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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook Over 60 applicable recipes to administer and manage System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785881206
Length 354 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Samir Hammoudi Samir Hammoudi
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Brian Mason Brian Mason
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Greg Ramsey Greg Ramsey
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Chuluunsuren Damdinsuren Chuluunsuren Damdinsuren
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Matthew Hudson Matthew Hudson
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Designing a System Center Configuration Manager Infrastructure FREE CHAPTER 2. Deploying Windows 10 with Operating System Deployment 3. Deploying Applications and Software Updates 4. Managing Compliance Settings 5. Managing Mobile Devices using Configuration Manager with Microsoft Intune 6. Managing Sites 7. Managing Clients 8. Managing Inventory 9. Managing Reports and Queries

Configuring Discovery


We use discovery to import computer, user, and group resources into CM12. Discovery can also be used to discover network infrastructure, as well as IP Subnets and Active Directory Sites in Active Directory Forests.

Getting ready

Enabling discovery is one of the first items we configure in CM. Heartbeat discovery is automatically enabled when we install a primary site. Forest Discovery is the only discovery method that can be enabled on a CAS. Enabling discovery is very similar for each method (other than heartbeat), so we will only step through the process one time.

How to do it...

To enable Active Directory (AD) Forest Discovery, follow these steps:

  1. Enable the Enable Active Directory Forest Discovery checkbox.

  2. Select Properties from the ribbon.

  3. Navigate to Administration | Hierarchy Configuration | Discovery Methods, and select Active Directory Forest Discovery from the Details pane.

  4. Choose any additional options for Forest Discovery:

    • Automatically create Active Directory...

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