Planning and Deploying the Server Infrastructure for Configuration Manager 2007
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Planning and Deploying the Server Infrastructure for Configuration Manager 2007
Configuration Manager Single Site Planning and Deployment
Configuration Manager Supported Configurations
Configuration Manager 2007 General Supported Configurations
Configuration Manager 2007 Supported Configurations
Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 Supported Configurations
Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Supported Configurations
Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Supported Configurations
Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Supported Configurations
Prerequisites for Installing Configuration Manager
Setup Prerequisite Checks
Configuration Manager Site Naming
SMS Provider Overview
Configuration Manager Site Database Overview
Using a Remote SQL Server to Host the Site Database
Using a Clustered SQL Server Instance to Host the Site Database
About Windows Authentication in SQL Server
Planning Configuration Manager Boundaries
Configuration Manager in Multiple Active Directory Forests
Extending the Active Directory Schema for Configuration Manager
Configuration Manager and Name Resolution
Configuration Manager and Service Location (Site Information and Management Points)
Configuration Manager and Content Location (Package Source Files)
Configuration Manager Site Modes
Benefits of Using Native Mode
Prerequisites for Native Mode
Certificate Requirements for Native Mode
Client Communication in Mixed Mode and Native Mode
Configuration Manager Mixed Mode
Administrator Workflow: Migrating a Site to Native Mode
Administrator Checklist: Migrating a Site to Native Mode
Administrator Workflow: Deploying the PKI Requirements for Native Mode
Administrator Checklist: Deploying the PKI Requirements for Native Mode
Configuration Manager Custom Web Site Overview
Configuration Manager Discovery Planning
Configuration Manager Site Capacity Planning
Configuration Manager Site System Planning
Configuration Manager Service Principal Name Requirements
Configuration Manager and Network Load Balancing Clusters
Configuration Manager Security and Privacy Planning
Configuration Manager Setup Overview
Prerequisite Component Update Checker
About the Setup Prerequisite Checker
Simple Setup Overview
Custom Setup Overview
Unattended Setup Overview
Setup Command Line Options
SQL Server Preparation for Setup
Configuration Manager Post Setup Considerations
Configuration Manager Planning and Deployment Flowcharts
Flow Chart: Installing a Configuration Manager Site
Flow Chart: Installing a Configuration Manager Console
Configuration Manager Tasks for Planning a Single Site
Decide If You Should Have Multiple Sites in Your Hierarchy
Decide If You Should Extend the Active Directory Schema
Decide If You Should Upgrade or Perform a New Installation
Choose Between Simple or Custom Setup
Determine If You Will Use a Custom Web Site
Determine If You Will Use FQDN Server Names
Choose Configuration Manager Boundaries
Choose a Configuration Manager Client Installation Method
Choose Which Configuration Manager Features You Need
Choose Between Local and Remote Configuration Manager Site Database Servers
Choose the SMS Provider Installation Location
Configuring DNS for Configuration Manager Site System Roles
Determine If You Need to Publish to DNS
Choose between Native Mode and Mixed Mode
Determine Whether You Can Use Your Existing PKI for Native Mode
Determine If You Need to Specify Client Certificate Settings (Native Mode)
Decide How to Deploy the Site Server Signing Certificate to Clients (Native Mode)
Renewing or Changing the Site Server Signing Certificate
Determine Whether You Need to Enable Certificate Revocation Checking (CRL) On Clients (Native Mode)
Determine If You Need to Configure a Certificate Trust List (CTL) with IIS (Native Mode)
Decide If You Need to Configure HTTP Communication for Roaming and Site Assignment (Native Mode)
Configuration Manager Tasks for Deploying a Single Site
Deploying the PKI Certificates Required for Native Mode
Deploying a Trusted Root Certification Authority to Configuration Manager Computers
Deploying the Intermediate Certification Authority Certificates to Configuration Manager Computers
Deploying the Site Server Signing Certificate to the Site Server
Deploying the Web Server Certificates to Site System Servers
Deploying the Web Server Certificate to Network Load Balanced Site Systems
Deploying the Client Computer Certificates to Clients and the Management Point
