Thursday, December 24, 2015

System Center Configuration Manager - Current Branch whats new

Before start writing up a design document for a proposed System Center Current Branch deployment, review the changes in current Branch from its successors. Get the numbers correct for the devices that needs to be managed, network tropology along with geographical locations of the organization specially if you are part of multi tired global organization.

A quick summary of the System Center Current Branch (1511) and supported client and site numbers;

Hierarchy - Supported Client numbers:
Hierarchy with CAS:
•700,000 desktops (computers that run Windows, Linux and UNIX)
  Child primary site attached to the CAS;
Each child primary site in a hierarchy with a central administration site supports 150,000 total clients and devices, not limited to a specific group or type, so as long as support does not exceed the number supported for the hierarchy

Stand-alone primary site
A stand-alone primary site supports the following number of devices:
• 175,000 total clients and devices, not to exceed:
150,000 desktops (computers that run Windows, Linux and UNIX)
25,000 devices that run Mac and Windows CE 7.0
   One of the following, depending on how your deployment supports mobile device management:
50,000 devices you manage with On-Premises MDM
150,000 cloud-based devices

Secondary sites:
Secondary sites support 15,000 desktops (computers that run Windows, Linux and UNIX)

Management points:
Each management can support the following number of devices:
• 25,000 total clients and devices, not to exceed:
  25,000 desktops (computers that run Windows, Linux and UNIX)
          One of the following (not both):
10,000 devices managed using On-Premises MDM
10,000 devices that run Mac and Windows CE 7.0

Hierarchy – Supported site numbers:
CAS:
·         Supports up to 25 child primary sites
 Primary site:
·         Supports up to 250 secondary sites
Secondary Site:
·         Secondary sites do not support child sites

Based on the requirements, determine the hierarchy design and configuration. A quick summary of various site system roles, best practices and limitations;

Application Catalog website point:
·         You can install multiple instances of the Application Catalog website point at primary sites
·         As a best practice, install the Application Catalog website point and Application Catalog web service point together on the same site system when they provide service to clients that are on the intranet
·         For improved performance, plan to support up to 50,000 clients per instance
·         Each instance of this site system role supports the maximum number of clients supported by the hierarchy

Application Catalog web service point:
·         You can install multiple instances of the Application Catalog web service point at primary sites
·         As a best practice, install the Application Catalog website point and Application Catalog web service point together on the same site system when they provide service to clients that are on the intranet
·         For improved performance, plan to support up to 50,000 clients per instance
·         Each instance of this site system role supports the maximum number of clients supported by the hierarchy

Asset Intelligence synchronization point:
- A site system role that connects to Microsoft to download information for the Asset Intelligence
- A hierarchy supports only a single instance of Asset Intelligence synchronization point
- Asset Intelligence synchronization point must be at the top-tier site of your hierarchy (A central administration site or the stand-alone primary site).

Distribution points per site:
 - Each primary and secondary site supports up to 250 distribution points.
 - Each distribution point supports connections from up to 4,000 clients.
·          By default, distribution point role installs on the site server computer of new primary and secondary sites
·         Each primary site supports a combined total of up to 5,000 distribution points. This total includes all the distribution points at the primary site and all distribution points that belong to the primary site’s child secondary sites.
·         Each distribution point supports a combined total of up to 10,000 packages and applications.

Endpoint Protection point:
- A hierarchy supports only a single instance of this role
- must be at the top-tier site of your hierarchy
- must be licensed to use Endpoint Protection to manage clients

Enrollment point:
 - Role manages PKI certificates for Configuration Manager to enroll mobile devices and Mac computers
- Can install multiple instances of Enrollment Point role at a site, or at multiple sites in the same hierarchy


Fallback status point:
- Each Fallback status point can support up to 100,000 clients
·         Can be installed multiple instances of this role at a site

Management point
             - Each primary site supports up to 15 management points
·         Do not install management points on servers that are across a slow link from the primary site server or from the site database server.
·         Each secondary site supports a single management point that must be installed on the secondary site server

Service connection point:
 - A hierarchy supports only a single instance of this role
·         Must be installed at the top-tier site of the hierarchy
·         Integrates with MS Intune

Software update point:
- A software update point that is installed on the site server can support up to 25,000 clients
- A software update point that is remote from the site server can support up to 150,000 clients when the remote computer meets the WSUS requirements to support this number of clients
·         By default, Configuration Manager does not support configuring software update points as NLB clusters. However, you can use the Configuration Manager SDK to configure up to four software update points on a NLB cluster

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