Topic Last Updated—August 2008
The following section describes what's new in the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library since May 2008. The topics listed in the table are new or contain significant technical changes to Configuration Manager 2007. Topics that contain minor changes to Configuration Manager 2007 are not listed.
Planning and Deploying the Server Infrastructure for Configuration Manager 2007
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Updated with the features and functionality from Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 and Configuration Manager 2007 R2 that are not supported when clients are managed on the Internet. |
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Updated for Active Directory Certificate Services in Windows Server 2008. |
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Deploying the Web Server Certificates to Site System Servers |
Updated for IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008. |
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New topic that contains example deployment procedures using a Windows Server 2008 certification authority (CA) with certificate templates. |
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Determine Requirements for Proxy Web Servers to Use With Internet-Based Client Management |
Updated with the reference to the ISA Server document that contains the procedures required to configure SSL-to-SSL bridging for an Internet-based site system server (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122350). |
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Determine the Ports Required for Internet-Based Client Management |
Updated to include RPC, which is needed for site system installation and package installation. |
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Updated to include the scenario of renewing the root certificate from the same certification authority. In this scenario, clients behave as if the root certification authority has changed, and by default, clients will reject the new site server signing certificate. This information has also been added to the troubleshooting issue “Native Mode Clients Become Unmanaged When They Use a New Site Server Signing Certificate” in the topic Configuration Manager Client Native Mode and Internet-Based Client Management Issues. |
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Updated to include new information about name resolution requirements for server names entered in the wizard. |
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Updated to include new information about displayed site system name properties. |
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Updated to include new information about using the /MP and /SQL Setup Prerequisite Checker command-line options. |
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Configuration Manager 2007 Supported Configurations and Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 Supported Configurations |
Updated to display non-support of IA 64-bit platforms to host the site database server role. |
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New topic describing issues that might be encountered when upgrading from Configuration Manager 2007 to Configuration Manager 2007 SP1. |
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New topic describing the process to upgrade the Windows Automated Installation Kit when upgrading from Configuration Manager 2007 to Configuration Manager 2007 SP1. |
Planning and Deploying Clients for Configuration Manager 2007
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Updated to clarify that the site option to enable client push installation to assigned resources is independent from the Client Push Installation Wizard. Additional supporting links have also been added. |
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Updated the /config:<configuration file> CCMSetup command-line property entry with the required location of the configuration file and file format information. |
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How to Configure Request Ports for the Configuration Manager Client |
Updated to clarify when clients are automatically configured for nondefault port numbers and the circumstances in which you must reinstall them. |
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Decide How to Install Configuration Manager Clients for Internet-Based Client Management |
Updated for clarification and includes the source location of the client installation files. |
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How to Assign Configuration Manager Client Computers to the Internet-Based Management Point |
Updated to include a scripting method for configuring clients with the Internet-based management point. |
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Configuration Manager Client Native Mode and Internet-Based Client Management Issues |
The entry “Internet Clients Do Not Use New Proxy Server Details” has been updated to reflect that this issue has been resolved with the Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 client. The entry “Native Mode Operation Fails with Version 3 Certificate Templates and Windows Server 2008” has been added because the new certificate template type introduced with Active Directory Certificate Services in Windows Server 2008 creates certificates that are not compatible with Configuration Manager native mode. This information has also been added to the following topics: |
How To Configure Configuration Manager 2007
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Updated note with new information about the increased number of replication objects necessary for site database replication for Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 installations. |
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Updated with additional Windows Server 2008 configuration information required to support Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 site systems. |
Configuration Manager 2007 Features
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Updated to clarify that the external dependency for the Microsoft .NET Framework is version 2.0 or later, rather than version 2.0 only. |
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About Compliance Evaluation Schedules in Desired Configuration Management |
Updated with the information that although the scheduled compliance evaluation is processed in the local client time by default, this can be changed to coordinated universal time (UTC) by specifying a custom schedule. This information is also added to How to Configure the Default Compliance Evaluation Schedule for Desired Configuration Management. |
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Determine If You Need to Export Configuration Data for Desired Configuration Management |
Updated to clarify that you cannot export configuration data that is imported or inherited from a parent site. This clarification has also been added to the following topics: |
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How to Import a Configuration Baseline in Desired Configuration Management |
Updated to include the failed import scenario of importing a deleted configuration baseline that hasn’t yet aged out and added a link to Import Failures with Desired Configuration Management. |
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Added the entry “Configuration Manager Fails to Provision Computers for AMT Because the Root Certification Authority Certificate has a Key Length of Greater than 2048 Bits”, which provides log file entries to help identify this non-supported scenario. |
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Updated with the limitation that out of band management cannot support certificates that are created with the new version 3 certificate template introduced with Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Certificate Services. This information is also added to Certificate Requirements for Out of Band Management. |
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Import Computer for Out of Band Management Wizard - Choose Mapping Page |
Updated with the information that any manually specified passwords cannot be in clear text but must be encoded by using Base 64. This information is also added to Decide How to Migrate from an AMT-Based Management Solution to Out of Band Management in Configuration Manager. |
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Updated to state that task sequence node, task sequence subfolders, and the task sequences those nodes and subfolders contain are replicated down the site hierarchy to child sites. |
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Updated with information clarifying that when users are added by using the Create a New Computer Association wizard the specified users are lost. The users must be added separately after the computer association has been successfully created. |
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Asset Intelligence Home Page and About the Asset Intelligence Home Page |
Updated with Asset Intelligence catalog synchronization status summary information to better describe expected catalog summary behavior. |
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Importing Software Licenses Into the Asset Intelligence Catalog |
Updated with new information about how to import Microsoft and non-Microsoft software license information into the Asset Intelligence catalog. |
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Updated with numerous clarifications about the support requirements and operational behavior of branch distribution points. |
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How to Convert a Standard Distribution Point to a Branch Distribution Point |
Updated so that the conversion process does not require uninstalling and reinstalling the distribution point or site system. |
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Updated to include the new condition that a branch distribution point should not chosen if you want to use multicast with Configuration Manager 2007 R2. |
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Updated to include two new issues relating to the branch distribution point:
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Apply Operating System and Apply Data Image Task Sequence Actions |
Updated to include better guidance about the partition or hard drive installed with the operating system or data image. Apply Operating System action now includes additional information about task sequence variables for this task. |
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Troubleshooting PXE Initiated Operating System Deployment Issues |
Updated to include two known issues:
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Security and Privacy for Configuration Manager 2007
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Updated with client to domain controller port information; missing SMB ports for management point to site server; missing RPC port 135 for Configuration Manager console to the client (remote control); clarified that ports for the reporting point are configured at installation only; and added a link to a full listing of standard Windows ports. Also added the new section “Installation Requirements for Internet-based Site Systems”. |
See Also
Concepts
What's New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for May 2008What's New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for March 2008
What's New in Configuration Manager 2007
What's New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for August 2007
What's New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for November 2007
What's New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for January 2008