Deploying Certificates to Mobile Device Clients
Step-by-Step Example Deployment of the PKI Certificates Required for Configuration Manager Native Mode: Windows Server 2008 Certification Authority
Step-By-Step Example Deployment of the PKI Certificates Required for Configuration Manager Native Mode: Windows Server 2003 Certification Authority
How to Extend the Active Directory Schema for Configuration Manager
How to Extend the Active Directory Schema Using an LDIF File
How to Extend the Active Directory Schema Using ExtADSch.exe
How to Enable Schema Modifications for a Windows 2000 Server Domain
How to Create the System Management Container in Active Directory Domain Services
How to Set Security on the System Management Container in Active Directory Domain Services
How to Publish Configuration Manager Site Information to Active Directory Domain Services
How to Verify That Site Information Is Published to Active Directory Domain Services
How to Stop Publishing Site Information to Active Directory Domain Services
How to Start the Setup Prerequisite Checker
How to Deploy a Site Using Simple Setup
How to Deploy a Site Using Custom Setup
How to Deploy a Site Using Scripted Installation Methods
How to Verify Successful Site Installation
How to Install a Management Point
How to Manually Add Configuration Manager Site Information to WINS
How to Install Configuration Manager Using a Remote SQL Server
How to Install Configuration Manager Using a Clustered SQL Server Instance
How to Specify a Server Share Site System Installation Drive
How to Prevent Configuration Manager From Installing Files on a Specific Drive
How to Manually Publish the Default Management Point to DNS
How to Automatically Publish the Default Management Point to DNS
How to Configure the Intranet FQDN of Site Systems
How to Configure the Intranet FQDN of an NLB Management Point
How to Configure DCOM Permissions for Configuration Manager Console Connections
Configuration Manager Multiple Site Planning and Deployment
Administering Multi-Site Hierarchies
Roaming Between Sites in Different Modes
Configuration Manager Site to Site Communications
Configuration Manager Addresses
Configuration Manager Senders
About Data Priorities
Administrator Workflow: Configuration Manager Hierarchy Planning and Deployment
Configuration Manager Tasks for Planning Multiple Sites
Plan the Configuration Manager Site Hierarchy
Choose Between Primary Sites, Secondary Sites, and Branch Distribution Points
Choose Which Method to Use to Install a Secondary Site
Choose Which Configuration Manager Sender to Use
Design the Address Structure for Configuration Manager Hierarchies
Determine Whether a Proxy Management Point is Needed at a Secondary Site
Configuration Manager Tasks for Deploying Multiple Sites
How to Prepare Servers for Senders
How to Install Configuration Manager Senders
How to Create Configuration Manager Site Addresses
How to Connect the Configuration Manager Console to a Different Site
How to Join Primary Sites into a Hierarchy
How to Install a Secondary Site
How to Install a Secondary Site Using the Configuration Manager Console
How to Install a Secondary Site Using Configuration Manager Setup
How to Manually Exchange Public Keys Between Sites
How to Verify Successful Secondary Site Installation
How to Install a Proxy Management Point at a Secondary Site
How to Verify Successful Proxy Management Point Installation
Configuring Configuration Manager Sites for Best Performance
Performance Considerations When Designing Configuration Manager Sites
Best Practices for Central and Primary Site Hardware and Software Configuration
Performance Configuration Recommendations
Expected Server Resource Usage for Configuration Manager Sites
Monitoring Site Performance
Troubleshooting Configuration Manager Performance
Configuration Manager Upgrade and Interoperability Planning and Deployment
Planning to Upgrade to Configuration Manager
Considerations for Upgrading Sites
Prerequisites for Upgrading to Configuration Manager
Decide If You Should Perform an In-Place or Side-By-Side Upgrade
Configuration Manager Upgrade and Installation Checklists
Configuration Manager 2007 Upgrade Checklist
Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 Upgrade Checklist
Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Installation Checklist
Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Upgrade Checklist
Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Installation Checklist
Configuration Manager In-Place Upgrade
Configuration Manager Side-By-Side Upgrade
Upgrading Secondary Sites
Configuration Manager Post-Upgrade Considerations
