Before you can use a discovery method in Configuration Manager 2007 to find resources to populate your collections, it is first necessary to configure that method. This entails not only enabling the discovery method, but in some cases, fine-tuning it to effectively use the discovery method in your enterprise.

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In This Section

How to Enable a Discovery Method

Specifies how to enable any of the discovery methods available in Configuration Manager.
How to Configure Active Directory System Group Discovery

Specifies how to configure the Active Directory System Group Discovery method.
How to Configure Active Directory Security Group Discovery

Specifies how to configure the Active Directory Security Group Discovery method.
How to Configure Active Directory System Discovery

Specifies how to configure the Active Directory System Discovery method.
How to Configure Active Directory User Discovery

Specifies how to configure the Active Directory User Discovery method.
How to Configure Active Directory Delta Discovery in Configuration Manager 2007 R3

Specifies how to configure the Active Directory Delta Discovery method in Configuration Manager 2007 R3.
How to Manage Network Discovery

Specifies how to configure the Network method.
How to Configure Heartbeat Discovery

Specifies how to configure the Heartbeat Discovery method.

See Also

Other Resources

Discovery Overview