Gary BlokBuilding a CM Lab – ConfigMgr Settings Setup [9]
Post 9, we have CM installed, now 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.
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
I was trying to apply a WIM Directly from the DP (Without downloading during OSD), and that seemed to not work until I did this. However, since that isn’t the normal way for OSD, I’d suggest you see how far you can go without adding this.
Blog Post List
Series Introduction – Building a CM Lab from Scratch
- Domain Controller – Setting up your Domain Controller
- Gateway Virtual Machine – Creating a Router for your Lab using Windows Server
- Certificate Authority – On Domain Controller [Optional]
- ConfigMgr Server Pre-Reqs (Windows Features)
- Configuration Settings (AD & GPOs)
- Source Server (File Share)
- ConfigMgr SQL Install
- ConfigMgr Install
- ConfigMgr Basic Settings
- ConfigMgr Collections & App Deployment
- ConfigMgr OSD
- ConfigMgr Reporting Services
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