Configuration Manager Tasks for Upgrade and Interoperability
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade
How to Perform a Side-By-Side Upgrade
How to Test the Site Database Upgrade Process
How to Upgrade a Secondary Site Using the Configuration Manager Console
How to Upgrade a Secondary Site Using Configuration Manager Setup
How to Upgrade an SMS 2003 Administrator Console
How to Upgrade the Windows Automated Installation Kit During Site Upgrades to Configuration Manager 2007 SP1
Configuration Manager Upgrade Flowcharts
Flowchart: Upgrade a Primary Site
Flowchart: Upgrade a Secondary Site
Flowchart: Upgrade an Administrator Console
Configuration Manager Upgrade Administrator Workflows
Administrator Workflow: Upgrading Sites
Administrator Workflow: In-Place Upgrade
Administrator Workflow: Side-By-Side Upgrade
Deploying Configuration Manager Sites to Support Internet-Based Clients
Overview of Internet-Based Client Management
Site System Roles that Support Internet-Based Client Management
Supported Scenarios for Internet-Based Client Management
Network Diagram for Internet-Based Servers - Scenario 1 with no SQL Server Replica
Network Diagram for Internet-Based Servers - Scenario 1 with SQL Server Replica
Network Diagram for Internet-Based Servers - Scenario 2 with Child Site
Network Diagram for Internet-Based Servers - Scenario 2 with Complete Hierarchy
Network Diagram for Internet-Based Servers - Scenario 3 with No SQL Server Replica
Network Diagram for Internet-Based Servers - Scenario 3 with SQL Server Replica
Network Diagram for Internet-Based Servers - Scenario 4 with Two Network Cards
Network Diagram for Internet-Based Servers - Scenario 4 with Internet Connections into the Intranet
Network Diagram for Internet-Based Servers - Scenario 4 with Intranet Connections into the Perimeter Network
Example Scenarios for Implementing Internet-Based Client Management in Configuration Manager
Prerequisites for Internet-Based Client Management
Planning for Internet-Based Client Management
Determine If You Should Use Internet-Based Client Management
Determine Administrator Roles and Processes for Internet-Based Client Management
Determine Site Placement for Internet-based Client Management
Determine Server Placement for Internet-Based Client Management
Determine the Ports Required for Internet-Based Client Management
Determine Requirements for Proxy Web Servers to Use With Internet-Based Client Management
Configuring Internet-Based Client Management
How to Configure the Internet FQDN of Site Systems that Support Internet-Based Client Management
How to Configure the Internet FQDN of an Internet-based NLB Management Point
How to Configure the Internet FQDN of an Internet-Based NLB Software Update Point
How to Configure a Management Point for Internet-Based Client Connections
How to Configure a Distribution Point for Internet-Based Client Connections
How to Configure a Fallback Status Point for Internet-Based Client Connections
How to Configure a Software Update Point for Internet-Based Client Connections
How to Configure a Distribution Point to Transfer Content Using BITS, HTTP, and HTTPS
How to Configure Internet-Based Site Systems to Allow Only Site Server Initiated Data Transfers
How to Configure SQL Server Site Database Replication
Administrator Workflow: Configuring a Site for Internet-Based Client Management
Administrator Checklist: Configuring a Site for Internet-Based Client Management
Administrator Checklist: Configuring Client Computers for a Site that Supports Internet-Based Client Management
Administrator Checklist: Configuring Mobile Devices for a Site that Supports Internet-Based Client Management
Deploying Configuration Manager Sites in International and Multi-Language Environments
Planning and Deploying Your Multilingual Site Hierarchy
Planning Multilingual Sites
Supported Localized Languages
Native Mode Certificates and Double-Byte Character Sets
Out of Band Management and Double-Byte Character Sets
Site Hierarchy Languages
Site Server Languages
Client Languages
International Client Pack
Multilingual Features
Local Language Display Configuration
SQL Server Configuration
Deploying Multilingual Sites
Sample Deployment Scenarios
Configuration Manager Tasks for Decommissioning Sites and Hierarchies
How to Remove a Primary Site from a Hierarchy
How to Uninstall a Primary Site
How to Remove a Secondary Site From a Hierarchy
How to Remove a Secondary Site Using the Configuration Manager Console
How to Remove a Secondary Site Using Configuration Manager Setup
Administrator Workflow: Decommissioning Sites
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