Decide If You Should Have Multiple Sites in Your Hierarchy

Helps you decide if you should plan for multiple sites in your Configuration Manager hierarchy.

Decide If You Should Extend the Active Directory Schema

Helps you decide if you should extend the Active Directory schema for Configuration Manager.

Decide If You Should Upgrade or Perform a New Installation

Helps you decide if you should upgrade an existing SMS 2003 site or perform a new installation of Configuration Manager.

Choose Between Simple or Custom Setup

Helps you choose between simple or custom Configuration Manager Setup.

Determine If You Will Use a Custom Web Site

Helps you decide if you should use a custom Web site for Configuration Manager sites.

Determine If You Will Use FQDN Server Names

Helps you to determine if you should use fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) for site system servers.

Choose Configuration Manager Boundaries

Helps you choose boundaries for Configuration Manager sites.

Choose a Configuration Manager Client Installation Method

Helps you choose a client installation method for Configuration Manager client installation.

Choose Which Configuration Manager Features You Need

Help you to determine which features you require in Configuration Manager.

Choose Between Local and Remote Configuration Manager Site Database Servers

Helps you choose where to install the Configuration Manager site database.

Choose the SMS Provider Installation Location

Helps you choose where to install the SMS Provider for a Configuration Manager site.

Configuring DNS for Configuration Manager Site System Roles

Provides guidance on how to configure DNS for site systems on the intranet, or for site systems that support Internet-based client management.

Determine If You Need to Publish to DNS

Helps you determine if you should publish the default management point to DNS.

Choose between Native Mode and Mixed Mode

Helps you determine which site mode you should configure for the site.

Determine Whether You Can Use Your Existing PKI for Native Mode

Helps you determine if you can use your existing public key infrastructure (PKI) when configuring a site for native mode.

Determine If You Need to Specify Client Certificate Settings (Native Mode)

Helps you determine if you need to specify client certificate settings for native mode, or whether you can use the defaults.

Decide How to Deploy the Site Server Signing Certificate to Clients (Native Mode)

Provides guidance on the different options for deploying the site server signing certificate to clients when the site is configured for native mode.

Renewing or Changing the Site Server Signing Certificate

Provides information on whether you need to take additional steps when the site server signing certificate is renewed or changed in a native mode site.

Determine Whether You Need to Enable Certificate Revocation Checking (CRL) On Clients (Native Mode)

Provides guidance on whether you should configure native mode clients to use certificate revocation checking (CRL).

Determine If You Need to Configure a Certificate Trust List (CTL) with IIS (Native Mode)

Provides guidance on whether you should configure a certificate trust list with IIS when the site is configured for native mode.

Decide If You Need to Configure HTTP Communication for Roaming and Site Assignment (Native Mode)

Provides guidance on whether you should enable the option for HTTP communication on a native mode site.

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