Chapter 5. Client Installation

For Configuration Manager to be effective, you will need to install the Configuration Manager client software on the client systems to be managed. In the previous chapters, we discussed all the planning and setup procedures for Configuration Manager. Carefully review the settings discussed in those chapters and make sure you have Configuration Manager ready for client installation.

This chapter covers the client software and how you can install the client, manage it, and ensure that it has been installed.

The client software can be installed either manually or automatically. Manual installation relies on someone physically running the setup program on each computer. Although manual installation is not the most ...

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