Topic last updated—May 2008
The AMT Provisioning and Discovery Account is functionally equivalent to the AMT Remote Admin Account and resides in the Management Engine BIOS extension (MEBx) of AMT-based computers. This account is used by the server running the out of band service point role to manage some network interface features of AMT in Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, by using the out of band management feature. The AMT Provisioning and Discovery Account specified in Configuration Manager must match the AMT Remote Admin Account name and password specified in the BIOS extensions in the AMT-based computers.
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| The information in this topic applies only to Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 and later. |
You must specify an AMT Provisioning and Discovery Account in either of the following migration scenarios:
- The AMT Remote Admin account has been
specified by another AMT management solution, the AMT-based
computer has had its provisioning information removed, and you want
to provision it with Configuration Manager, using in-band AMT
provisioning by using the Configuration Manager 2007 SP1
client.
- The AMT Remote Admin account has been
specified by another AMT management solution, the AMT-based
computer has had its provisioning information removed, and you want
to provision it with Configuration Manager, using out of band AMT
provisioning by using the Import Computer for Out of Band
Management Wizard and you will not specify the AMT Remote Admin
Account in the wizard for each computer.
Specify the account name and password on the Provisioning Settings tab of the Out of Band Management component properties. During the AMT provisioning and discovery process, each AMT Provisioning and Discovery account specified will be tried in turn.
Required Rights and Permissions
There are no required rights and permissions for this account.
Account and Password Creation
The AMT Provisioning and Discovery Account refers to the AMT Remote Admin Account, which cannot be manually created; it is created in the AMT firmware. The associated password can be created by AMT or by an AMT management solution during the provisioning process.
Account Location
The account is stored in the Management Engine BIOS extensions of the AMT-based computer. This account does not correspond to any account in Windows.
Account Maintenance
There is no associated account maintenance in Configuration Manager for the AMT Provisioning and Discovery Account.
Security Best Practices
There are no security best practices in Configuration Manager for the AMT Provisioning and Discovery Account.