Mastering System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2

12.6. The Bottom Line

Enabling the DCM Agent Until the DCM agent is enabled for your Configuration Manager clients, your clients will not evaluate any of the configuration baselines. This is the first step in using DCM to validate client settings.

Master It Enable the DCM agent for the Configuration Manager clients.

Creating Configuration Items Configuration items are the pieces of the puzzle that make up the picture called a configuration baseline. There are a number of different configuration item types in Configuration Manager, and depending on the type you choose to create, you are presented with certain options when assembling your configuration item. The steps to create configuration items were covered in the first part of this chapter, ...