment. |
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Hardware and Cabling
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Plan for server equipment racking |
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Plan for network equipment racking |
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Plan for cabling requirements |
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