Best Practices

The following are best practices from this chapter:

• Utilize the capabilities built in to System Center Configuration Manager to deploy the base operating system for both servers and client systems in your enterprise.

• Use templates and standard configurations so that all system images and all applications deployed use the same settings and parameters for organizational consistency.

• Leverage the System Center Configuration Manager product’s Compliance Settings if you want to enforce policy-based system standards.

• Implement System Center Configuration Manager to support HTTPS for remote and mobile systems that need to be managed, but rarely or never VPN or directly connect to the network backbone.

• Use System Center Operations ...

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