Building a ConfigMgr Lab from Scratch: Step 9 – ConfigMgr Settings Setup

Building a ConfigMgr Lab from Scratch: Step 9

ConfigMgr Settings Setup

We now have CM installed, and we need to get some basic settings configured to make it work.

Things we need to do now that we have a server

• Setup Site & Hierarchy settings.
• Discovery Settings (to find clients / users / groups)
• Distribution Point Settings (And DP Groups)
• Setup Boundaries
• Setup Client Settings
• Setup Accounts

Hierarchy Settings

In the Site Settings:

Discovery Settings

Distribution Point Settings (And DP Groups)

In Administration, Site Configuration, Servers, and Site System Roles, get the properties of the DP Role

With a DP, you’ll want to add it to a DP Group. Makes life easier in the future if you add DPs, Replace DPs, or just generally during deployments.

Boundaries and Boundary Groups

By default, you’ll have the Default Site Boundary Group.  Machines in this Group will be assigned your Site Code (DEV).  By default, there are also no servers servicing this group, so I’ve added our server. At this point for OSD, I did not need to make any additional boundaries or groups, however, when I went to install apps, I had trouble until I created a boundary and group.

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Client Settings

This is very basic and just enough to get you going and add a little pretty to the experience.

That’s actually it, for now, I’ll come back later and set up Remote Control among other things.  But just to get this lab going, I don’t care as much about those for now.

Accounts

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Building a ConfigMgr Lab from Scratch Series

Series Introduction – Building a CM Lab from Scratch

1. Setting up your Domain Controller
2. Creating a Router for your Lab using Windows Server 
3. Certificate Authority – On Domain Controller [Optional]
4. ConfigMgr Server Pre-Reqs (Windows Features)
5. Configuration Settings (AD & GPOs)
6. Source Server (File Share)
7. ConfigMgr SQL Install
8. ConfigMgr Install
9. ConfigMgr Basic Settings – You are Here
10. ConfigMgr Collections & App Deployment
11. ConfigMgr OSD
12. ConfigMgr Reporting Services
13. Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) – Certs PreReq
14. Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) – Azure Subscription
15. Azure Services Connection
16. Setting up CMG in the Console
17. Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) – Post CMG Config
18. Cloud Management Gateway – Client CMG Endpoints