SIM347
Configuration Manager 2007
New for Configuration Manager 2012
Minimize infrastructure
supporting remote
office locations
“Remote office optimization”
Chicago metro office
50,000 clients
1 administrator with other IT
responsibilities, limited day-to-day use
2012
Weekly inventory, deploys software
and software updates
“Remote office optimization”
Corporate Campus
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Primary site (48,000 clients)
Local SQL Server
MP, DP (x5), FSP*, SLP*, SUP, RP/RSP
Sales Office
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Only 15 clients
Good connectivity
BranchCache™
Processing Center
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District Office
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2012
Secondary site (1500 clients)
Manage upward/downward WAN traffic
SQL Express
MP, DP, SUP, PMP
Distribution point with throttling and
scheduling (485 clients)
Manage downward flow of Content over
WAN
Domains
Subnets
Contoso
10.10.10.x NorthAmerica
engineering 10.10.11.x
10.10.12.x
Boundaries
Boundary Group Boundary Group Purpose
NorthAmerica
NA_Site_QQQ
Site Assignment
Hawaii
HI_Site_HAW
Site Assignment, Content
10.10.10.x
Chicago_DP
Content
10.10.11.x
Chicago_DP
Content
10.10.12.x
St_Louis_DP1
Content
Sites
Hawaii
• Active Directory Site
• IP address range
• IPv4 subnet
• IPv6 prefix
Minimize infrastructure
to support unique settings
and policies
“Minimize Infrastructure”
Headquarters in Chicago
2-4 administrators with other IT
responsibilities, limited day to day
use
Subsidiary in London
125,000 clients
Weekly inventory, deploys software
and software updates
2012
“Minimize Infrastructure”
Chicago Primary Site 1
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Central Admin Site
Primary site (25,000 clients)
Local SQL Server
HR Collection-based settings for
Remote Control
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No Clients
Administration & Reporting for
Hierarchy
Admin segment for HR clients
Chicago Campus
75,000 clients
Chicago Primary Site 2
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Primary site (50,000 clients)
Local SQL Server
Engineering Collection-based settings
for Power Control
London Primary
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London Offices
2012
49,500 desktops
500 Servers
Primary site (50,000 clients)
Inventory Class reporting at Collection
level
Admin Segment for Servers
Data type
Examples
Replication type
Where is data found?
Global data
Collection rules, package
metadata, software update
metadata, Deployments
SQL
Central administration
site, all primary sites,
secondary sites*
Collection members, HINV,
alert messages
SQL
Central administration
site, originating primary
site
Software package installation
bits, software updates, boot
images
File-based
Primary sites, secondary
sites, distribution points
Created by admin
Site data
Created by system
Content
Global Data Examples
Site Data Examples
Central Administration Site
Texas (Keller)
Global
Site
DataData
Content
Available at: Central Administration
Available
at: where
Central
Administration
Site,
Available
content
has
been
Site and all
Primary Sites
Replicating
Primary
distributed
Examples to a Distribution Point
Examples:
Collection rules
• • HINV
Package metadata
• • Status
Deployments
• • Collection
Membership Results
• Security Scopes
Germany
(Baumholder)
Amarillo
Canyon
Global Data subset
Central
Administration
Site
Hereford
Primary Site
Secondary Site
Content routing between
Secondaries
Examples
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Packages metadata and status
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Program metadata
Easiest Step to Infrastructure Reduction:
Stop using primary sites for different Client Settings
Collections are Global Data
“Display what’s relevant to me”
Configuration Manager 2007
Meg wishes to distribute a
package to all of her EMEA
users in the West region
France Primary Site
Louis
“French Admin”
•French collections
•Create advertisement for French collections
Meg Collins
England Primary Site
“Central Admin”
•Create and distribute package
Anthony
“English Admin”
•English collections
•Create advertisement for English collections
Configuration Manager 2012
Meg wishes to distribute an application to all of her EMEA users in the West region
Central
Admin Site
Louis
Anthony
“French Admin”
“English
Meg Collins
“Central Admin”
and
distribute application
•English
collection(s)
••Create
French
collection(s)
deployment
forfor
English
collection(s)
••Create
Create
deployment
French
collection(s)
• Meg gives Louis permissions to
“French Systems”
Louis
• can read French Systems and
all collections limited to French
Systems
• cannot see All Systems and
English Systems
• can modify and delete French
Desktops
• can create new collections
limited to French Systems or
French Desktops
All Systems
French
Systems
French
Desktops
English
Systems
French Servers
Promise
Configuration Manager
2007
Configuration Manager 2012
Scalability and data latency
improvements
Central primary reprocesses
all data from child sites
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Central administration site – no
data processing
Consolidating infrastructure for
primary sites
Separate primary
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Collection-based settings
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Role-based administration/
Admin Segmentation
Secondary Site
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Secondary Site
Distribution Points with throttling
and scheduling
Standard Distribution Points
and Branch Distribution
Points
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Distribution Points
BranchCache™
Minimizing infrastructure for
remote offices
Assist with Migration of Objects
Assist with Migration of Clients
Minimize WAN impact
Maximize Re-usability of x64 Server Hardware
Assist with Flattening of Hierarchy
Component
Minimum Requirement
Site Server and Site Roles
Windows Server 2008 (64-bit )
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Database
SQL Server 2008 SP1 & Cumulative Update 10+ (64-bit)
Distribution Point
Windows Server 2003 (including 32-bit) with limited functionality
Windows Vista SP2 and later (including 32-bit)
Client
Windows XP SP2 (64-bit) & SP3 (32-bit)
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Vista SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 7 RTM (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 2008 SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 2008 R2 RTM (64-bit)
Configuration Manager 2012
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