Configuration baselines in Configuration Manager 2007 must be assigned to one or more collections before client computers in those collections can assess their compliance with the configuration baseline. During the assignment process, you are prompted for both a collection and a compliance evaluation schedule. The collection and compliance schedule then become additional properties of the configuration baseline, which can be viewed with a new tab named Assignments.

Each configuration baseline can have multiple assignments, each with their own compliance evaluation schedule. The default value for an assignment's evaluation schedule is taken from the schedule setting in the General tab of the desired configuration management client agent properties.

There are therefore two ways to set the compliance evaluation schedule for a configuration baseline:

To set the compliance evaluation schedule using the Assign Configuration Baseline Wizard

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Desired Configuration Management / Configuration Baselines.

  2. Right-click the configuration baseline you want to assign, and click Assign to a Collection to launch the Assign Configuration Baseline Wizard.

  3. On the Choose Configuration Baselines page, select the configuration baseline displayed, and then click Next.

  4. On the Choose Collection page, specify the collection by typing in the name or using the Browse button and click Next.

  5. On the Set Schedule page, click either Simple and specify the Run every settings, or click Custom and click Customize to define a more complex schedule. Click Next.

  6. On the Summary page, click Next.

  7. On the Confirmation page, click Close.

    Note
    For more information about the options in the wizard, see Assign Configuration Baseline Wizard.

To set the compliance evaluation schedule as a configuration baseline property

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Desired Configuration Management / Configuration Baselines.

  2. Right-click the configuration baseline that has been assigned, and click Properties.

  3. On the Assignments tab, select the configured assignment that contains the compliance evaluation schedule you want to change, and then click Properties.

  4. In the Configuration Baseline Assignment Properties dialog box, under Schedule, either click Simple and specify the Run every settings, or click Custom and click Customize to define a more complex schedule, and then click OK.

  5. Click OK to close the configuration baseline properties dialog box.

    Note
    For more information about the options in the configuration baseline properties dialog box, see Configuration Baseline Properties.

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