Until version 2007, ConfigMgr was not supporting different settings for different computer collections of users. All of the settings were exactly the same for all of the clients assigned to a particular ConfigMgr site. Starting from version 2012, it has become possible to create your own set of settings and assign it to a certain collection. Thanks to this solution, there is no need to keep a few ConfigMgr servers, as it was once the only option to separate the scope of settings. This provides the ability to swiftly manage servers that are on one ConfigMgr server and have configurations different from each other.
Client settings are used for the following:
- Enabling various settings for different collections of computers or users (for instance, a different time for clients to pull policies)
- Enabling/disabling server features for different computer...