System Center Configuration Manager

System Center Configuration Manager
Development status Active
Operating system Windows NT
Platform x64
Type Systems management
License Trialware
Website microsoft.com/systemcenter

System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM, also known as ConfigMgr),[1] formerly Systems Management Server (SMS)[2] is a systems management software product developed by Microsoft for managing large groups of computers running Windows NT, Windows Embedded, OS X, Linux or UNIX, as well as Windows Phone, Symbian, iOS and Android mobile operating systems.[3] Configuration Manager provides remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection and hardware and software inventory.

History

System Center Configuration Manager has evolved significantly since it was originally released as Systems Management Server in 1994. There have been a number of significant releases:

SMS went through three major iterations:

The most frequently used feature is inventory management, which provides both hardware and software inventory across a business enterprise.

The major difference between the 2.x product and SMS 2003 is the introduction of the Advanced Client. The Advanced Client communicates with a more scalable management infrastructure, namely the Management Point. A Management Point (MP) can manage up to 25000 Advanced Clients.

Microsoft introduced the Advanced Client to provide a solution to the problem where a managed laptop might connect to a corporate network from multiple locations and thus should not always download content from the same place within the enterprise (though it should always receive policy from its own site). When an Advanced Client is within another location (SMS Site), it may use a local distribution point to download or run a program which can conserve bandwidth across a WAN.

Microsoft released the current generation of the product, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, in March 2012.[11]

Requirements

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager client may require Microsoft Policy Platform (to allow a client to evaluate compliance settings).[12]

See also

References

  1. "SCCM is not the Official Acronym for Configuration Manager 2007". Microsoft IT ConfigMgr 2007 Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. "Migrating from Systems Management Server". microsoft.com. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010.
  3. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682077.aspx#BKMK_SupConfigClientOS
  4. "Now Available: Update 1602 for System Center Configuration Manager". blogs.technet.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  5. Microsoft System Center 2012 | Configuration Manager
  6. "Prerequisites for Windows Client Deployment in Configuration Manager". Technet. Microsoft. Retrieved 2015-03-15. Microsoft Policy Platform 1.2.3514.0[: ] Required to allow clients to evaluate compliance settings.

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